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Shadelands Walnut Creek was a busy, happening place in 2024!
Looking forward to a new year, new adventures! Cheers to 2025!
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Art Fills the Walls and Spaces of Viamonte Walnut Creek, Reflecting Health & Wellness | Stunning Viamonte Walnut Creek opened to residents in December 2020, providing an extraordinary senior living experience in Shadelands near shopping, dining, medical facilities, recreational activities, walking paths, and public parks. One of Viamonte's showcase designs is its distinctive and eclectic art thoughtfully curated and on display throughout the interior floors and exterior entrance and courtyards. | |
Repair Café Coming to Walnut Creek | Do you have small appliances that need fixing? A shirt with a hole that needs mending? Jewelry with a broken clasp or setting? A bicycle with a broken chain? Reduce waste and get household items fixed for free by experienced volunteers at Walnut Creek’s first citywide Repair Café, January 25, Civic Park Community Center, 10am–1pm. |
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Improved Crosswalks, Flashing Beacons Planned for Two Locations | With the completion of the N. Wiget Lane repaving and bicycle lane installation project, up next is a city project to improve, refresh, and enhance two existing crosswalks in Shadelands: one on Shadelands Drive in front of Viamonte Walnut Creek, and one on Mitchell Drive in front of Shadelands Post Acute and Contra Costa School of Performing Arts. | |
Demolition Has Begun on Former Site of
Joint Genome Institute
| The Joint Genome Institute (JGI), one of the world's leading contributors of genetic blueprints, moved into Shadelands in 1997, and became part of the largest biological research endeavors ever undertaken—mapping the human genome. In 2019, to be closer to its industry family and associates, JGI moved to Berkeley, leaving 56,000 square feet of laboratory and office space at 2800 Mitchell Drive vacant. Work is now underway to demolish the structures and clear away debris to prepare the nine-acre parcel for a buyer and fresh, new development. | |
Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce to Host New Year Holiday BASH! | Join the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau for a special BASH (Business & Social Hour) and New Year Celebration, Thursday, January 30, 5:30-7pm, at the Walnut Creek Chamber office, 1280 Civic Drive, Suite 100, Walnut Creek. Come to party and network with Chamber members and guests, and connect with Chamber staff, board members, and Ambassadors. | |
East Bay Women's Conference, March 4, 2025 | Presented by the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau in association with Kaiser Permanente, the East Bay Women's Conference remains the only conference of its kind in San Francisco’s East Bay that provides women opportunities to come together and participate in programs of personal and professional enrichment and development. Held at the Lesher Center for the Arts, tickets are now on sale. | |
City of Walnut Creek Selects New Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem | At the December 3, 2024, meeting of the Walnut City Council, council members adopted a resolution certifying the results of the November 5, 2024, elections, and selected a new mayor and mayor pro tem. Councilmember Cindy Darling was chosen to serve as mayor for the next year, and Councilmember Kevin Wilk was chosen to serve as mayor pro tem. Mayor Darling and Mayor Pro Tem Wilk, along with newly elected Councilmember Craig DeVinney, joined fellow council members Matt Francois and Cindy Silva at the dais ready to get to work. | |
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Free parking. Free Pleasant Hill BART shuttle. EV charging stations. Bike lockers. Walking, biking, and hiking paths and trails from one end of Shadelands to the other.
Getting to and around Shadelands is easy and convenient for travelers. On the move by BART, bus, or bike? Look for the colorful Shadelands wrapped free buses equipped with bike racks and free WiFi. By car? Ample, free parking adjacent to every building has a spot for you. On foot? Shadelands is connected to a large network of groomed and paved walking and biking trails that traverse the 270 acres of Shadelands and the landscapes of the Contra Costa Canal Trail system, with access to downtown Walnut Creek and neighboring cities. Embrace the vitality of Shadelands' getting around options!
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