Catalyze SV

Our members are frustrated - we don’t understand why #SanJose isn’t prioritizing #housing & vibrant neighborhoods.

?? Exciting News! ?? We’re thrilled to announce that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has joined us as a primary sponsor for our "Electrify Our Future: Clean Energy and Sustainable Transportation" event on Friday, March 28! ??? Don't miss out—register now at bit.ly/elec3fy! #SustainableTransportation #CleanEnergy #ElectrifyOurFuture

This project our members scored in September 2023 is anticipated to come to the City Council on March 11. If you can believe it, that's fast in #SanJose and that's good news! That being said, we still want them to be as good as possible and incorporate constructive community feedback from folks like our members. We know how hard it is right now to finance and build #housing. Our members believe deeply in integrated communities where diverse people live together. That's why we fight so hard for market-rate development to include affordable units as part of the project instead of paying the city an affordable housing fee to build somewhere else at some future time. It's disappointing to see this proposal go from 15% #affordablehousing on site to 5% + paying the fee. We need more projects like this -- housing projects on small pieces of land that include lots of homes and advance quickly.

Action Alert 9.1: Santa Clara Planning Commission Votes on Improved yet Insufficient Community Engagement Policy - https://lnkd.in/gRutNEE3 #SantaClara #communityengagement #development

Thank you to everyone who dropped by and participated at Community Open House - Hostetter Station TOD on Saturday, February 8! ?? We are grateful for the feedback everyone provided and the conversations we had. Community input is invaluable as we continue to shape the future of this project. Participants enjoyed the children’s activities, refreshments, and utilized the interpreter services we had on-site – these additions helped make the event even more accessible and inclusive! ? We’d also like to give a special recognition to Cherrywood Elementary for letting us use the Multipurpose Room! Please stay tuned for other ways to participate in the coming months!

Give us 5 mins of your time to start 2025 ?? - https://lnkd.in/gY3RjZsA

??Catalyze SV is excited to work with VTA for an upcoming Open House near VTA's Hostetter Station! ?? ??? Date: Saturday, February 8 ?? Time: 10 am - 11:30 am ?? Location: Cherrywood Elementary School, Multipurpose Room ?? Address: 2550 Greengate Dr, San Jose, CA 95132 ?? Register: https://lnkd.in/gHqVbzej Come enjoy refreshments and activities for the kids while learning about the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program and its potential benefits for our neighborhood. ? What to Expect: - Engage with VTA staff and ask your questions - Share your thoughts on the project - Help shape the development to reflect our community’s values and priorities We can’t wait to see you there! Let's work together for a brighter future! ???? #VTAOpenHouse #CommunityEngagement #TransitDevelopment #SanJose

This Wednesday, our Project Advocacy Committee will re-score Stevens Creek Promenade, a proposal from Miramar Capital for 4300 Stevens Creek Blvd. in San José. The project was first proposed in 2017, followed by major revisions in 2020. As of late 2024, the developer is again exploring overhauling the proposal. The most recent iteration of this project was approved in 2022 and called for 580 units (173 of which were affordable), a 0.8-acre paseo, a 250-room hotel, and 11,300 sq. ft. of commercial space. The new proposal includes the addition of a 3.8-acre car dealership. The project would maintain the 173 affordable housing units but decrease the number of market-rate units to 191. To learn more about Stevens Creek Promenade, join our Project Advocacy Committee Meeting tomorrow @ 6:30 via Zoom. If you would like to join or have any other questions, email Jake ([email protected]).

Sometimes, the best way to ramp up in #2025 is to figure out what you missed in 2024. Here was our last action alert of the year: https://lnkd.in/ge-wc7Bb. Our members always want to find projects to support, yet once in a blue moon, we see one so bad we have to speak out. We'd like to ask you to too! Summary: Chick-fil-A is proposing a car-centric, single-story fast food restaurant at the intersection of W. San Carlos and Race Street that will tear down a building currently occupied by two small, local businesses. The City of San Jose’s General Plan calls for the area of West San Carlos Street in Midtown San Jose to transform into one of the city’s “urban villages,” which means a walkable, transit-accessible, neighborhood of buildings 3-7 stories with active ground floors and housing above. Chick-fil-A should only be allowed here as part of a multi-story housing project or it should be located elsewhere.

#HappyNewYear! But before we fully shut the door ?? on 2024, let's look back at Catalyze SV's biggest accomplishments of the year, which we sent our email list this week. https://lnkd.in/g2Ht3-qv