Send an email to all your friends
who you think need to hear about SOSA and what is going
on in the Stanford foothills.
At
right is a sample of what you can send.
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Dear Friends,
As you may be aware,
Stanford University is currently negotiating a General Use Permit (GUP)
with Santa Clara County that will set conditions for development over
the next 10 years.
I'm very concerned
about the plan because it would redesignate 154 acres southwest of Junipero
Serra Blvd. as core campus, allowing development in the foothills. The
remaining foothills area would be safe for only 10 years, and then it
too could be developed. Alarmingly, none of Stanford's land in the foothills
is designated permanent open space.
With Stanford requesting
the right to develop more than 4 million square feet over the next 10
years (a 35% increase in the campus - the equivalent of three new Stanford
Shopping Centers), I feel strongly that the University should set aside
the foothills as permanent open space to help offset the impacts of such
a massive development plan.
Please visit the Stanford
Open Space Alliance website at http://www.sos-alliance.org
and sign the petition in support of permanent protection of the foothills.
There's a lot of great information on the site, including suggestions
for other ways you can help save the foothills.
Thank you, and please
help spread the word about this important issue.
Sincerely,
/sign your name here/
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