Category: Newsletters and Media
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East Santa Clara Street Urban Village wins 2017 APA Award
Author: Lauren Chun, Communications Specialist When you walk along East Santa Clara Street, what do you think of? The unique shops? The mix of people that live along the corridor? Or maybe you just see the problems that need to be fixed. Unfortunately, there are things that need improvement. That’s why over 60 Urban and…
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Terry Christensen Thanks Supporters: Five Wounds Urban Village Plans Approved
Let’s celebrate a win for Community Planning in San Jose! On November 19th, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved four urban village plans developed for the Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace neighborhoods. Below is a letter of thanks from Terry Christensen, founding Executive Director of CommUniverCity who first spearheaded our Urban Villages work:
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Intel Provides $75,000 for SJSU STEM Programs
Pat Lopes Harris shared a blog on September 23, 2013 on our Youth STEM Network program and Science & Engineering in Action program, “San José State has received $25,000 grants from Intel for each of three innovative programs all aimed at getting elementary and middle school students fired up about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Intel…
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Featured in SJSU’s Acceleration Campaign
You might have noticed Zach Lewis, Garden to Table’s Executive Director at San José State University, sharing his experience about SJSU’s Urban Planning graduate program, “Studying urban planning at San Jose State was the best decision I ever made. It gave me the chance to take an idea and grow it into a nonprofit.” We were part of…
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Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters Honors CommUniverCity San José as Environmental Organization of the Year
CommUniverCity San José a partnership for service, learning, and empowerment PRESS RELEASE Media Contacts: Dayana Salazar, Executive Director · (408) 924-5854 · Dayana@cucsj.org Terry Trumbull, LCV Endorsement Chairman · (650) 321-7538 · TerryT1011@aol.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2013 Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters Honors CommUniverCity San José as Environmental Organization…
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Bearing fruit with Garden to Table – Growing Sustainably
Our program and partnership Growing Sustainably – Garden to Table, was featured this Saturday August 3, 2013 in L.A. Times by Lee Romney on the story of how Garden to Table began, and how our efforts have addressed the issues of poverty, crime, neighborhood blight, and food security in the Central San José neighborhoods. We…