Northern News archives
February 2012
Section A Redevelopment as we’ve known it is gone, but the issues it was originally designed to address are not (PAGE 1). What you can do to make yourself more competitive in today’s tight job market (PAGE 7). Section B Housing preferences are changing rapidly as homeownership rates decline (PAGE…
December 2011/January 2012
Section A The once and future General Plan; Distributed renewable energy – Plan on it; Urban fabric – Strategies for American cities; Mentorship. Section B Reinventing the General Plan; Plan-it Sustainably; Clean Energy showcase.
November 2011
“How ‘Less is More’ in solving the parking dilemma,” by Janet Palma, AICP: A short introduction to the GreenTRIP program and its director, Ann Cheng, with lots of links. northern-news-November-2011
October 2011
To read or download the PDF click here. northern-news-October-2011
September 2011
Redistricting—my view as a Commissioner By Connie Galambos Malloy, AICP northern-news-September-2011
July/August 2011
SCS—What’s the big idea? Moving toward adoption in 2013, the Bay Area Sustainable Communities Strategy will change where our cities grow By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, Editor northern-news-July-2011
June 2011
Buchanan v. Warley reveals the double-edged sword of zoning By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP northern-news-June-2011
May 2011
California Court of Appeal gives sustainable infill development an important victory. By Mark Rhoades, AICP northern-news-May-2011
April 2011
A hot degree? Maybe not. By Theresa M. Alster, Associate Editor, Northern News April 2011 Northern News northern-news-April-2011
March 2011
Residential TODs in Santa Clara County are “over-parked.” Eduardo C. Serafin, AICP, and Justin Meek, with Robert W. Swierk, AICP, and Ying C. Smith, AICP, a collaboration between SJSU urban and regional planning graduate class and VTA studying parking at transit-oriented developments in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. PAGE…