After years of crafting relationships with neighbors and county staff, a capital campaign that raised nearly $7M for purchasing their property and constructing the barn, and 2 anxious years of planning department review, we are pleased to announce Vida Verde Outdoor Education has received Planning Department approval from San Mateo County!! The planning commission voted in favor of adopting the mitigated negative declaration and approved a coastal development permit, a planned agricultural district permit, and a farm labor housing permit. A simple approval would have been terrific but it passed unanimously and incredibly every single commissioner spoke up to laud some combination of the organization, detailed submittal and lovely building design.

It was well worth the wait; and it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving organization. We encourage folks to check out Vida Verde’s program if they haven’t done so already: vveducation.org