On Feb. 25, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approved a 12-year contract with Friends of Bear Creek Stables to operate the Los Gatos facility it’s named after. With the help of local businesses like Summit Store, and thanks to money from Netflix, $250,000 was raised for the stables to reopen and begin offering programs to the public—as early as May. Though horse-boarding will remain its primary focus, the nonprofit says it will also offer programs for members of the public.
Coming this spring
The stables will begin operating to the public for the first time in a long while…