Cultivating Open Spaces in Marin

Matt Dolkas - MALT

By Matt Dolkas, Senior Manager, Marketing

November 6, 2023

It was a warm day but there was a comfortable, cooling breeze on the the ridge as we looked out across the rocky, straw-colored hills of western Marin County, past woodlands, creeks, soaring turkey vultures, swooping hawks and a smattering of cows all the way to the coastal bluffs and the gleaming, blue ocean.

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