Next Tuesday, the Marina City Council will decide the future of an abandoned prison at Fort Ord. Known as the stockade, the building borders the Marina Equestrian Center.
Marina Mayor, Bruce Delgado, said if the council votes to tear it down, tenants at the equestrian center will be given two months to vacate their animals.
Delgado said the National Parks Service (NPS) has had its eye on the equestrian center for decades. The Park Service wants it cleaned and made available to the entire community.
Dozens met at the equestrian center, Monday, to protest the city’s pending action to close it.
Riding instructor, Lindsay Beery, said if the center shuts down her two horses will have nowhere to go. The closure would also mean the end to the center’s Star Riders program. It offers lessons to special needs children and veterans.
Marina City Council will meet online on Tuesday, August 18 at 6 p.m. to further the discussion.
