Join SPUR for a tour of Veggielution, a community farm based in East San José that mobilizes volunteers to cultivate and grow healthy crops. Attendees will learn how their 6-acre community farm in Emma Prusch Farm Park in the Mayfair neighborhood, mobilizes volunteers to cultivate and grow healthy crops for program participants and other local residents.

Join SPUR next door at Novela for a speed networking event where the goal is to make as many professional connections as possible! Grab a drink and enjoy connecting with individuals in the SPUR network across fields and backgrounds.

Join SPUR and Urban Vibrancy Institute for a San José Carabiner meeting followed by an exciting historic district block party in Paseo de San Antonio. Get ready for an unforgettable evening filled with live music, delicious food and drinks, exciting tours of new businesses, and much more. This is your chance to celebrate our community, support local businesses, and connect with your neighbors. Don't miss out on the fun! Carabiner: 3:30pm to 5:00pm Block Party: Starting at 5:00pm

As San Francisco faces new challenges, considering emergent models can provide new perspectives. This event will present urbanist scholars from Jakarta—the world’s second largest city and one of its fastest growing—who will discuss current patterns of urban transformation there. Join SPUR and USF for a series of roundtables with urbanists from the Bay Area that will engage these concepts in the local context to discern collectively what lessons we can take away from engaging with Asia’s emerging cities.

Latin America is one of the most urbanized regions globally, with 81% of its population residing in urban areas. However, the rapid expansion of these urban centers has been largely uncoordinated, presenting a host of challenges in areas such as public services, mobility, congestion, pollution, housing affordability, and crime. In this upcoming webinar, Soledad Guilera will talk about the transformative potential of AI by spotlighting instances where Latin American cities have successfully integrated AI technologies into their urban frameworks.