Opinion: Riverbank must rethink gigantic Riverwalk growth proposal
We all can’t live in the garden. This garden, this one in the heart of California. The one that produces over 300 different crops, a bounty that produces thousands of jobs, helps to feed families of the world and make life more enjoyable. … We do remember the 1997 floods that sent the Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers over their banks, destroying homes and property. Are we to expect that Riverbank officials and the Army Corps of Engineers will hold back the Stanislaus River as it floods again within the Riverwalk project?
-Written by Denny Jackman is a controlled growth advocate, a founding member of the Farmland Working Group and a former Modesto City Council member.