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By Nancy McKay

Nancy McKay is co-chair of Concerned Neighbors of Safeway on College and co-vice president of Friends and Neighbors of Safeway on College (FANS). FANS’ Web site is www.fansco.org Photo: Nancy McKay

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By Nancy McKay

by Nancy McKay Carpenters Union Local 152 demonstrated in front of the College Avenue Safeway store for about four days during the week of March 15-19. Union Field Representative Tim Lipscomb said the union expanded this demonstration to various Safeway ...

...on Claremont would see a rooftop parking lot surmounting much of the site. The Safeway façade on College would be a continuous expanse over 400 feet long. The Claremont façade would be over 600 feet long. Shawl and her 63rd Street neighbor Nancy McKay were dismayed by the scope of the proposed rebuilding and disappointed at the lack of available information. Organizing as “Neighbors Concerned with Safeway/ College,” they contacted friends and neigh- bors and leafleted 600 homes to annou...

.... To all those marvelous FROG Park volunteers, particularly Theresa Nelson, who has been involved with the FROG Park project from its inception in 1997 and is currently the chair, still Thank You to Our Community Leaders To Susan Shawl and Nancy McKay who have worked ceaselessly to keep Safeway from disrespecting the rights of Rockridge residents and merchants. To Stuart Flashman and so many other RCPC volunteers who give their time and talent on a daily ➧➧With Thanks, page 11 Give Gift...

com/codes/oakland/ Click on Title 17: Planning.) Concerned Neighbors of College Ave Safeway, represented by founders and Rockridge residents Susan Shawl and Nancy McKay, also made an introductory state- ment, noting their group’s concern about the proposed project’s design and troublesome traffic patterns it could introduce. Safeway presenters Elisabeth Jewel and Todd Paradis then described the revised de...

... changes, include larger produce sections, an in-store bakery, pharmacy, service butcher and fish markets, expanded floral shop and delicatessen. As a prelude to opening the meeting for comments from the floor, Jane Brun- ner re-introduced Nancy McKay and Susan Shawl, organizers of one of the groups most

...ty Taylor and Joan Martin promised to bring fresh perspective to the board, along with their expertise in landscape architecture and finances, respectively. The Safeway issue surfaced as soon as the forum opened to audience questions, with Nancy McKay of Neighbors Concerned with Safeway/College asking where the candidates stood on the proposed store redesign. All six said they wanted to work more with the project managers and dis- cuss whether such a large store is appropriate for the n...

...ollections of growing up in the South. Site overview, left: Google Earth©; Storefront: Rockridge News file photo. Safeway Revises Store Plans; ‘Concerned Neighbors’ Meet by Rockridge News staff from material provided by Rockridge neighbors Nancy McKay and Susan Shawl

Addressing a crowd of more than 100 local residents gathered at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Rockridge neighbor Nancy McKay weilded a spindly 4-foot ruler like a classroom- pointer as she discussed architectural drawings and explained that Safeway intends to demolish the existing Gay Ducey, page 4 ¤ ¤ Safeway, page 10 ¤ ¤

... a handful of large commercial real estate owners, is promoting it. An important point to remember is that merchants who do not own property would be powerless to vote to dissolve the CBD. We should not allow this to happen in Rockridge. — Nancy McKay The Rockridge News welcomes letters to the editor. Your name, address, phone number and e-mail address and city/neighborhood must be included for verification. Only your name will appear with your letter. Letters may be edited for clarity ...

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