Sigh… Last night I received what I thought was a regular update about upcoming practices/games/events surrounding the Alameda Youth Basketball league. I was floored when I finally read the message this morning: Parents & Coaches, I have just been informed by XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX, one of our 6th grade boys coaches, that he has been...
Stepping out of the house this morning, I couldn’t wrap my head around the day head. Too much to do (shopping, work, mouse cages to clean) and too much to think about (Alameda Point developers, Alameda Landing transportation issues, racist phone calls to a 6th grade basketball coaches in Alameda).
A couple of weeks ago, Lauren Do had a post up about housing prices in the Bay Area. It was a follow up on discussions about housing affordability in Alameda and one that will probably go on forever. It started back in September; around the time Lauren provided interesting data on income levels here....
News of the initial approval of the Alameda Landing project and the application for a chance to develop Alameda Point by 5 developer conglomerates has focused things on the ongoing plans for converting the old Naval Air Station lately. However, exciting and important planning for the existing neighborhoods and roadways in Alameda is also...
On Tuesday night (actually Wednesday morning) the silent slate of Alameda’s city council voted unanimously (5-0), as they often do, to approve the Alameda Landing project on the West End.
Alameda Landing goes before the City Council tonight. The packet for the meeting is over 500 pages long and I could probably write 20 pages on some of my niggling concerns with the project. In the interest of shorter posts, I stick to a couple of large concerns I have with the Alameda Landing...
One of the key reasons Stop, Drop & Roll got started is to facilitate a discussion on development in Alameda. Development is going to happen, all that’s left is to figure out what kind and what it’s going to look like. My hope for this discussion is to limit ourselves to the large re-development...
Over the last few months, prior to the election, a small but vocal group has run through the streets yelling about a “council majority” is trying to turn Alameda into Walnut Creek by the Bay through overzealous development and a grand desire to overturn Alameda’s Measure A. At last Tuesday’s (11/21/06) joint City Council/Community...
Much has been written in certain circles about the price of land sold by the city at Harbor Bay Business Park in 2003. At issue is 1.19 acres of land sold for $45,000 to Harbor Bay Storage as part of an overall 6.2 acre, $1,055,000 sale. The issue is being used to paint certain...
