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    2015 Homeless Census & Survey
    BVNA
    • May 1, 2015
    • 1 min

    2015 Homeless Census & Survey

    Every two years in January, communities across the country conduct comprehensive counts of their homeless population to gain a better...
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    BVNA
    • Apr 19, 2015
    • 2 min

    Were Still Not Out of the Drought

    Despite a number of very wet days last winter, and the return of water to our local reservoirs, we are still in a drought. During the...
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    Art Box Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
    BVNA
    • Apr 4, 2015
    • 1 min

    Art Box Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

    One of the Buena Vista neighborhood’s crown gems, the Buena Vista Park, has just gotten a little shinier. Please join our local community...
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    Meridian At Midtown Mixed-Use Project Finished
    BVNA
    • Apr 3, 2015
    • 1 min

    Meridian At Midtown Mixed-Use Project Finished

    The Meridian at Midtown mixed-use development has been completed in part of the vision to rehabilitate W. San Carlos Street, creating a...
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    Industrial Land Conversion Showdown: Debate Over San Jose Housing Proposals Reaches Boiling Point
    BVNA
    • Mar 21, 2015
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Industrial To Residential? San Jose Developers Seek To Convert 40 Acres
    BVNA
    • Mar 20, 2015
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Inside Westfield's Big Plans For Its $600M Valley Fair Expansion (Renderings)
    BVNA
    • Mar 16, 2015
    • 1 min

    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...
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    BVNA
    • Feb 11, 2015
    • 1 min

    526 Page Street - PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT

    APPLICATION SUMMARY: Conditional Use Permit to allow a Residential Service Facility for up to 14 people on an approximately 0.2 gross...
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    The Ohlone Revived: New Life For Major Midtown San Jose Mixed-Use Project
    BVNA
    • Jan 10, 2015
    • 1 min

    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...
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    From domes to homes: Santana Row's western addition takes shape in Federal Realty's new plan
    BVNA
    • Dec 5, 2014
    • 1 min

    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,...
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    Standards For Open Flame Cooking Devices On Balconies, Patios, And Decks Of Multiple Unit Residences
    BVNA
    • Nov 13, 2014
    • 4 min

    Standards For Open Flame Cooking Devices On Balconies, Patios, And Decks Of Multiple Unit Residences

    For Use By All Jurisdictions Within Santa Clara County Authority Cited: California Fire Code (CFC) (Rev. 11/12/14) These requirements...
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    BVNA
    • Oct 2, 2014
    • 1 min

    526 PAGE ST

    Conditional Use Permit to allow a Residential Service Facility for up to 14 people on an approximately 0.20 -ross acre site....
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    BVNA
    • Sep 11, 2014
    • 1 min

    CP14-011 (Administrative Hearing) Approved

    CP14--0011 (AAdministrative Hearing)). Conditional Use Permit to demolish all on--ssite buildings,, remove two ordinance size trees and...
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    West San Carlos Street & South Bascom Avenue Urban Villages
    BVNA
    • Aug 30, 2014
    • 1 min

    West San Carlos Street & South Bascom Avenue Urban Villages

    The West San Carlos Street and South Bascom Avenue urban village plans are available for the public to read and comment on. Each document...
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    Urban Villages
    BVNA
    • Apr 25, 2014
    • 5 min

    Urban Villages

    Since late 2011, Silicon Valley developers and urban planners have been awaiting details on how the City of San Jose plans to implement a...
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    BVNA
    • Mar 19, 2014
    • 1 min

    Developers are proposing a senior care facility at 415 Meridian Ave

    A senior care facility will likely replace Green Design Plants & Potteries at 415 Meridian Ave. in the next two years or so. Property...
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    315 apartments proposed for San Jose's Midtown
    BVNA
    • Mar 7, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    BVNA
    • Feb 16, 2014
    • 10 min

    BUENA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

    EARLY SAN JOSE

For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, what is now San Jose was inhabited by several groups of...
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    BVNA
    • Nov 22, 2013
    • 1 min

    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...
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    West San Carlos Workshop
    BVNA
    • Sep 30, 2013
    • 6 min

    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,...
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