Change comes hard for most Marin residents. We live in one of the most desirable locales in America. The county is physically beautiful, graced with a mild climate, economically prosperous, a well-educated citizenry and clean politics.
No place is perfect. Traffic congestion remains a concern, housing is expensive – particularly for our workforce – and the North Bay is short of one essential natural resource: water. It’s also inevitable that change never stops.
One spot facing change is the Strawberry Peninsula. It’s an unincorporated neighborhood across Highway 101 from Mill Valley. It is bordered on the east by Tiburon.
That fear of change is vocal when it comes to new housing. It’s often prompted both by poor design and associated traffic impacts. The first failing can be countered by excellence in architecture.
The second, traffic, may just be inevitable. As the IJ reports, “North Coast Land Holdings LLC has applied for development on the former Golden Gate Baptist Seminary property on the Strawberry Peninsula in (unincorporated) Mill Valley.” The proposal shouldn’t be a surprise.
Since the seminary moved to Southern California in 2018, multiple visions for the future of the scenic 127-acre site have been floated. All involve housing and some academic use. The latest proposal includes well-chosen components that, as a whole, will be beneficial for Southern Marin and adjacent neighbors.
The good news is that “more than 70% of the site will be preserved as.