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Condos Are the Future in Walnut Creek

In Walnut Creek, “condominium” is the $1 million word. Literally. Living outside of a major city used to mean trade-offs: longer commute to work, less expensive house; fewer entertainment options, bigger grocery stores. But today, real estate trends in the Bay Area suburb are drawing closer and closer to what a home buyer might expect to see in a larger city, like nearby San Francisco. Downtown Walnut Creek, with its posh performing arts center and sophisticated dining options, is bordering... Read More »

John Muir Medical Center Just What the Doctor Ordered

The Walnut Creek campus of John Muir Medical Center is growing by leaps and bounds. That’s good news for local residents, who depend on the hospital as the only certified trauma center for Contra Costa County and part of Solano County.   A recent $621 million expansion included a new five-story, 347,000-square-foot patient tower and 92 new beds, a roof heliport, and a lobby featuring a sky-lit rotunda. The medical center’s new emergency department added 25 beds as well, which... Read More »
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Walnut Creek Lays a Solid Foundation for Learning

In Walnut Creek, learning is serious business. $42 million serious. That’s how much money the city is ready to shell out for a new, state-of-the-art library downtown. The 42,000-square-foot library, for which construction broke ground May 19, is slated to be open by spring of 2010 and will include large reading areas, study rooms, a business and career resource center, a conference facility, a café and a bookshop. The new center of community education will provide a haven in which Walnut Creek’... Read More »