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    Diridon Station Area Community Forums
    BVNA
    • Jun 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    Diridon Station Area Community Forums

    The City of San Jose is hosting four Community Forums in late June to share information with the public and gather input on the Diridon Station Area. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to: Learn about transit improvements, previous planning goals, and possible development happening in the Diridon Station Area, including a potential Google project Share your vision for the area Share your concerns Ask questions Agenda and Purpose: City staff will provide a short b
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    Diridon Station Area Walking Tour of Planned Improvements
    BVNA
    • May 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Diridon Station Area Walking Tour of Planned Improvements

    You are invited to join Diridon Station Area Walking Tour, hosted by Bill Ekern, the Diridon Project Manager for the City of San Jose, on Wednesday, May 30th from 6-7:00 PM, The tour is from 6-7:00 PM. We'll meet in front of Diridon Station, and make our way around the Station Area to view the key sites and points of interest listed below. This walking tour is open to the public, so please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who might be interested in attending. Di
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    High Speed Rail Community Meeting Recap
    BVNA
    • May 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    High Speed Rail Community Meeting Recap

    On Wednesday, May 2nd, the City of San Jose's Department of Transportation presented at the High School Rail community meeting at the Willow Glen Community Center. This was the first public presentation of the city generated options that the Rail Authority is being asked to include in their business plan. A video recording of the meeting is available here: https://www.facebook.com/devdavisCA/videos/2354998901393178/ #HighspeedRail #DiridonStation #BART #Redevelopment
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    Google Says It’s Close To Owning Enough Downtown San Jose Properties For ‘Viable’ Development
    BVNA
    • Apr 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Google Says It’s Close To Owning Enough Downtown San Jose Properties For ‘Viable’ Development

    Google is nearing ownership of enough downtown San Jose properties and parcels to create a “viable” transit-oriented development near the Diridon train station, a top company executive told a key advisory group this week. During a meeting of the Station Area Advisory Group, formed to gather and process citizen input about Google’s proposal to develop a massive transit village near Diridon Station, Google executives offered the company’s first major presentation of its develop
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    Downtown Design Guideline (2004) and Diridon Station Area Plan Design Guidelines (2014)
    BVNA
    • Apr 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Downtown Design Guideline (2004) and Diridon Station Area Plan Design Guidelines (2014)

    On Thursday, April 19th there will be an informational and listening session at the beginning of the process of updating the Downtown and Diridon Station Area Design Guidelines. City staff will solicit feedback for the guiding principles and outline of the new guidelines. Meeting Date and Time: Thursday, April 19, 2018 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Room 225, Martin Luther King Library 150 E San Fernando St., San José, CA 95112 In addition to community meetings, the City of San José
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    Google Widens Downtown San Jose Holdings, Grabs Orchard Supply Site
    BVNA
    • Apr 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Google Widens Downtown San Jose Holdings, Grabs Orchard Supply Site

    Marking a major new Google area of interest in downtown San Jose, the tech titan has bought the huge site of Orchard Supply Hardware and now has spent well over $200 million in a widening shopping spree for properties. TC Agoge Associates, a realty venture of Google and its development partner Trammell Crow, on March 29 paid $39.6 million for the Orchard Supply site. The deal extends the southern borders of Google’s purchasing activity nearly to Interstate 280. “It’s encourag
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    Google Advisory Group Moves Forward In San Jose Despite Intense Pushback
    BVNA
    • Jan 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Google Advisory Group Moves Forward In San Jose Despite Intense Pushback

    After more than three hours of impassioned pleas from dozens of local residents and community groups who wanted to be included, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved the creation of a controversial advisory group that will offer input on the possible Google development near Diridon Station. The group will offer community feedback to the city manager’s office as the administration works with Google to develop a proposal to present to the City Council. It was originall
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    Update On Community Engagement Plan For Proposed Google Development At Diridon Station
    BVNA
    • Dec 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    Update On Community Engagement Plan For Proposed Google Development At Diridon Station

    On June 20, 2017, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Google for the acquisition of properties in the Diridon Station Area owned by the City of San Jose (7 parcels comprising 2 main sites) and properties owned by the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency(SARA)(9 parcels comprising 5 main sites). The June ENA action marked the first step in a multi-step, multi-year proc
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    Public Input Sought for Downtown San Jose Bart Station
    BVNA
    • Sep 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    Public Input Sought for Downtown San Jose Bart Station

    The second phase of BART’s Silicon Valley extension will include six miles of track running from San Jose’s Berryessa neighborhood through Downtown to the City of Santa Clara. There will be a total of four stations along the route: Alum Rock, Downtown, Diridon Station, and a final stop near Santa Clara University. The locations of the Alum Rock and Santa Clara stations have already been chosen, but on Oct. 5 the VTA board will select the locations for Downtown and Diridon. Th
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