Teri Shore

UPDATE: REJECTED UNANIMOUSLY: Oppose Luxury Resort in CS – Public Hearing –

The unanimous 4 – 0 vote against luxury resort in community remains in limbo due to county staff failures so it will come back and things could change. We had super strong testimony from about 25 community leaders, voters and experts along with 300 comments sent in opposing so the BZA agreed 100 percent that …

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Wine and Water Watch Team

PD: Close to Home: A greenbelt is no place for a resort

PD: Close to Home: A greenbelt is no place for a resort TERI SHORE TERI SHORE IS NORTH BAY REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR GREENBELT ALLIANCE. July 5, 2020, 12:10AM In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, political unrest and economic uncertainty, Sonoma County is seeking to bypass voters and flout open space protections to push forward …

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The path forward in Sonoma County by Teri SHore, Greenbelt Alliance

“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 …

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Sonoma County Water Coalition: Technical Session will take place on August 22 at 6:30 PM

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 …

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Close to Home: Building boldly toward the future

“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 …

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Wine and Water Watch Team

Community Separators: Ask the voters not the supervisors

Communities that have voter approved community separators have very few abuses if the provision that any building in the community separators must go to the voters was included in the initiative and takes the discretionary powers of our supervisors to override away. Napa is one such county and has virtually stopped all bad projects in community separators. …

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