Oakland

Learning From Seattle

Name: Learning From Seattle
Start: 2017-08-16T19:30:00
End: 2017-08-16T19:30:00
Location: SPUR Oakland

Lunchtime Forum

12:30 p.m. | Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Photo by flickr user Jonathan Miske

With a long-running tech boom, fast-rising housing costs, urban growth boundaries to preserve open space at the region’s edge, and plans to remove a freeway to open up the waterfront, Seattle has much in common with the Bay Area. Yet there are key differences, such as the absence of Prop. 13 and state housing growth targets prevalent in their local plans. Hear what key lessons our region can learn from the Emerald City.

+ Benjamin Grant / SPUR
+ Ratna Amin / SPUR
+ Alyssa Kies / SPUR
+ Egon Terplan / SPUR

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Phone

Admission

free for SPUR members
$10 for non-members

Pre-registration is not required for this event.

Presentation by Benjamin + Ratna + Alyssa + Egon

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Sponsorship payments: Will not be refunded, as sponsorship benefits take effect immediately and are on-going through the date of the event.

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