San Jos\u00e9\u2019s \u201curban villages\u201d \u2014 pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, transit-oriented, mixed-use neighborhoods that balance housing and jobs \u2014 are a core component to implementing the city\u2019s Envision San Jos\u00e9 2040 General Plan. The opportunity to redevelop residential and commercial parcels to allow for higher density uses is critical to San Jos\u00e9\u2019s ability to respond to the pressing issues of housing affordability, climate concerns and traffic congestion. But a recent study from Santa Clara University finds that, despite efforts to rezone and densify these areas, the urban village strategy so far may have had only a modest impact. Come learn what they\u2019ve found, how the work ties into It Takes a Village, SPUR\u2019s report about urban villages that was released last November and what it might take to improve the performance of urban villages and fulfill their original promise and vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Jos\u00e9\u2019s \u201curban villages\u201d \u2014 pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, transit-oriented, mixed-use neighborhoods that balance housing and jobs \u2014 are a core component to implementing the city\u2019s Envision San Jos\u00e9 2040 General […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11469,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[159],"class_list":["post-11467","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-online","cat_online"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n