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Dear
MacArthur Boulevard Neighbors & Friends,
Central MacArthur Boulevard is at the cultural and geographic
crossroads of Oakland. Beautiful geography, vital neighborhood
organizations, diverse cultures, new housing and investments
make this an exciting area. I believe the changing MacArthur
Boulevard corridor can be a model urban neighborhood. On November
5th, 2005 a standing room only crowd of 240 neighbors, city staff,
and experts joined us at Mills College to discuss and plan the
future.
Most gave
the speakers and workshops high ratings from our first look at
evaluations. Almost everyone enjoyed the energy and love of the
neighborhood. The mix of neighbors, staff, developers and experts
produced interesting discussions…many participants were surprised to
see the renderings of projects now in the planning or development
stages. There seemed to be general support for a mix of denser
retail and housing projects with high quality public spaces.
Jean Quan
Council Member
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envisioning
MAC Arthur Boulevard
"pLANNING community growth for the
next 30 Years"
Sponsored by Council Members Jean Quan & Ignacio DeLaFuente, Mills
College, and the City of Oakland Community & Economic Development Agency
Saturday,
November 5, 2005,
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Mills
College, Rothwell Center, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA
94613
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“I love my neighborhood and people on my street look out for each other…but
I am so inspired to find out there are so many others like us.” Quote
from Evaluation
If you didn’t attend, you can still get
information on what we discussed:
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Envisoning Wall Graphics
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Small Discussion Group Summaries
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We had the speakers and panels videotaped and will
make those available at the Dimond Library.
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We will be having some more focused follow-up
workshops or meetings based on the conference discussions.
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The links below are a great self-study guide whether
or not you attended |
INFORMATION ON SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS:
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Our
registration page included links to articles or websites for several of
our speakers.
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This article
about our Workshop Facilitator,
Daniel Iacofono, founder &
principal of MIG, a leading Community Planning firm discusses the grassroots
approach we hoped to capture in our workshop.
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Marco Di Landri’s site (consultant
to the Laurel & Temescal Business Improvement Districts) is:
http://www.newcityamerica.com/
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This link to our lunch time speaker,
Gordon Price (Simon Fraser City
Program faculty, former Council member and leader in making Vancouver one of
the most economically vibrant and sustainable cities on the West Coast), is
his newsletter website. It provides insight into many of his projects and
observations to how “green cities” are developing around the globe.
OAKLAND DATA
The
Community Economic Development
Agency Website
has several useful links:
City of Oakland Zoning Map
(big file)
City of Oakland GIS Applications
Creek & Watershed Maps
SMART OR GREEN
GROWTH SITES
Local Government Commission: California
Non-Profit Dedicated to Building Livable Communities
StopWaste.org this website of the Alameda County Waste
Management Authority has several useful links
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Online
Urban Land Institute
MORE USEFUL
SITES
Active Living by Design
Center for Disease
Control:
Designing & Building Healthy Places
California Safe Routes to School
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