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sion of the Station District as a live, work, transit com-
munity to reality.
“It’s an ongoing marketing process to help people un-
derstand the opportunities that are available.”
Recent trends, at least, indicate things are headed in
the right direction.
“It’s really marketing and helping people understand
what’s here,” Evanoff said.
“We are a well-located center, and as rents are going
up throughout the Bay Area there’s an opportunity for
communities like Union City that have the transit con-
nections and are close to Silicon Valley to actually pro-
vide space for more businesses and job centers.”
Ruark said construction work began in late March on
the Decoto Green Street Project, which resulted from a
grant by the state’s Natural Resource Agency and will
include a system of green infrastructure elements that
mimic the processes of natural systems.
The storm water infrastructure will consist of a series
of bio-filtration planters and permeable paver areas
to capture, retain and treat storm water runoff while
providing improved drainage. The project also includes
sidewalk bulb-outs and a significant increase in the
number of street trees to create a greener, more pe-
destrian-friendly street.
The Decoto project is estimated at $1.25 million, and
Ruark said follow-up projects are on the agenda at two
other locations in the Decoto District for $4 million
each.
“It cleans the street and it narrows the road down, so
it’s a traffic-calming, and it also beautifies the com-
munity and it provides more greening,” he said. “The
majority of the people like the effects of this. They see
the value of softening the neighborhood and how it
will affect property values. The only negative that they
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