Tag: neighborhood revitalization
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Summer Gardening Recap 2022
Over the summer of 2022, CommUniverCity SJSU hosted its third annual gardening workshop series, which entailed three in-person workshops and free gardening kits for 30 families. Pico de Gallo, a popular Latin recipe made of tomatoes, onions, and cilantro often used as a dip or a topping was the centerpiece of these workshops. Community residents…
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SJSU Campus Community Garden: A Hidden, Local Gem for Both Residents and Students
In mid-May, a little over a dozen of children from Olinder Elementary School’s CORAL after school program took a trip to an urban farm. The destination? Our very own San Jose State Campus Community Garden. The SJSU Campus Community Garden is located on San Salvador St. across the street from the Campus Village housing, and…
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Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Assessment
Written by the Spring 2022 SJSU URBP295 Students. Lecturers: Rick Kos and Ahoura Zandiatashbar. Spring 2022 SJSU URBP295 students take a group photo underneath the San Jose State University sign on San Salvador St. Located a few blocks west of Downtown San José, the Guadalupe River Park rests along the banks of the Guadalupe River…
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Catalysts of Community Engaged Learning: The 2022 Celebrating Partnerships Event
Every other year, CommUniverCity holds a huge event called “Celebrating Partnerships,” where core partners of the organization come together to take a grand look at active projects that CommUniverCity has been maintaining or is involved in. This past Thursday on May 5th, in which some of you know as Cinco de Mayo, CommUniverCity their biennial…
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Joining a National Initiative for Green Spaces
Many of us enjoy spending quality time at home with loved ones or catching a quick bite with close friends. As the city life overtakes our lives, the outdoors seems to go underappreciated. Over the fall of 2020, graduate students in SJSU’s Master of Urban Planning program worked collaboratively on a national initiative called Reimagining…
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Delmas Park Open House: “Design your Delmas”
Author: Nicole Guzman, CommUniverCity Project Coordinator Over 70 people attended the Delmas Park Open House on December 5th at the Children’s Discovery Museum. This event allowed residents and other stakeholders to come together to discuss the existing community assets and outline future changes they would like to see in their community. We also support…
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Delmas Park and CommUniverCity Partnership
Author: Nicole Guzman We are excited to announce a new partnership with the Delmas Park Neighborhood Association and CommUniverCity. One of our annual projects involves conducting a neighborhood satisfaction survey, and our focus area for this year is Delmas Park. On September 23, San José State University students from multiple departments, Political Science, Global Studies,…
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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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Hunting for Memories —First Annual Spring Event a Hit!
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa, Project Coordinator for Spartan Keyes Festival Thirty two years ago, the town of Homer, Georgia, won the Guinness Book of World Records for hiding 80,000 eggs for a town of 900 people to hunt. Since then, that record has been broken many times over. The first annual Spartan Keyes Egg Hunt &…
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Illegal Dumping Assessment
Author: Galadriel Burr For the past few months, CommUniverCity has been working with the City of San Jose to address the issue of illegal dumping in and around the downtown areas of San Jose. Due to resident concerns and City reports indicating a 75% increase in dumping over the past three years, the City of…