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Berkeley Lab Update: Racetrack Opens Doors for Open Houses, City Holds Q&A With Developers
Beginning Monday, Golden Gate Fields invites in the public to learn about its proposal to become the new site for Berkeley Lab's second campus. Click "Keep me posted!" at the bottom of the story for an alert when we write about the lab.
Albany residents will have a range of ways to learn more about a possible second campus for Berkeley Lab that could be built on the waterfront with newly scheduled events to promote community engagement.
Albany's racetrack, Golden Gate Fields, is one of six sites that made the cut to be considered for a proposed second campus desired by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to consolidate its East Bay operations.
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22, developers from will hold weekly open houses at the racetrack to share project plans and hear from the public.
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Monday's open house at lasts from 4-7 p.m.
The goal, said project manager Bill Proctor of Parsons, is "to extend our engagement with the community, share our plans for the project and consider their input to the greatest extent possible."
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The open houses will continue for about six weeks in the "Horse Wizard" room at Golden Gate Fields; the room is directly to the right, inside the main entrance to the racetrack.
Attendees will have access to a range of site maps and plans, and may be able to take a tour of the site. Developers will be on hand to answer questions about how they've approached the project, area geography and more.
Exact dates and times may depend on other commitments in the coming weeks, but more information will be posted on http://lbnlatggf.com, the developers' website for the project. (Community members can also share feedback about the project and ask questions electronically on the website.)
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The developers also will speak publicly on Monday, Aug. 29, in a city-sponsored question-and-answer session organized by Fern Tiger Associates.
Tiger hosted a in late July and early August, and plans to hold monthly community sessions about the Berkeley Lab project through the fall.
A location will be set for the Aug. 29 meeting once organizers know how many participants to expect. (RSVP on the Voices to Vision website.)
Tiger has posted answers to a number of questions collected in the first round of sessions online at http://www.voicestovision.com/qa.
Her firm sent postcards to Albany residents earlier this week about the Aug. 29 meeting; residents should have begun to receive them Thursday, said a representative from her office.
Read more about the process for selecting the proposed second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Albany Patch here.
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