Great Communities Collaborative

Local Planning Efforts

The Great Communities Collaborative’s main efforts are aimed at neighborhoods doing planning around transit station areas. We want to ensure that these communities have the tools to relieve the housing crisis, improve our neighborhoods, and make the best use of the public investment in transit. At this local level, we promote public participation in the planning process and offer focused, strategic assistance and tools to local groups and leaders.

Where we are involved:

East Palo Alto
Contacts: Vu-bang Nguyen, Urban Habitat and Annie Loya, Youth United for Community Action (YUCA)

North Santa Rosa/Jennings Avenue Station
Contacts: Amanda Bornstein, Greenbelt Alliance and Ben Boyce, Accountable Development Coalition (ADC)

Oakland Broadway-Valdez Auto Row
Contact: Marla Wilson, Greenbelt Alliance and East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO)

Oakland International Blvd.
Contacts: Joel Ramos, TransForm and Oakland Community Organizations (OCO)

Oakland Lake Merritt
Contacts: Joel Ramos, TransForm; Vivian Huang, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN); Julia Liou, Asian Health Services; Ener Chui, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC)

San Jose Diridon Station
Contacts: Michele Beasley, Greenbelt Alliance and Corinne Winter, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Sunnyvale Lawrence Caltrain Station
Contacts: Vu-bang Nguyen, Urban Habitat and Barbara Fukumoto, Sunnyvale Cool