Long-term land use and transportation planning is happening in communities up and down the Peninsula. Menlo Park just completed its General Plan Update in January. Palo Alto is finalizing its Comprehensive Plan. Â Mountain View is considering housing in North Bayshore near Google, San Mateo is working on a downtown plan, and Sunnyvale just approved its General Plan’s Land Use and Transportation Element.
Are we designing our communities to preserve what we love about them, while also continuing to advance them as adaptive, high-functioning “live, work, and play†communities of the future?
Come to “Designing Peninsula Communities 2.0” and hear the perspectives of two recognized Bay Area architects and urban designers for incorporating design methodologies in everyday practice. Â Learn about design techniques and strategies for achieving community and placemaking which advance shared goals of affordability, livability, health, and community benefit.
Panelists will look at case studies demonstrating how trends in mixed-use, multi-family, transit-oriented neighborhood development are shaping more sustainable, livable, and inclusive communities.  Panelists will discuss the thresholds necessary to support key amenities and transit services, and recognize the importance of focusing on community needs and benefits for building consensus for collective action.
Panelists:
Amit Price Patel, AIA, AICP, SITELAB Urban Studio, San Francisco , CA
Adrianne Steichen AIA, PYATOK architecture + urban design, Oakland, CA
…..and come check-out the awesome newly re-opened British Bankers Club in Menlo Park!
Co-sponsored by ImagineMenlo and Palo Alto Forward.
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