Vast areas of Fort Ord open space under the jurisdiction of Monterey County and the City of Seaside are scheduled for extensive development beginning in 2-3 years. These developments will remove at least 50,000 Coast Live Oaks, displace or kill all wildlife and destroy an area that has been used for recreation by tens of thousands annually since the mid-1990′s. These lands will be lost forever. Go to a meeting and speak. Write a letter. Get involved! Monterey Downs is a proposed 550 acre, 1000 home, 500 apartment development in the Parker Flats area of the former Fort Ord. This enormous development is set to take place in one of the few remaining California Oak woodlands on the Central Coast. Monterey Downs promises to be an exclusionary mega-development that will be detrimental for all Fort Ord user groups, the surrounding community and the surrounding sensitive habitat areas. Monterey Downs plans also call for a 6,500 seat covered arena, a 1-mile horse race track, 1,000 horse stalls, two 200 room hotels, and a major retail shopping area. Monterey Downs principals have also recently admitted they plan to feature gambling at the facility which will be about 1/2 mile from Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
