Alternate Thursdays January 14 to March 11
Housing Within Reach: Of Our Pocketbooks; Of Our Workplaces, Schools, & Stores
United Methodist Church
250 California St. 7-9pm
Feb 25: Housing, Transportation, & Greenhouse Gases The land use and transportation decisions of the future. With John Doughty, Exec Director, AMBAG, and Celia Scott, former mayor and environmental attorney/planner
March 11: Next Steps A community meeting to unite on strategies that will increase and preserve housing affordability for everyone in our community. Led by David Foster, Capitola Housing & Redevelopment Project Manager; Santa Cruz Planning Commission
For more information, contact David Stearns: davidstearns5 (at) gmail (dot) com
Earlier programs in the series:
Jan 14: Overview of Housing Economics Why we're losing ground on affordability and what we can do about it. With Bruce Van Allen, former mayor & affordable housing project manager and Paul Wagner, jounalist; former chair, City of Santa Cruz Housing Advisory Committee
Jan 28: Programs for Affordability A primer on existing city programs: What's working? What can be improved? With Carol Berg, Santa Cruz Housing & Community Development Manager
Generating more funding for affordability With Jan Lindenthal, VP, Mid-Peninsula Housing
Feb 11: A Developer Perspective on Affordability Affordability by design? Zoning changes? Reduced parking requirements? Inclusionary requirements? Density? With John Swift, developer and land use consultant
Getting housing built through partnerships and innovation in planning. With Jeff Oberdorfer, FAIA, Exec Director, First Community Housing
Car-free & car-lite development for Santa Cruz. With Rick Longinotti, Transition Santa Cruz