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Your Five Minute News Flash
Greenbelt Alliance * Volume 1, Issue 2: October 2002
 In
this edition
Message from the Editor
Take Action: Cast Your Vote
Feature: Community Input into Bay Area Growth
Feature: Endangered Spaces—A Photo Essay
Outings & Events: Peak Experiences
Volunteer Today!
 Message
from the Editor
Hello Greenbelt Alliance members and friends. Great news: Governor Davis
signed AB-857, the bill that we asked you to support during the last issue
of Newswire. Thank you for taking action and doing your part to promote
smart growth statewide. Check out the press release entitled Governor
Signs Growth Planning Bills, 09/29/2002. We'll do our part to keep
you informed on important campaigns in this and future Newswires. In the
meantime, enjoy the fall weather on a Greenbelt Outing.
Cast
Your Vote
On November 5, Bay Area and California residents will vote on a range
of ballot measures related to environmental protection, affordable housing,
and transportation. Some of these measures will protect the Bay Area greenbelt
and promote livable communities, but other measures may have the opposite
effect.
Community
Influence on Bay Area Growth
After spending three years and more than $1.5 million, Bay Area elected
officials unveiled a smart growth vision for the region in mid-October.
The broadly worded vision sets out smart growth goals, but stops short
of adopting tangible plans for reaching them.
Bay
Area Endangered Spaces—A Photo Essay
Why is Mount Diablo at risk? Are suburban sprawl and loss of open space
inevitable? How can you be a catalyst for change? If these are questions
you would like to explore, check out a preview of Richard Rollins' photo
exhibit, "Endangered Spaces: A Chronicle of Land Use and Open Space Preservation
in the San Francisco Bay Area."
Upcoming
Outings & Events
Oct 26 Greenbelt Outing: A Day on Mt. Tam—transit accessible!
Oct 26 Partner Event: Evaluating Development Proposals by Urban Ecology
Oct 30 Greenbelt Event: Endangered Spaces—A Panel and Photographic
Exhibit
Nov 3 Greenbelt Outing: Cool Coastal Climb, South of Pacifica
Nov 10 Greenbelt Outing: Seven Hills of San Francisco—transit accessible!
Volunteer
Today!
The Greenbelt Alliance Communications Department seeks your help in archiving
important Greenbelt Alliance news coverage. We invite you to join us at
the 3rd-ever Clippings Party! Meet the Greenbelt staff and help us read
through newspaper articles about land use and planning in the Bay Area.
Our next party will be in the end of October or beginning of November.
Email volunteer@greenbelt.org
for more info.
Become
a Member
If you're not already a member, joining Greenbelt Alliance is just a click
away! Your membership is what gives us the means to protect open space
and promote livable communities. Start creating a better future for the
Bay Area now.
What
Do You Think?
We've had much helpful feedback regarding the Newswire. Thank you for
helping us sort out technical problems and add new features. Keep those
comments coming and tell us how to make this a better resource for you.
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