Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
It’s back….bad project is back under the coronavirus fog……“….this “perfect storm” of a project that manages to violate community separators and UGBs, puts more people in wildfire burn zone, adds GHGs and VMTS and creates more low paying jobs without housing.” A dozen luxury 1, 2, and 3 bedroom wine country party houses on rural …
Solstice Sonoma Luxury Resort Slated for Burned Zone in Greenbelt Read More »
“Several priorities seem a bit out of whack. Should we really be fast-tracking housing at the Santa Rosa Airport Business Park and in southeast Santa Rosa on county lands outside of voter-approved urban growth boundaries in Santa Rosa and Windsor? Both undermine long-standing city-centered growth policies.” The path forward in Sonoma County Sonoma County is …
The path forward in Sonoma County by Teri SHore, Greenbelt Alliance Read More »
Large Hotel is First Project Denied in Santa Rosa Fire Zone From Greenbelt Alliance: For the first time since the October 2017 Tubb’s fire in Sonoma County, a new development was denied due to high fire risk in the burned area of Fountaingrove of Santa Rosa. On a split 3-3 vote, the City of Santa …
Learning tough lessons: Large Hotel is First Project Denied in Santa Rosa Fire Zone Read More »
Greenbelt Alliance, thank you for this alert. We voted overwhelmingly to support community separators last election cycle. This is an attack on our community values. Zombie project lives! Luxury resort and retreat center in the community separator and burned area of Larkfield Wikiup is back! A public hearing just announced for 1:30 pm on Nov. 7. …
Learn how to map and research resources in the Bay Area. This is a unique opportunity to get hands on learning tools for your community. Sonoma County Water Coalition, 55 Ridgeway, Santa Rosa Adam Garcia and Teri Shore will talk about and demonstrate Greenprint; the computer portal for the County’s LIDAR-based resource data. Planners use the …
Sonoma County Water Coalition: Technical Session will take place on August 22 at 6:30 PM Read More »
“If we stay on track with city-centered growth and greenbelt protection, Sonoma County can usher in new era of thriving, affordable neighborhoods in cities and towns near jobs, schools and transit. If they stray, we could face a generation of scattered development on the urban edge and across the countryside that will cost us far …
Close to Home: Building boldly toward the future Read More »