Usually, when there is municipal funding up for grabs, there is no shortage of takers, but at a May 12 meeting, residents of the Canyonlands let the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) know they were eager to leave the cash on the table.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments (MTC/ABAG) announced a round of nominations for their Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grant Program back in February.
These nomination periods are infrequent, with just six since the grants’ inception in 2007. MTC/ABAG plans to award a total of $8 million across the entire Bay Area in 2025…