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Teach-In on Stanford Development Plan

On Thursday, July 20 from 7 to 9pm, residents and neighbors of Stanford University will have an opportunity to learn more about the University’s 10-year development plan that would add more than 4 million square feet of structures – the equivalent of three new Stanford Shopping Centers – to the campus. Sponsored by the Stanford Open Space Alliance and the Committee for Green Foothills, the teach-in will use information from the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) to make a case for permanent protection of the Stanford Foothills. The forum will take place at the Palo Alto Arts Center, 1313 Newell Road.

Speakers include Denice Dade of the Committee for Green Foothills, Peter Drekmeier of the Stanford Open Space Alliance, Nancy Lytle from the Palo Alto City Council, Paul Collacchi from the Menlo Park City Council and Tom Jordan, a land use attorney.

Stanford’s proposed development plan would:

• Increase the size of the campus by 35% – the equivalent of three new Stanford Shopping Centers.
• Extend the core campus southwest of Junipero Serra Blvd., allowing development in the foothills.
• Add 2,200 people to Stanford’s daytime population, increasing traffic and demand for housing and services.
• Construct nearly 3,000 new parking spaces, threatening to eliminate Stanford’s current policy of no net new commute trips.

Since its creation last September, the Stanford Open Space Alliance has collected more than 10,000 signatures in support of permanent protection of the Stanford Foothills.

SOSA Website – Stanford University is often thought of as the engine behind the technology revolution. Using some of that information technology, the Stanford Open Space Alliance has created an email list of more than 4,000 supporters, and recently launched its website. Check out http://www.sos-alliance.org for background information, articles, sign-on letters, maps and a calendar.