In 2012 Gilroy’s city councilmembers chose their downtown as the preferred location for a high-speed rail (HSR) station. The community strongly supported this decision, as did Committee for Green Foothills, because it avoided the alternative location—accompanied by new urban growth —in the Agricultural Preserve to the east of the shopping outlets. Locating the station in...
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Victory for Measure Q!
Why is the Open Space Authority staff celebrating? Because Measure Q, preserving Santa Clara Valley open space for future generations, passed! It was a close win, just like we knew it would be. Thanks to everyone who helped with the campaign we can officially declare victory. At the end of Election Day last Tuesday Measure...