When they hired Megan Medeiros as Executive Director in 2013, our Board of Directors thought that they deserved to get patted on the back. Well, we all still think that, and now their judgment has been confirmed by Greenbelt Alliance, which is honoring Megan with their 2017 Greenbelt Alliance Champion Award. “Megan is one of...
We need your help to speak up for open space and sustainability, in Coyote Valley and elsewhere in San Jose. On Monday, August 21, San Jose City Councilmembers will hold a study session on the draft Environmental Sustainability Plan (ESP). Please join us in urging city councilmembers to ensure the ESP includes preservation of open space. ...
Today, August 9, is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In recognition of this day, we’d like to take a moment to highlight a local indigenous community, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band is one of three historic tribes that are recognized as Ohlone. The traditional territory of the Amah Mutsun...
By Ron Erskine, Board President All of us at Committee for Green Foothills are extremely excited about this year’s Nature’s Inspiration celebration on September 24; and with good reason. Number one, of course, is that we will be honoring Joan Baez, a truly remarkable and influential woman. But we are also pleased to be hosting...
If you haven’t yet heard, there was some exciting Coyote Valley news last week. The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) announced its acquisition of the 30-acre property where the Panattoni company was planning to build a massive warehouse/distribution center (New $80 million plan to preserve San Jose’s Coyote Valley). POST deserves a huge...
Check out Megan’s Letter to the Editor published in Sunday’s Mercury News: I recently came across a quote from a 1981 article we published in response to a development threat in Coyote Valley that was fought back: “We recommend that the city (of San Jose) work with industrial representatives to study Edenvale and other redevelopment...
Welcome to the first installment of our monthly Coyote Valley updates! Panattoni Warehouse Project It’s been several months since the City of San Jose held a community scoping meeting on the Panattoni Development Company’s proposal for a warehouse/distribution center in North Coyote Valley. For a recap of that meeting, see this blog post. Thanks to...
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With just hours left in the year, I want to tell you how proud I am of what we accomplished together in 2016. As I ring in the New Year tonight, I’ll give my husband and daughter a kiss and then raise a glass to you. You are the only reason local open space has a...
On October 17, an over-capacity crowd filled the meeting room and spilled over into an adjacent room at the Southside Community Center for a community scoping meeting called by San Jose City staff to discuss the Panattoni project being proposed in Coyote Valley. City planners and representatives of the Panattoni company described the project and...
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