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Press Releases
2008
6/5/08 Greenbelt Alliance Endorses New Affordable, Green Homes in Downtown San Jose
5/6/08 Housing Award Goes to Environmental Leader
4/22/08 Greenbelt Alliance Welcomes New Executive Director, Jeremy Madsen
4/8/08 BART Tour of East Bay Cities: “What Makes Cities Work”
2007
10/2/07 Greenbelt
Alliance ‘Smart Growth Scorecard’ Wins
Statewide Award
8/30/07 Pittsburg
Planning Commission Listens to Developers Instead of Constituents
8/15/07 Grammy Winner Laurie
Lewis Headlines “Bluegrass for the Greenbelt” Outdoor
Concert
8/2/07 Greenbelt Alliance Wins Lawsuit over Oakley Floodplain Development
6/27/07 Learn How to Build Great Communities: Workshop and "Smart Growth Scavenger Hunt" Highlight Downtown Mountain View
6/20/07 Greenbelt Alliance, AF Evans Create Partnership to Promote Infill, Bringing Affordable Homes Closer to Jobs and Saving Land
6/3/07 On Go Greenbelt! Bay Area Bike Tour, Riders Enjoy the Scenery and Save It Too
5/21/07 Greenbelt Alliance Smart Growth Scorecard Wins Award
2006
12/4/06 Coalition Urges City to Address Lack of Affordable Homes; Vallejo City Council Will Consider Inclusionary Housing on Tuesday
11/13/06 Vallejo Open House: Creating Housing Choices - Saturday, Nov. 18
11/9/06 Antioch Annexation Allowed: Many Say Move Will Increase Traffic, Problems Caused by Uncontrolled Growth
11/8/06 Election: Results Favor Open Space Protection, Growth Management
11/8/06 Election: Napa Votes Yes on Public Parks
11/8/06 Election: Sonoma Voters Renew Protections for Farmland, Open Space
11/8/06 Election: Morgan Hill Welcomes Homes to Downtown
10/19/06 State Legislators Declare Support for Measure J at Solano Farm
10/11/06 County Supervisors Act to Address Housing Affordability Crisis
09/25/06 Enjoy Bluegrass Tunes, Protect Greenbelt Lands At Greenbelt Alliance's First Annual Bluegrass for the Greenbelt Benefit Concert
09/20/06 Railroad Square in Focus; Urban Outing Highlights Plans and Possibilities in Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square
09/06/06 Orderly Growth Ballot Decision Upholds Election Law
08/17/06
Oakland Community and Environmental Leaders come together to support Community Benefits at Oak-9th, oppose the referendum
06/28/06 New Report Finds Region is
Not Prepared for Growth
06/07/06 Napa Residents Vote to Uphold
Land Protections
05/25/06 New Report Finds Over 400,000
Acres of Bay Area Landscapes At Risk
04/27/06 Go Greenbelt!
Bay Area Bike Tour Stops in Suisun Valley to Protect Half-Million Acres
of Open Space
04/26/06 Contra Costa County Planning
Commission delays affordable housing plan
04/24/06 Contra Costa County poised
to address affordable housing crisis
04/21/06 Go Greenbelt! Bay Area
Bike Tour Rides Through Threatened Land, Helps Save It
04/11/06 Greenbelt Alliance Files Lawsuit
over Floodplain Development
2005
11/09/05 Residents Vote For Better Growth
Management
11/04/05 Greenbelt Alliance Endorses
Black Diamond Development
11/03/05 New Report Finds Solano Housing
Market is Unbalanced, Unaffordable
09/28/05 Local Environmental Groups
Warn 'Don't Be Fooled' by Developer-Sponsored Initiatives to Widen the
Urban Limit Line
09/27/05 Local Environmental Groups
Call Press Conference to Kick-Off East County Campaigns to Fight Developer-Sponsored
Urban Limit Line Initiatives
09/15/05 Destination Downtown: Creating
a Livable Community
09/02/05 Revitalizing Concord's Downtown
and Protecting Its Open Space
07/06/05 $8.7 Billion for Transit Expansion
Hinges on Housing Plans
06/06/05 Greenbelt Alliance Endorses
Hitachi Campus Plan
05/26/05 Greenbelt Alliance's Vision
for Coyote Valley Wins Major National Award
05/05/05 Go Greenbelt!
Bay Area Bike Tour Rides Through Threatened Land, Helps Save It
05/05/05 Bay Area Bike Tour
Stops In Livermore, Joins Environmental Leaders In Opposing Development
Initiative
05/05/05 Bay Area Bike Tour
Stops in Morgan Hill to Help Protect Farmland
02/03/05 Livermore Trails Proposal Blasted
as Sprawl in Sheep's Clothing
01/25/05 Greenbelt Alliance Points Out
Flaws in Coyote Valley Plan, Urges City to Slow Down
01/12/05 Sprawl Endangers Hundreds of
Nation's Imperiled Species
2001-2004
12/07/04 Greenbelt Alliance Aims to Establish
Vacaville Urban Limit Line with Settlement of Lagoon Valley Lawsuit
11/18/04 Action Needed to Manage Sonoma
County's Growth
07/27/04 Greenbelt Alliance Wont
Block Transportation Tax
07/09/04 Greenbelt Alliance Files Legal
Challenge to Lagoon Valley Development
05/18/04 Greenbelt Alliance Wins Prestigious
Award From American Planning Association
03/23/04 15th Annual Go Greenbelt! Bike
Tour Begins Sunday, April 18
02/26/04 California County Residents
Still Face Long CommutesInfill an Alternative Says Coalition
09/23/03 Former Maryland Governor to
Speak on the "Leadership Challenge" on Growth and Development
06/02/03 New report presents smart
growth vision for San Jose's Coyote Valley
05/28/03 Greenbelt Alliance Report Wins
Prestigious American Planning Association Award
05/27/03 Press Advisory: Groundbreaking
New Report Offers Smart Growth Vision For Development in San Jose's Coyote
Valley
05/07/03 Press Advisory: Realizing Vacaville's
Dreams for Downtown
04/28/03 Press Advisory: South Bay Go
Greenbelt! Event Cancelled
04/24/03 Press Advisory: Bay Area
Bike Tour stops in Santa Rosa to join environmental leaders in encouraging
affordable housing in downtown
04/23/03 Go Greenbelt! 480-mile
Bay Area bike tour highlights open space and farmland at risk
04/22/03 Bicyclists, environmentalists
rally against Representative Pombo's proposed highway through the Diablo
Range wildernessEVENT CANCELLED due to inclement weather
02/11/03 Consortium of Groups Unite
for Action on Sonoma County Housing Crisis
12/17/02 Livermore City Council Passes
Urban Growth Boundary
11/12/02 Press Advisory: Antioch Residents
Gather to Plan Opposition to Proposed Sprawl Development
11/11/02 New Report Urges Smart Growth
for Vacaville
11/07/02 Advisory: New Report
Urges Smart Growth for Vacaville
11/07/02 Event Highlights Smart Growth
Potential in Downtown Antioch
10/30/02 Press Advisory: Endangered
Spaces Panel
10/11/02 Local Livermore Measure Gets
Regional Support
09/24/02 Criticism Leveled at City
of Antioch For Failing to Adequately Address Proposed Development's Impacts
08/23/02 Greenbelt Alliance, Transportation
and Land Use Coalition Take Neutral Stands on Measure E
08/19/02 Greenbelt Alliance Launches
Coyote Valley Visioning Project
08/07/02 Antioch Residents Gather In
Opposition To Planned Development
06/26/02 72% of Bay Area Governments
Failing to Fill Housing Gap
06/13/02 Gilroy City Council Votes
to Trade Farmland for Silicon Valley Sprawl
04/03/02 Greenbelt Alliance Releases
New Strategies to Combat Sprawl
03/19/02 Tassajara Development Causing
Transportation Authority Woes
02/20/02 Gilroy City Council Votes Against
Farmland and For Campus Industrial Sprawl Development
04/23/01 Greenbelt Alliance and Audubon
Society Call on San Jose to Protect Beautiful Open Space Almaden Valley
from Sprawl Development
04/11/01 Go Greenbelt. 480-Mile Round-the-Bay
Bike Ride To Highlight Open Space and Farmland at RiskApril
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