Marina makeover: Martinez has big plans to make its waterfront a recreation destination

MARTINEZ MAYOR BRIANNE Zorn said it’s not just talk. Not this time. Martinez is redeveloping a waterfront that will become a regional draw.

“It’s no secret the marina was originally built decades and decades ago, in partnership between the city and the state, and there were a lot of outstanding loans and agreements and all sorts of stuff that didn’t really work out as anticipated,” Zorn said recently on a sunny Monday morning, just down the levee trail from the harbormaster’s office.