Community Activist Lobbies for Urban ‘Agrihood’ in Santa Clara
Peering through the diamond-crossed wire fence, Kirk Vartan describes his vision for the empty plot of dirt and asphalt across the street from Westfield Valley Fair mall. In just a few years, he says,...
View ArticleCivil Grand Jury Investigates Stadium Authority for Levi’s Stadium, Site of...
Julio Fuentes lost his cool during the holiday break. While other city officials were off for vacation, and fewer still went through the motions at work in the closing days of 2015, the city manager of...
View ArticleSanta Clara Appoints Kathy Watanabe to Council; City Manager Set to Resign
In a unanimous vote Monday, Santa Clara’s City Council appointed Kathy Watanabe to the seat vacated when Lisa Gillmor was named mayor. Gillmor was appointed to be the top elected official just a few...
View ArticleSouth Bay Pizzeria Slices Up Its Ownership, Cuts Employees In
The lunch rush at A Slice of New York looks something like a time-lapse video, preternaturally sped up but in sync. Behind the counter, workers fall into a frenetic pace, tossing dough, sliding pizzas...
View ArticleTrouble in the Agrihood: Subsidized Development Falls Behind Schedule, Over...
Near Winchester Avenue and Stevens Creek Boulevard in Santa Clara sits a lonely 6-acre parcel of land, originally part of of a University of California agricultural research center that shut down in...
View ArticleAfter Years of Planning Santa Clara’s Urban Farm ‘Agrihood’ is Set to Break...
One of Santa Clara’s biggest and most unique affordable housing projects in the pipeline promises to offer a blend of urban living and farm life. The City Council last week granted final approvals to a...
View ArticleCatalyze SV Fights NIMBY Backlash by Forging Alliances Between Residents,...
With just days to go until a vote to pave the way for 206 below-market-rate apartments on Race Street, emails began flooding the inboxes of the San Jose City Council. The Core Companies and Santa Clara...
View ArticleSV Lawmaker Taps Local Pizza Shop for Worker Co-op Panel
More than three years ago, A Slice of New York—called ASONY for short—became the first brick-and-mortar retail business in Santa Clara County to invite their workers to become equal partners in the...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Applaud San Jose’s Proposed Delivery-Fee Cap
A Slice of New York co-founder Kirk Vartan has his reasons for not using third-party delivery businesses like DoorDash, GrubHub and Uber Eats. Chief among them: that they simply take too big of a bite...
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