Big Wave Founder, Jeff Peck, wins CBS KPIX 5 News Icon Award for Outstanding Community Service
Peninsula man’s nonprofit creates community for adults with special needs near Half Moon Bay By Sharon Chin March 11, 2026 A Peninsula man’s years-long effort to create a community and safe space for adults with special needs is nearing the finish line. More than 90,000 California adults with special needs are living with their parents, according […]
A Community Rises On The Coast by Ashton J. Hacke
For the families behind the Big Wave project, the building that is slowly rising along Airport Road north of Pillar Point Harbor is more than just a structure. It is a community’s home taking shape. And for the Coastside, it is an opportunity to watch a new neighborhood form. It’s not often that the Coastside […]
Big Wave Group Appoints Jennifer Senecal As First Executive Director
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Big Wave Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a place to belong for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), proudly announces the appointment of Jennifer Senecal as its first Executive Director. Jennifer Senecal joins Big Wave as the new Executive Director, responsible for day-to-day operations of the Big Wave Center […]
Big Wave Housing Celebrates Completion of Structural Phase of their Project ~ Residents Meet Their New Apartments April 10, 2025
FIELD TRIP, VIDEO and PHOTO-ESSAY. Tour of the Big Wave Center to celebrate completion of the structural phase of the project. This is a traditional construction milestone and ceremony when the highest beam is placed. Future residents of the Big Wave Center take a tour with their families for the first time. The first and second […]
Big Wave Housing Project Official First Day of Construction ~ Surveying, Leveling, Excavating and Grading
Big Wave’s official first day of construction! Our subcontractors are on site, surveying, leveling, excavating, and grading the soil in preparation to compact the building pad so that it’s ready for the foundation … after 24 years of planning, permitting and funding.