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In 1967, Walnut Creek city park director Ruth Wallis called a meeting with the presidents of three local garden clubs to discuss the possibility of a gardening association for Walnut Creek. This group then asked the city for the use of part of the planned Heather Farm Park. The Heather Farm Garden Center Association was incorporated in 1971.
Broadway Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall located in downtown Walnut Creek.The shopping center opened on October 11, 1951 and is owned and operated by Macerich.The mall is anchored by Nordstrom and Macy's, and features nearly 80 stores including flagship H&M and ZARA stores, a standalone Apple store with an adjoining outdoor plaza, an Industrious co-working space, a Life Time Fitness sports ...
Del Monte Foods Inc. (trading as Del Monte Foods) is an American food production and distribution company [4] and subsidiary of NutriAsia, headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. [5] Del Monte Foods is one of the largest producers, distributors and marketers of branded processed food for the U.S. retail market, generating approximately $1.73 ...
In 1965, Walnut Creek voters approved a municipal bond to fund community parks. The city was able to purchase some of the land that had been Heather Farm, and also received five acres of land donated by Phil and Ruth Bancroft (whose garden became the nearby Ruth Bancroft Garden). Heather Farm Park opened in 1970. [3] [4]
Downtown Walnut Creek. There are three bands of Bay Miwok Native Americans associated with the area of Walnut Creek (the stream for which the city is named): [8] [9] the Saclan, whose territory extended through the hills east of present-day cities of Oakland, Rossmoor, Lafayette, Moraga and Walnut Creek; the Volvon (also spelled Bolbon, Wolwon or Zuicun), who were near Mt. Diablo; and the ...
Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.The population is 66,854 as of 2022, an increase of 287% from 23,302 at the 2000 census.
NewPark Mall is a 1,161,681 square feet (107,923.7 m 2) super-regional mall in Newark, California.Opened in August 1980, it currently houses 119 stores. It serves the Tri-City area (Fremont, Newark and Union City).
Henry’s Farmers Market was an operator of natural-foods stores. The company was established in 1943 when Henry Boney and his family opened a fruit stand on a street corner in San Diego, beginning with a truckload of peaches. [2] During the next few decades, the fruit-stand business expanded into a chain of grocery stores. [3]