Source: KQED; Author: Erin Baldassari Letta “Oneka” Glover sits in a common area of an office building in San Rafael that is converted into a temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness on May 17, 2021. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) When Letta “Oneka” Glover checked into the shelter in San Rafael, […]
Source: Denverite, Desiree Mathurin “I like to say we’re an example of a community who said they were tired of waiting to be rescued, so we’ll rescue ourselves. We’re passionate about Montbello, and it’s important for folks to know we built this.” The neighborhood group behind the […]
[caption id="attachment_16413" align="alignright" width="277"] 1989 winning masterplan designed by Tim Van Meter and Rick Williams[/caption] In April 1989, before VMWP was founded, Tim Van Meter and Rick Williams competed and won the design competition for the City College of San Francisco, redesigning the use of the […]
Balboa Reservoir Design Standards and Guidelines has been awarded the APA Northern California Chapter Urban Design Award of Excellence. It has been an honor to team with PYATOK architecture + urban design and GLS Landscape | Architecture helping to deliver 1,100 homes to a City-owned parking […]
Denver passes $15 million project to turn former East Colfax strip club into affordable housing
Source: The Denver Gazette
Date: March 1, 2021 The Denver City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night allocating $15 million for the development of a new affordable housing project in the East […]
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- February 3, 2021
VMWP DENVER’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRAND SLAM
Van Meter Williams Pollack’s funded projects represent a lion's share
of the affordable housing units awarded by CHFA in 2020.
Denver, Colorado – Van Meter Williams Pollack has good news for our non-profit clients after a […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle Posted by Trisha Thadani | Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The Balboa Reservoir — now a parking lot for students at City College of San Francisco — will be developed into 1,100 units of housing, 550 of them affordable.
Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
San Francisco’s […]
Source: San Francisco Examiner Community Contributor | Tuesday, July 21, 2020 | Opinion I am a resident of Ingleside and I live across the street from the proposed Balboa Reservoir development. The opinion piece published recently, ‘Board of Supervisors should say no to the Balboa Reservoir project,’ made a few […]
Join Us via Zoom for the 8315 East Colfax Town Hall on Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Your voice is valued and important! Affordable housing and high-quality early childhood education are becoming more difficult to access for families in Denver. The 8315 East Colfax project is creating opportunities for […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle Posted by J.K. Dineen San Francisco Mayor London Breed has finalized an agreement with the developers of the Balboa Reservoir, a key milestone in winning approvals of a controversial plan that would add 1,100 homes to the 17-acre parking lot next to City College.
The […]
Faster, Cheaper: How California Is Revolutionizing Homeless Housing — And Why It Might Not Last
Montbello FreshLo, the long-awaited grocery store/affordable housing project, just took a big leap toward funding
Balboa Reservoir was Part of VMWP’s Inception
Balboa Reservoir has been awarded the 2021 APA Urban Design Award of Excellence
Denver Passes 8315 E. Colfax Ave. Making Way for Affordable Housing
After decades of trying, SF supervisors finally approve 1,100 homes at Balboa Reservoir
The Balboa Reservoir project will be a huge benefit to the community