Pippin Dew on LinkedIn: Today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new Costco project was a… (2024)

Today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new Costco project was a culmination of almost 10 years of work! Annette Taylor from the Economic Development Department helped me restart the Business Retention and Expansion program when I first got on Council in 2014. One of the businesses we met with, in 2015, was Costco. We invited Economic Vitality Commissioner (now Planning Commissioner) Peggy Ann Cohen-Thompson. In that meeting, we learned that Costco was in dire need of expanding their footprint. They really wanted to stay in Vallejo, but if they were unable to expand here, they would have to go elsewhere. Annette and I raised the alarm and kept pushing the issue until we got to where we are today. Not only are we getting a new Costco that will be 25% larger than the old Costco but also over 178 new residential units, an open space preserve, and additional neighborhood serving retail. Costco owns the current space they occupy and they already have plans for what will be there after they relocate. I want to recognize the hard work of all of our staff, especially Gillian Haen & Veronica Nebb, and The Lewis Company for their commitment and dedication to delivering quality project. Today was a great day, a long time coming, and a testament to the importance of patient persistence, multi-agency collaboration and perseverance in public-private partnership development and economic growth for a community!!

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