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May 13, 20171 min read
Front Setback Paving Ordinance
Enacted back on July 1, 1999, the ordinance limits the amount of paving in the front setback of all lots with a single-family dwelling...
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BVNA
Apr 18, 20171 min read
Buena Vista Park bike repair stand offers roadside help
A small park sandwiched between two major San Jose thoroughfares can serve as a pit stop of sorts for bicyclists since several...
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BVNA
Apr 14, 20171 min read
FREE Junk Pickup
Do you have large items such as mattresses, sofas, refrigerators, or tires, cluttering up your home or garage? San José residents with...
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BVNA
Feb 6, 20172 min read
Why Does San Jose Have So Many Urban Islands?
To read or listen to the fully story, visit: https://www.kqed.org/news/10953849/whats-it-like-to-live-in-an-urban-island Why are there so...
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BVNA
Dec 21, 20162 min read
The I-280 Clean-Up Volunteers And The Crazy Thing They Found
A note from Mr. Roadshow: I love getting monthly emails from Loui Tucker, the San Jose woman who has led an Adopt-A-Highway cleanup crew...
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BVNA
Nov 21, 20161 min read
Rash Of I-280 Graffiti Angers South Bay Drivers
Q I am at my wit’s end with Caltrans over the graffiti problem on Interstate 280 between Highway 87 and Lawrence Expressway. I have...
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BVNA
Oct 23, 20161 min read
BVNA Spirit Night
Stop by the XXX house on October 31st starting at 7 p.m. to pick up your candy, glow necklace, and take home your instant film picture so...
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BVNA
Sep 15, 20162 min read
Stamp Out Street Spam
Drive through any neighborhood in San Jose and there it is, a blight every bit as unsightly as graffiti: Nailed to street trees, duct...
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BVNA
Aug 30, 20162 min read
Willow Glen’s Clout In District 6 Is Disproportional, Some Residents Say
Some District 6 residents are upset that the latest caucus to determine who sits on a two-member Neighborhoods Commission selected a...
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BVNA
Aug 14, 20162 min read
Art Box Project San Jose Turns Drab Utility Boxes Into Art
Utility boxes are for the most part rectangular, gray, metal structures housing needed electrical wiring. They are also both drab and...
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BVNA
Jul 1, 20162 min read
National Night Out 2016
Buena Vista, and many other neighborhoods across the city and country, is participating in celebrating National Night Out on Tuesday...
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BVNA
Jun 28, 20162 min read
Pop-up Bikeway Demonstration on Scott Street
Through numerous community discussions, residents and business owners in the West San Carlos and South Bascom Urban Villages have called...
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BVNA
May 16, 20163 min read
Changing Our City, One Tree at a Time
On May 15, a group of neighbors and volunteers gathered in the Buena Vista to dig holes and plant trees. In an effort organized by...
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BVNA
Apr 8, 20161 min read
Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Events for Long-Term Change
On March 9, Greenbelt Alliance hosted a community meeting at the San Jose Rose Garden Library. Attendees included members from the Buena...
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BVNA
Mar 22, 20161 min read
'Micro-ish' units planned for San Jose's West San Carlos corridor
For several years, micro units — efficiency studios as small as 250 square feet — have been touted as a solution for the region’s housing...
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BVNA
Mar 14, 20161 min read
Buena Vista Parks Little Free Library
If you have stopped by Buena Vista Park during the last few months, you may have noticed a new addition on the West side of the park; a...
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BVNA
Oct 19, 20151 min read
A Push for a Park on Chiechi
Blight has been a problem plaguing the Buena Vista Neighborhood for some time, one of major sources of this blight comes from the illegal...
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BVNA
Oct 18, 20151 min read
A Special Thanks for Your Support
Buena Vista Little Free Library October 18, 2015 Neighbors, THANK YOU! It was only with the support of Lowes on Cottle Road and Tap...
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BVNA
Oct 18, 20151 min read
BVNA Spirit Night
Stop by the XXX house on October 31st starting at 7 p.m. to pick up your candy, glow necklace, and take home your instant film picture so...
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