Great Communities Collaborative South Bay CalTrain Tour

The rain let up for a few hours this past Saturday, just in time for a Great Communities Collaborative Urban Tour of South Bay CalTrain stations. The tour was sponsored by Urban Habitat and Greenbelt Alliance (both part of the Great Communities Collaborative) as well as the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the City of Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale Cool, and the American Planning Association. The tour was meant to show residents, decision-makers, and Horizon 2035 committee members what Transit Oriented Development looks like built and on the ground. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) was gracious enough to donate a bus for the event:

We toured both Mountain View CalTrain stations as well as the Redwood City station. We were also able to visit Charities Housing's amazing affordable housing development across from the San Antonio CalTrain Station, San Antonio Place. Folks were able to see what affordable housing actually looks like from the inside. One commenter on the tour mentioned how much nicer the units were compared to his own marketrate studio apartment in Mountain View! 

Thanks again to all the sponsors and to the speakers we had on the tour from the Cities of Mountain View and Redwood City, as well as Charities Housing.