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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...
BVNA
Apr 4, 20151 min read
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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...
BVNA
Apr 2, 20151 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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...
BVNA
Feb 11, 20151 min read
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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
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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
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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...
BVNA
Nov 12, 20144 min read
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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....
BVNA
Oct 1, 20141 min read
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CP14-011 (Administrative Hearing) Approved
CP14--0011 (AAdministrative Hearing)). Conditional Use Permit to demolish all on--ssite buildings,, remove two ordinance size trees and...
BVNA
Sep 11, 20141 min read
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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...
BVNA
Aug 30, 20141 min read
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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...
BVNA
Apr 25, 20145 min read
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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...
BVNA
Mar 19, 20141 min read
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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
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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...
BVNA
Feb 16, 201410 min read
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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
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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
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August 2013 BVNA Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:20 PM PRESENT: [12 people present] MEMBERS: Brian Habekoss (President) John Leyba (Vice President) Robert...
BVNA
Aug 27, 20134 min read
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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
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