The WGNA is a grassroots community organization dedicated to improving life in the
Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose, CA. If you are a resident of Willow Glen, please get involved and join the WGNA.
Monthly
WGNA Board Meeting:
3rd Wed of
the Month, 7 PM
except in July and December.
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PLAYBORHOOD
Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play
Don’t miss this inspiring presentation by author Mike Lanza
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Willow Glen High School Library
2001 Cottle Avenue (at Malone)
7-9pm | Doors open at 6:30pm
FOR MORE INFORMATION click here
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From Blight to Bright
Saturday, November 10, 2012
A Willow Glen Community Beautification Events
Two more chances to get your hands dirty and Willow Glen clean.
Volunteers
are asked to meet in the Foyer of the Elements Luxury Apartments at 1201
Parkmore Ave. in San Jose, next to the Race St. Light Rail Station (see map
below). Participants are asked to show by 8:30 am. We expect to finish just
before noon.
Tools:
We will have some tools but feel free to bring your own brooms, hoes, and
gloves. See registration via link below.
From Blight to Bright is a series of crowdsourced community organized events to
clean up the area surrounding Lincoln Ave. north of Broadway St. to Parkmoor
Ave.
If you have any questions or comments just drop me a line in the comments
section.
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Willow Glen's 3rd Annual
Safe Routes to School Program
Friday, October 12, 2012
Click on. . . Safe Routes
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WGNA State Candidates Forum
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Help build a stronger California: VOTE
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From Blight to Bright
A Willow Glen Community Beautification Events
Two more chances to get your hands dirty and Willow Glen clean.
Saterday, October 13, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Volunteers
are asked to meet in the Foyer of the Elements Luxury Apartments at 1201
Parkmore Ave. in San Jose, next to the Race St. Light Rail Station (see map
below). Participants are asked to show by 8:30 am. We expect to finish just
before noon.
Tools:
We will have some tools but feel free to bring your own brooms, hoes, and
gloves. See registration via link below.
From Blight to Bright is a series of crowdsourced community organized events to
clean up the area surrounding Lincoln Ave. north of Broadway St. to Parkmoor
Ave.
If you have any questions or comments just drop me a line in the comments
section.
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Election Nears: WGNA Turns Up the Heat
State office seekers to address neighborhood on core issues
San Jose, CA.: Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA) will host a candidates forum October 17th, 2012 featuring runoff candidates for the California State Asembly and Senate Office.
The focus will be on budget, education, health and health care, the environment and infrastructure. These five core issues are at the heart of California's future recovery and growth. The forum will be held at the Willow Glen High School Library, 2001 Cottle Avenue, San Jose, CA. Doors open at 6:30pm.
In January two of these candidates will take on the challenge of funding California's educational system, tackling our state's growing health care burden, dealing with rapidly changing demands of global warming and preparing the state's infrastructure for the 21st century's competitive world economy.
Who will the voters send to Sacramento: Jim Beall or Joe Coto for State Senate; Paul Fong or Chad Walsh for Assembly? The choice is yours. Join us for an informative evening with these four candidates. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
The Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA) was formed in 1973 by concerned citizens of Willow Glen who volunteered to represent citizens on issues of importance to Willow Glen, San Jose and beyond. The WGNA is known for its community engagement and passion for preserving and advocating for quality of life for all.
Willow Glen Neighborhood Association
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Wednesday evening, September 19, 2012
Willow Glen High School Library
2001 Cottle Ave.
7-9PM doors open at 6:30
Click here for more information
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The August WGNA Board meeting will be held
Thursday, August 16, 2012
in the 2nd floor conference room of the Willow Glen Theater Bldg.
see attached agenda
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From Blight to Bright
A Willow Glen Community Beautification Event
Come join us Saturday, August 18, 2012 for our second "From Blight to Bright" community cleanup event on Lincoln Ave. north of Willow St..
We will meet at the Elements Saturday morning at 8:30 and work until noon. Bring you own tools (details on registration form) Continental Breakfast and Lunch to those who register for this event... click here.
Come hear the neighborhood's vision for the area and about future events.
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The WGNA does not meet in July
Next WGNA monthly meeting will be held on
Thursday evening August 16th 2012 at a place to be announced.
Starting September, monthly meetings will continue to be held on the
3rd Wednesday of the month.
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Trains in Willow Glen?
The WGNA presents
How They transformed San Jose
and
their connection to Willow Glen
Wednesday evening, June 20, 2012
Willow Glen High School Library
2001 Cottle Ave.
7-9PM doors open at 6:30
click here for more information
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May Meeting
May 16th Board Election and General Meeting
San Jose... Bulding a City of Great Places
Laurel Prevetti
Assistant Director
Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
Her talk brings together demographic trends, land use, economic development, transportation, trails, public safety, quality of life, etc. so that the participants can see how the pieces fit together in a coherent whole around the award-winning Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan.
-- What is the Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan?
-- How is the Plan being implemented?
-- What is happening in the next year or so?
-- What is happening in the longer term?
-- How can Willow Glen residents and businesses contribute?
May 16th Board Election information and ballot
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April Meeting
WGNA Talks Trails
April 18th Meeting
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Our Neighborhoods: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
1 out of 4 households are single resident homes. In some cities, over 40% live alone.
How is this impacting urban design? Are we planning for the future?
New developments like those just north and east of Willow Glen...
90% to 97% filled - Others sold out - More coming on line
"Why More Americans Are Living Alone"
A PBS interview with author Eric Klinenberg about his new book "Going Solo"
Watch interview... click here
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March Meeting
San Jose on the move: How do we fit in?
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear from
influential leaders who are shaping San Jose’s economic future. City
leaders are working hard to grow our economy, regain jobs, and create a city
that can stay competitive and attractive into the future. Learn about the
exciting things happening in San Jose, the impact these will have on our
community and how we all can work together to improve the quality of life in
Willow Glen.
Kim Walesh, Director of Economic Development and Chief Strategist
Kim leads implementation of the City’s comprehensive economic strategy to
catalyze job growth, private investment, revenue generation, and talent
attraction. She oversees initiatives in business retention and attraction,
downtown revitalization, workforce development, and cultural affairs. She
is a former entrepreneur and international development consultant, and is the
co-author of Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs
Build Prosperous Communities.
Nanci Klein, Deputy Director of Economic Development
Nanci Klein leads efforts focusing on business development and real estate,
including high-level commercial real estate negotiations. She is responsible for
cultivating and maintaining significant relationships with the world’s top
global companies. She co-authored North San José Vision 2030, a 20-year urban
planning realignment of the North San José high tech area. She oversees the
City’s Real Estate function including the strategic management of the City’s
real estate portfolio.
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Excellent blog with great links and photos featuring
our community, leaders and events.
February Meeting... Part 1
February Meeting... Part 2
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If you bike, here's your chance to ride
with the Mayor of Dublin... Ireland that is.
March 11, 2012, 10 AM to Noon - San Jose City Hall
How this ride got started and more
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Willow Glen's 2nd Annual
Safe Routes to School Program
2011
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Jan 25, 2012 Sacramento Business Journal
High Speed Rail may become the Train to Somewhere
HSR Done Right
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Reporting Graffiti in San José
is Just a Call or Click Away!
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Straight from the shoulder
San Jose's Assistant Chief of Police Rikki Goede
speaks to Willow Glen about mischief in the hood,
car break-in's, home burglaries, gangs, graffiti and more.
Great presentation! Click here for more
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Why a Walk, Bike Friendly Village
Why Willow Glen
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Student's Guide to Police Practices
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Summary Notes & Slides from the September 21, 2011 meeting
Guest Speaker
Hans Larsen
Director of Transportation for the City of San Jose
To view the full 36 slide presentation, click here
It's a 5.8Mb pdf file may be slow to upload
Roads, Transportation and the Changing Landscape
San Jose is a city of 1,000,000 people and covers nearly 180 sq miles with 2,400 miles of paved streets and roads.
To view the full 36 slide presentation, click here
It's a 5.8Mb pdf file may be slow to upload
Letter to the City of San Jose regarding a safer, calmer Lincoln Avenue -
Public Comment regarding the Project level EIR for the City's 2040 General Land Plan
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The WGNA no longer sponsors, supports or maintains an elist.
WGNA does sponsor and support
WillowGlenNow a Yahoo based group for comment, posting and chat
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/WillowGlenNow/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=25
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To Join the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association
Click on JOIN NOW
Please print and complete the appropriate form and
Mail it with your dues (check or money order) to:
Willow Glen Neighborhood Association
Post Office Box 7706
San Jose, CA 95150-7706
Membership in the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association is open to all who are interested in Willow Glen and neighborhood enhancement, preservation, or land use issues such as planning, traffic, safety, open space, parks, and recreation. If you are a local resident, or own residential property in the area (see map), you may request a voting membership; if you live outside this area, you are welcome as a non-voting Associate member.
For Business / Corporate Membership Click Here
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San Jose requests underground option in bullet train EIR
Discussed and debated in a Town Hall Meeting
December 8, 2011 at San Jose City Hall
In support of the The Downtown and Neighborhoods Coalition's request for an underground option in the EIR, an adhoc committee of Coalition members worked with City staff to develop the Modified Tunnel Option (MTO), an underground HSR alignment.
December 8th the MTO concept was presented head-to-head with the CA HSR Authority's "Aerial Only Option". Advocates for underground in the EIR gave an 18 slide presentation.
The gloves came off, but the affair was civil and informative.
The HSR Authority had the room packed with consultants, contractors and Authority staff. You have to hand it to them; they came well prepared to deny the underground request; ready to "Put a fork in it" once and for all. Authority staff and their consultants held their ground telling San Jose again... No Tunnel. No How. No Way.
Few in the packed room believed what they were hearing from the Authority. The more the community heard and the more they learned, the more they questioned the Authority's hard-line stance. When asked how many believe an aerial is best for San Jose, only two people raised their hand.
Six informational posters were created to explain the MTO concept and feasility. They represent a fraction of the work that has gone into developing a viable underground option for inclusion in the HSR EIR.
1) An example of a high capacity 2-track/2-platform urban station is being mined today in wet clay soils.
2) Connection and ticketing design for an underground station is shown here.
3) CA 2008 Prop.1A HSR requires the system be able to handle 12 trains per hour each way. A properly sized twin single-track tunnel design supporting speeds up to 140mph will do that. The Federal Railroad Authority (FRA) speed limit for trains in urban areas is 125mph. The Authority has no provision in their design guidelines for standard urban sized bored tunnels.
4) This poster shows actual soils conditions under the planned Diridon BART station box. It's not a "river", a "lake" or "soup". These soils are primarily firm-to-dense clay less prone to liquefaction in a large earthquake.
5) An underground station will not and can not impact San Jose drinking water .This panel explains why.
6) And last, a poster debunking the claim that MTO would require costly property takes and easements payouts.
Shown here are a few questions some were hoping to have answered; a few of which were.
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The WGNA “Touring Historic Willow Glen” book,
on sale at Hicklebees
(on Lincoln, near Minnesota)
and at History San Jose
(in Kelley Park).
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Want
to organize for Christmas Trees along one's block?
Click here for details
To contact the Police:
Emergency: 911 (or 408/277-8911 from a cell-phone);
Non-emergency (open 24/7): 311 (or 408/277-8900).
To email officers serving the Willow Glen area, email to Police@wgna.net.
Want
information about Police activities in your neighborhood? check out their website at www.sjpd.org.
To set up a Neighborhood Watch, call Crime Prevention at 277-4133, http://www.sjpd.org/crimeprev/neighborhoodwatch.cfm
(click here
to contact WGNA about setting up a BlockMail, for
anything from neighborhood watches to organizing block parties.)
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Questions about your membership? email treasurer@wgna.net
or president@wgna.net
Board Meetings
The WGNA board
generally meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the
Willow Glen Baptist
Church; 1292 Minnesota Ave, San Jose, Ca 95125 (corner of Hicks &
Minnesota).
(Please enter on the Minnesota side, up
the front steps of the church.).
The public is invited to attend. Agendas
are posted roughly a week in advance. Please contact us to put an item on the agenda. Read the agenda of the most recent board meeting.
summary of Roberts Rules of Order: p.1, p.2, p.3, p.4
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