By Marin Independent Journal Guests sing along and snap photos while the Bread and Roses Holiday Swing Band performs during Vivalon’s annual Holiday Celebration at their Healthy Aging Campus in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Vivalon held a holiday lunch on […]
Source: KQED Cassandra Garibay and Hiram Durán, El Tímpano This story was produced by El Tímpano, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be found here. Farmworkers sat in the crowd, […]
Judges for the 2024 PCBC Gold Nugget Awards have named Van Meter Williams Pollack as an Award of Merit winner in its annual competition, which honors architectural design and planning excellence and draws entries from throughout the United States and internationally. VMWP earned its Merit […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By Sophia Bollag Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown speaking about the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay in January 2023, has threatened legal action against the city for delaying a plan to build farmworker housing. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle 2023 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened potential […]
Source: The Mercury News By KATE TALERICO | ktalerico@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
Proposal for farmworker apartments in downtown runs into anti-development sentiment Trailers are seen from this drone view at California Terra Gardens in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Farm worker Chunli Zhao, 66, was booked […]
Source: RCD Newsletter March 2024 Four years ago, Victoria received a notice from her landlord that her rent was increasing by $250 and that is the moment when her struggles began. The increase was more than she could manage with her car payment and the vet […]
The opening of the project marks a milestone in Santa Rosa’s recovery six years after the Tubbs Fire and was celebrated by regional officials and housing advocates Friday as a testament to the community’s resiliency. Author: PAULINA PINEDA
Source: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT [caption id="attachment_11508" align="alignnone" width="720"] Shelley Silva […]
Source: SFYIMBY
BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON JUNE 30, 2023 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="777"] 555 Kelly Avenue aerial perspective, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack (newest renderings are on VMWP)[/caption] New renderings have been published for a five-story affordable housing infill at 555 Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County. […]
Architizer Honors VMWP with Special Mention for Affordable Housing
We are thrilled to announce that Victory Village has been selected as a Special Mention in the Affordable Housing category for the 2023 Architizer A+ Awards. This Architizer award is an outstanding accomplishment for VMWP and the Victory […]
Vivalon plans for an ever-older Marin population
Source: Marinscope In a county where in less than a decade one in three people will be over the age of 60, a long-envisioned state-of-the-art senior living facility is on the horizon. It’s called the Healthy Aging Campus and will […]
Vivalon Hosts Holiday Lunch at New Headquarters
For Half Moon Bay’s Aging Farmworkers, New Affordable Housing Projects Offer Opportunity to ‘Rest With Dignity’
VMWP is 2024 PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award Winner: Best Affordable Housing, Senior Community, and Health/Wellness Design Solution
Gavin Newsom threatens Half Moon Bay with legal action over ‘egregious’ farmworker housing delay
After last year’s deadly shootings, Half Moon Bay said it would build more farmworker housing. NIMBYs are blocking it.
Victoria’s New Home at Victory Village
New senior housing project on former Journey’s End site opens 6 years after Tubbs Fire
Senior and farmworker housing proposed for 555 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay
Architizer Honors VMWP with Special Mention for Affordable Housing
Vivalon plans for an ever-older Marin population