The Portuguese Bend Artist Colony, which has already lent its financial and artistic support to the Peninsula Land Conservancy, is continuing its support for preservation of the area by backing efforts to Save Our Shoreline.
To that end, they are selling a limited edition of 20 giclee prints of Rick Humphrey's "Above the Cove on a Spring Day," for $100 each. (See image to the left.) Early shoppers have snapped up the first 15. Five are left. Anyone interested in purchasing one of these 16 by 20 inch prints should contact pinkhamd@aol.com.
Money raised from the sale of the prints will fund two half page ads in the Peninsula News on August 12 and 26. The ads will detail the campaign to oppose the city's plan to construct a 6,000 square foot building designed to house educational exhibits, classrooms, a Ranger station and other things at Abalone Cove.
The city of Rancho Palos Verdes has applied for a $7 million dollar grant to carry out this project. The growing number of people who are opposed to it believe that the city already has a plan for improving the trails and general appearance of the area, and that the educational aspects of the plan could be carried out with bulletin boards and outdoor display cases. They are opposed to construction of a building on the last undeveloped coastal bluff top in the city and believe and that the so-called Nature Education Center should be constructed elsewhere, possibly neart the Interpretive Center, which already houses educational exhibits.
Other background on the issue is located on the RPV website here.
A petition opposing the development is here. To contact Save Our Shoreline, email SaveOurShoreline2@gmail.com
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