Source: Marin Independent Journal Vivalon represents how one observation can flourish with committed staff and volunteers for a remarkable long-term impact. In the mid-1950s, Manny Charnow, a retired Realtor, pondered the problems of growing old in Marin. Charnow witnessed many older people visiting stores on Fourth […]
Source: Bisnow; Author: John Krukowski A rendering shows the proposed transformation of Ring Road to accommodate pedestrians, bikes and cars for the Global Villages development. While the automobile was a driving force in the rise of suburbs like Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, today it is not the only transportation option […]
Please join us to tour VMWP San Francisco' s architectural and urban design firm Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. VMWP specializes in affordable housing, mixed-use and market-rate housing, master planning, land […]
Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]
Urban Designer, Rick Williams, will be presenting "It's Not Just a Dream: The Joys and Struggles of Realizing a Transit-Oriented Vision" at Mpact Transit + Community Conference 2024
The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (formerly Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and […]
Source: Palo Alto Online;
Author: Embarcadero Media Staff Homes inside the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto on Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. BUENA NEWS … Palo Alto’s ambitious plan to redevelop the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park continued to hum along this week when the city’s […]
The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously to deny appeals attempting to block 555 Kelly, a 40-unit, downtown apartment complex for senior farmworkers, clearing the way for the project to continue. Congratulations to Mercy Housing and to ALAS, who has compiled this impressive list of […]
Half Moon Bay residents appealed approval of senior farmworker housing. Here’s what the City Council just decided
Under the threat of legal action from Gov. Gavin Newsom, council decides on the fate of the housing project Nonprofit developer Mercy Housing is applying to build a 40-unit, 100% […]
Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing to Go Forward After Council Rejects Appeals Source: KQED Author: Vanessa Rancaño The entrance to Concord Farms in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 3, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) Half Moon Bay officials cleared the way for an embattled affordable housing project for farmworkers to move forward, […]
VMWP is thrilled to announce that Vitalia was awarded a Grand Award at the 2024 Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Awards Ceremony! Judges for the 2024 Gold Nugget Awards have named Affirmed Housing's Vitalia a Grand Award winner in its annual competition, which honors architectural […]