Alameda Community Development Forum

One of the key reasons Stop, Drop & Roll got started is to facilitate a discussion on development in Alameda. Development is going to happen, all that’s left is to figure out what kind and what it’s going to look like. My hope for this discussion is to limit ourselves to the large re-development areas [...]

The Sky is (not) Falling

Over the last few months, prior to the election, a small but vocal group has run through the streets yelling about a “council majority” is trying to turn Alameda into Walnut Creek by the Bay through overzealous development and a grand desire to overturn Alameda’s Measure A. At last Tuesday’s (11/21/06) joint City Council/Community Improvement [...]

Two inch houses or what can you build on an abandoned roadway?

Much has been written in certain circles about the price of land sold by the city at Harbor Bay Business Park in 2003.
At issue is 1.19 acres of land sold for $45,000 to Harbor Bay Storage as part of an overall 6.2 acre, $1,055,000 sale. The issue is being used to paint certain [...]