Tag: Urban Planning
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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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Veggielution’s SoFA Pocket Park: A Perfect Project Uplifting the Community Through Research and Core Partners
By SJSU URBP295 Students: Matt Gustafson, Xio Aguirre, Jean Reynolds, Ana Lopez At the southern edge of downtown San José lies an arts district known locally as SoFA (South of First Area). In recent years the area has seen an influx of investment activity as developers set their sights on the highly gentrifiable landscape. Enter…
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Student-Led Community Engagement in Eastside San Jose Goes Virtual
The Alum Rock Avenue corridor is located approximately two miles east of downtown San Jose. In Fall 2019, graduate students in San Jose State University’s Master of Urban Planning program, partnering with CommUniverCity and the City’s District 5 office, conducted a series of outreach events in the communities adjoining this corridor. This included “Café y…
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Community Planning: Alum Rock
A Vision for the Alum Rock Community of San Jose The Alum Rock Avenue corridor is an area located two miles east of San Jose’s downtown core. In the spring of 2019, Futuro de Alum Rock formed as a coalition of community organizations to address existing neighborhood concerns and anxieties over the City of San…
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Urban Planning: Diridon to Downtown
By Mindy Nguyen & Sarah Martinez Over the next 20 years, Downtown San Jose will be transformed as a result of developments and transportation investments, so we partnered with SJSU’s Master of Urban Planning students and the City of San Jose to assess the current conditions of the Diridon Station area and specific areas of…
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Dayana Salazar, Latina Leader in Sustainability
Author: Katherine Cushing Professor Salazar has been a part of San Jose State University’s Urban and Regional Planning Department for over 20 years as well as CommUniverCity since its inception 11 years ago. Dayana has served as the driving force behind CommUniverCity San Jose, a university-based public-private partnership aimed at creating great neighborhoods in disadvantaged communities…
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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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Garden to Table Advocates for Agriculture Land Use on Industrial Zones
CommUniverCity San José’s Growing Sustainably, a direct partnership of Garden to Table, advocated successfully for changing Title 20 (Zoning Ordinance) for industrial zones to allow up to one acre of urban agricultural land use. When Barry Swenson signed a land use agreement with Garden to Table to allow them to use a one-acre empty lot by…