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Win! World-class plan approved for Concord base

On January 24, the Concord City Council approved a visionary plan for the closed Concord Naval Weapons Station. The adopted blueprint emphasizes walkable neighborhoods with homes that people can afford near transit and services, with local construction jobs. Moreover it does so while designating nearly 70 percent of the former base — 3,500 acres or three Golden Gate Parks — as protected open space.

For more than six years, Greenbelt Alliance and our allies have been advocating for this foward-looking plan.

Read more about our work in Concord.

Report finds more homes are easier on the environment

It's a common refrain—more houses will mean more traffic! And smart growth advocates have been countering for a while that homes in the right places—near jobs and transit services—will mean less driving. Guess what? Mountain View has just found it to be true. This is a big deal.

In a Bay Area first, the City of Mountain View studied a scenario with more homes than called for now in the draft General Plan update, and it found that planning for more homes is the "environmentally superior alternative."

Read more about this precedent-setting finding.

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