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Neighborhood Cleanup
It's amazing what a difference a few hours of hard work can have on an area. We were able to fill 5 giant bags with garbage that...
BVNA
Sep 13, 20151 min read


Neighborhood Cleanup
Next Saturday September 12th join your neighbors to help clean up Chiechi Ave. If you have driven down Chiechi you know that it has been...
BVNA
Sep 6, 20151 min read


Mercury News Editorial: Housing At Mel Cotton’s? No.
The San Jose City Council continues to grapple with housing development proposals in conflict with the need to build a tax base the way...
BVNA
Aug 13, 20151 min read


S Willard Stabbing
#AttemptedMurder #Stabbing #SWillard #Law #Crime
BVNA
Jul 15, 20151 min read


Inside Westfield's Big Plans For Its $600M Valley Fair Expansion (Renderings)
If you’ve bought into the media narrative that malls are just so over, allow me to introduce you to Westfield’s latest plans for Valley...
BVNA
May 16, 20151 min read


Herhold: San Jose Shouldn’t Lose Its Commercial Land
You can tell when a topic gets really, really heated at San Jose City Hall, incandescent white in a world of gray. A council member will...
BVNA
May 12, 20151 min read
Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Residential Rezone Bid In San Jose
A developer has withdrawn a proposal to build apartments on a south San Jose industrial site, blinking first in a growing land-use battle...
BVNA
May 7, 20151 min read


2015 Homeless Census & Survey
Every two years in January, communities across the country conduct comprehensive counts of their homeless population to gain a better...
BVNA
May 1, 20151 min read


Industrial Land Conversion Showdown: Debate Over San Jose Housing Proposals Reaches Boiling Point
San Jose’s land-use battle over industrial-to-residential conversions reaches a climax today as the city council takes up a controversial...
BVNA
Mar 20, 20151 min read


Industrial To Residential? San Jose Developers Seek To Convert 40 Acres
For years under former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and a previous city council, property owners and developers knew the score: When it came...
BVNA
Mar 19, 20151 min read


Inside Westfield's Big Plans For Its $600M Valley Fair Expansion (Renderings)
After months of construction to overhaul Westfield Valley Fair Mall, the Silicon Valley Business Journal got a sneak peek of what the...
BVNA
Mar 15, 20151 min read


The Ohlone Revived: New Life For Major Midtown San Jose Mixed-Use Project
The Ohlone lives. A year after a major mixed-use project in San Jose's Midtown neighborhood seemed all but dead, the developer has...
BVNA
Jan 9, 20151 min read


From domes to homes: Santana Row's western addition takes shape in Federal Realty's new plan
A 14-story office tower and nearly 1,000 apartments are envisioned for the old Winchester theaters site across from Santana Row. And yes,...
BVNA
Dec 5, 20141 min read


315 apartments proposed for San Jose's Midtown
Nearly two decades after Cheim Lumber sold its last two-by-four, its almost five-acre site could become a hotbed of wood-frame...
BVNA
Mar 6, 20141 min read
Urban Parks: The Community’s Backyard
Someone once mentioned in passing to me that the 21st Century would be the century of the landscape architect. This makes sense in the...
BVNA
Nov 22, 20131 min read


West San Carlos Workshop
The second community workshop for the West San Carlos Urban Village was held on September 23, 2013, at Sherman Oaks Community Center,...
BVNA
Sep 30, 20136 min read
A Midtown Plan Turns Bad And Should Be Rejected
San Jose’s first step toward the Envision 2040 General Plan is headed in the wrong direction. Nearly 10 years ago, the Valley...
BVNA
Jul 22, 20133 min read


2013 Homeless Census & Survey
Every two years in January, communities across the country conduct comprehensive counts of their homeless population to gain a better...
BVNA
Jun 1, 20131 min read


Graffiti Cleanup Planned For South Bay Freeway Overpasses
SAN JOSE — For South Bay drivers disgusted by graffiti-covered overpasses and tagged train trestles, something is finally being done. ...
BVNA
May 11, 20131 min read


West San Carlos: Part 2
Last month, I wrote about West San Carlos Street as one of the major boulevards in San Jose. West San Carlos is the strategic link...
BVNA
Apr 23, 20132 min read
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