SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The future of industrial land in the Bay Area
"A large share of existing industrial land along the I-80/880 and US-101
corridors is already designated for housing, office space and retail.
But what about industry? How will we balance the need for manufacturing
in the Bay Area — while also reducing auto use and accommodating future
growth on our existing urbanized footprint? With leading economist Linda
Hausrath of Hausrath Economics Group and Karen Engel of the
Oakland Chamber of Commerce."
June 21, 2010
SPUR Young Urbanists: Urban farming 101
"Interested in starting your own slow food movement in your back yard?
Join Antonio Roman-Alcala of Alemany Farms to learn how. The
workshop will start promptly at 11:30 a.m. with an opportunity to
practice your new skills as a volunteer at Alemany Farms from 1–3 p.m.
This event is generously sponsored by the Koret Foundation."
June 21, 2010
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: An update on HOPE SF
"HOPE SF seeks to revitalize eight of San Francisco’s severely distressed
public housing sites by creating thriving, mixed-income communities,
without displacing current residents. With Craig Adelman of the
Mayor’s Office of Housing, Richard Gross of Enterprise, Ramie
Dare of Mercy Housing, Jack Gardner of the John Stewart
Company, Michael Johnson of Em Johnson Interest, and Lydia Tan
from BRIDGE Housing, who will each give brief overviews of the plans
for these HOPE SF sites. Co-sponsored by the Urban Land Institute."
June 21, 2010
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Disasters and transportation systems
"When a major earthquake hits the Bay Area, we will experience power
failures for electric transit modes, including BART and Muni, and
highways and surface streets will fail due to bridge collapses and the
accumulation of debris. What should we do now in order to safely and
quickly restore these crucial links? With the authors of SPUR’s latest
Resilient City policy report: transportation experts Irene Avetyan,
Christopher Barkley, Anthony Bruzzone, Sarah Karlinsky
and Brian Stokle."
June 21, 2010
SPUR Walking Tour: Mission and SOMA manufacturing tour
"Behind unmarked alley doors lie some of San Francisco’s richest artisan
manufacturing resources. Join us for a tour led by Kate Sofis of
SFMade.org, as we smell the aroma of an artisan coffee roaster, visit a
skilled team of sewers and peek into a silversmithing operation more
than 100 years old."
June 21, 2010