Thanks to a $1 million grant, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority is working toward development of an accessibility app that would give real-time assistance to seniors and those with disabilities seeking transportation options. The initiative was lauded May 31 near the Pleasant Hill BART station by a handful of elected officials, public agenc...

Adam Cleary has jumped right into his new role as Fitness and Aquatics program coordinator. Putting feedback from frequent users of the Tice Creek Fitness Center and Tice Pool into action, he’s going to be teaching some class favorites that will be returning. A big one, Cleary said, is night water aerobics. He’ll be teaching that twice weekly, star...

Demographics show 75-to-84 age group accounts for 42.5% of the population of Rossmoor Rossmoor’s largest age group – those from 75 to 84 years old – has grown even larger. That group comprises 42.5% of the population, as noted in 2023 Rossmoor demographics data compiled by Member Records that was recently released. Call this the baby boom factor. A...

Paving projects, Event Center equipment receive funds The GRF Board on Thursday approved spending $1.159 million for street paving projects and new Event Center audio-visual tech equipment, holding off on five other proposed projects totaling $505,000 until the GRF Finance and Planning committees have had another look at them. Board Member Dwight W...

Atown hall on Monday, June 10, at the Event Center will give Director of Mutual Operations Jeroen Wright an opportunity to tell the community what Rossmoor’s Firewise program is about, its scope and its vision. This town hall, running from 10 a.m. to noon, will include presenters from public agencies and organizations, with a Q& A session to wr...

The golden raintree near Rossmoor’s entrance was removed last Wednesday after the trunk split down the middle. Over the Memorial Day weekend, a resident noticed the split in the tree and notified staff. The tree, which sat on golf course property, was in danger of falling and had to be removed. “It was a safety issue,” GRF General Manager Jeff Math...

Topics include traffic safety, fire mitigation During the most recent GRF Virtual Town Hall, General Manager Jeff Matheson and Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion touched on multiple efforts to make Rossmoor safer – such as fire mitigation, emergency preparedness and response, traffic safety and more. Cashion detailed the importance of projects such ...

Gerry Priebat was a little sentimental about his headshot no longer gracing the east wall of the GRF Board Room at Gateway. It was nothing personal against Priebat; the formal portraits of he and 45 other GRF Board presidents, dating from May 1965, were also removed a couple of weeks ago. But just the same … “It’s kind of sad, but I understand why ...

Rounds played, Golf Shop sales up over 2023 In May 2023, Rossmoor’s golf operation was working its way back from torrential rains and resulting landslides that kept players off the two courses for more than two months and took a giant divot out of greens fees and other golf-related income. A year later, golf revenues over the first four months of t...

It was evident to vendors at Rossmoor’s first Farmers’ Market of the year how knowledgeable patrons are. That’s what Arnulfo Mendoza realized from his booth along a stretch of Gateway’s parking lot. Among a handful of first-time vendors to this Farmers’ Market, he was representing Alex’s Family Bee Farm. Based in San Leandro, it’s run by Alex Perez...