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231 Grant Avenue Teacher Housing Project Moves Forward

Source: County of Santa Clara TEACHER HOUSING PROJECT MOVES FORWARD "WE’VE GRADUATED TO A NEW PHASE" SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County’s Teacher Housing project is moving to a new phase, with design depictions, a timeline for construction, and a plan for getting feedback from key stakeholders. The […]

Balboa Reservoir’s affordable housing Building E receives funding

A dozen Bay Area projects snag $279M in funding from California Strategic Growth Council Source: The Business Journal By Sarah Klearman  –  Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Feb 3, 2022 Updated Feb 3, 2022, 8:25am PST [caption id="attachment_9092" align="alignnone" width="720"] A rendering of Bridge's 124-unit affordable project at Balboa Reservoir made public […]

3090 S. Bascom Avenue pushes ahead after government deals

San Jose affordable home projects push ahead after government deals By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group Source: The Mercury News SAN JOSE — Two affordable home projects in San Jose have taken a step forward with separate deals by Santa Clara County to purchase the sites where scores […]

VMWP’s Fairfax Victory Village is featured on Architizer’s project page

Architizer: VMWP's Fairfax Victory Village Source: Architizer Fairfax Senior Housing is a 54 unit affordable senior housing development nestled in the trees just off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Fairfax, CA. The building is sited between two hills and follows the terraces of the site’s topography with […]

AIASF BAYA Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack

Daniel Arzaga, Preeti Srinivasan, Lilly Wellington, Camille Lo, Diepriye Olali, Jamilla Afandi, Karen Murray, Sara Mae Parker, Elaine Uang, Stephen Ellis, and Will Searcy from BAYA had a blast presenting VMWP to AIA SF last night. It was such a pleasure to share and chat […]

Join us for AIASF BAYA firm tour!

Join us for Bay Area Young Architects Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack on January 20th. AIASF BAYA connects designers, students and newly licensed architects for networking, volunteer opportunities and social events. With over 800 members, BAYA is the most active AIA committee for young […]

Funding for 231 grant approved by Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

Santa Clara County approves $21 million loan to cover increased construction costs of teacher housing project in Palo Alto Source: Mercury News By GABRIEL GRESCHLER | ggreschler@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 11, 2022 at 5:04 p.m. | UPDATED: January 12, 2022 at 4:25 a.m. In approving […]

Moving on up: 2022 VMWP promotions

Please join us in congratulating our promoted colleagues at Van Meter Williams Pollack. Due to their leadership and dedication to VMWP’s mission, we have steadily grown during this challenging year. We are grateful for each of these accomplished co-workers for their resiliency, passion, and expertise. […]

Celebrating Tim Van Meter’s retirement

What a night! We had a wonderful evening celebrating Tim Van Meter's career with friends, family, and colleagues in Downtown Denver. Stories, memories, and laughs were shared among the crowd, recollecting the depth of Tim's work and the resounding impact it has had on our […]

Project Feature: New APA case study – Luna Vista at 950 El Camino Real

Source: APA Engineering Solutions for a More Inclusive Community A California nonprofit creatively incorporates engineered wood into a new, affordable housing complex to keep costs low, tackle a public predicament and give rise to a stronger, more inclusive community. A housing crunch was mounting in the City of […]

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