SAN FRANCISCO
– The American Institute of Architects has selected Greenbelt
Alliance’s report Getting it Right: Preventing Sprawl in Coyote
Valley for a 2004 Honor Award for Outstanding Regional and Urban
Design.
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Institute of Architects has selected Greenbelt Alliance’s report Getting it Right: Preventing Sprawl in Coyote Valley for a 2004 Honor Award for Outstanding Regional and Urban Design.
The AIA Honor Awards are the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interiors and urban design. Greenbelt Alliance will receive the award in June 2004 during the AIA’s National Convention in Chicago.
Getting it Right is a report outlining a growth vision for development in San Jose’s Coyote Valley, which includes 6,800 acres of farmland and watershed on city’s southeastern edge. It demonstrates how development in Coyote Valley can foster economic vitality, promote social equity, protect environmental health and build a sense of community.
Greenbelt Alliance released the report in June 2003 after convening a year-long series of workshops with a broad spectrum of stakeholders to discuss how and where development in Coyote Valley should occur.
“The fact that Getting it Right has now received national recognition as a practical guide to creating a vibrant community in Coyote Valley should make the City of San Jose sit up and take notice,” said Tom Steinbach, executive director of Greenbelt Alliance. “As the City of San Jose moves forward with its planning process for Coyote Valley, it should not only embrace smart growth policies but also involve all the stakeholders who helped create Greenbelt Alliance’s award-winning report.”
For more information, contact Dan Fahey, Greenbelt Alliance, at
(415) 543-6771.
