Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto (ALPA) believes that Palo Alto can grow in a manner that is environmentally responsible and includes social and economic diversity.

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NEXT MEETING: Weds, Feb.10, 2010!!!!   10 am

Agenda: See agenda page

All meetings held at Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, 122 Hamilton St (between High St. and Alma St.,downtown - one block from northbound Caltrain platform)

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Event:  February 16, 2010:
Hear the 'dean of CA planning', Bill Fulton, speak on:

Charting the Future under SB 375:
Suburban Cities and Infill Development
City of Palo Alto Council Chambers

250 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
4:00 - 6:00 pm

(Accessible by Caltrain, VTA, DB Bus, and SamTrans.)

This is the second in a series of presentations sponsored by the Palo Alto Department of Planning & Community Environment to provide insight and guidance for updating the Comprehensive Plan.

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OK, you ask, just what is 'livable'????

Is it being able to find a parking place?

Is it retaining the value in your home?

How about driving in a non-congested street?

See our new 'Livability Page' to find out more.

Hint: we, ALPA, didn't devise the term.

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Our past Special Event:  Nov. 5, 2009: Good Morning Palo Alto!

8am-9:30 am (continental breakfast).

DELIGHTFUL DENSITY presentation by Redwood City planner, Dan Zack.

is now on You-Tube!

Suggested portal: Planetizen: 

The Density Game - On YouTube

In addition, another excerpt now on YouTube!:

4.25 minutes on the case for increasing residential density from an environmental perspective.

The entire 50-minute presentation is available as well.

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NOTE: Dan's presentation is being prepared for replaying on cable TV, and also You-Tube, thanks to the generosity of ALPA member Elliot Margolies, and The Media Center.

We have one DVD available for use by community organizations.  Contact Irvin: 853-0558

Good Morning PA is a function of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.  ALPA is joining them in this particular presentation, plus more in the future. 

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The City of Palo Alto will present a new forum series on Planning for Sustainable Development - thanks largely to the leadership of Planning Director Curtis Williams.  This undertaking is most timely considering the Forum @ Redwood City has been terminated.

Read our Guest Opinion: An alliance to help make Palo Alto a 'sustainable community' (Palo Alto Weekly, Nov. 21, 2008)

Join our Yahoo Group!

We value and advocate:

• Compact development that features homes, offices and stores 
• Walkable and bikeable neighborhoods
• Innovation in building and transportation
• Providing housing that people from a diversity of income levels can afford
• Improved transportation choices beyond the car

We are a newly formed group of diverse stakeholders from the Palo Alto community representing business, housing, community and environmental interests.

•  promotes a sustainable lifestyle which reduces carbon emissions;
• enables workers to live near their jobs;

• has walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, where people can easily;
• is served by excellent, easily accessible rail and bus service;
  
• allows residents to access shopping and  services with little or no driving;
• is attractive to visionary companies like the ones that have built our prosperity;
• preserves its state-of-the-art services, such as its schools and hospitals;
• provides parks and attractive public spaces for all;
• enables older residents to continue to live locally; and
• gives children a chance of continuing to live here after they grow up.

• The Joint Venture Silicon Valley vision   for El Camino Real
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