SPUR programs and events
Here is a selection of upcoming free events from SPUR’s calendar.
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Northern News
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Northern News is a volunteer-driven digital news publication written and produced by and for urban planners and community development professionals in northern California. Become an author, comment on our articles, or learn more about our newsletter.
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Napa Sonoma ADU: Upcoming tours and on-demand webinars
The nonprofit Napa Sonoma ADU Center works with homeowners and jurisdictions across Napa and Sonoma counties to support development of Accessory Dwelling Units.
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Who’s Where
Serena Alexander, Ph.D. was recently appointed Visiting Scholar at the U.S. Department of Transportation Climate Change Center and the Office of the Under Secretary. She is an associate professor at the department of urban and regional planning at San José State University and a research associate at the Mineta Transportation Institute. Alexander’s research broadly focuses
A public building that can decarbonize Santa Rosa’s electric grid
By Emily Nonko, Next City, November 1, 2022. Sonoma Clean Power’s new headquarters works to decarbonize the electrical grid – an urgent imperative as the climate crisis worsens.
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Bay Area churches face barriers to building affordable housing on their land
By Adhiti Bandlamundi, KQED, August 18 2022. Oakland’s Kingdom Builders Project and nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation are working with some East Bay churches to help them begin their development journeys.
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Potential California megaflood: What the Bay Area is doing to prepare
By Marianne Favro, NBC Bay Area, August 15, 2022. Flooding on a scale unseen for over a century would severely harm underserved communities and devastate critical infrastructure.
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‘California burning’: How Napa Valley contends with wildfire season
By Dave Lee, Financial Times, August 9, 2022. Local wineries are turning to private firefighters and nonprofit organizations like Napa Firewise need to fill gaps left by an overwhelmed Cal Fire.
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California’s far northern cliffs are eroding faster than elsewhere in the state
By Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2022. In the Bay Area, some of the highest rates of clifftop erosion are found in Daly City, Pacifica, and Bodega Bay.
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