CASTRO VALLEY, CA — A Bay Area nonprofit wants to start a children’s camp in Castro Valley to get kids out into nature and off screens, but community members are standing against the project, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mosaic Project, a nonprofit, bought 37 acres of underdeveloped land in a rural part of Castro Valley with the hopes of transforming it into a campsite for children, according to the report.
The nonprofit already runs this program by renting land in Napa and Santa Cruz counties, but the commutes are long, and most of its employees already live in the East Bay, according to the report.
Communitymembers, however, are worried about wildfire risks in the area in the wood area, a possible strain on local water supplies and incredible traffic, according to the report.
“What we have going on is a very vocal group of people who don’t have anything better to do,” Colleen Breitenstein, a Castro Valley resident, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I think this camp would be amazing. I want to take my children to this camp.”