Fitzgerald gets $669,750 from feds for interpretive center

The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve has gotten $669,750 in the latest federal appropriations bill to build an interpretive center, which includes a visitor center shaped like a keyhole limpet, reports the County Times.

The county’s parks department now must find the rest of the estimated $2.5 million to $3 million it will cost to complete the project at the entrance to Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, a narrow 3-mile strip of rocky coastline and tide pools near Moss Beach.
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The San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation, a nonprofit fundraising group, has already spent $117,000 developing concept designs for the Fitzgerald project and completing early site work. Holland said the department is also applying for state and federal grants.