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Around The Glen
S.J. officials discuss additional parking
San Jose Redevelopment Agency officials are holding meetings to invite comment on their proposals for additional parking downtown.
The agency has identified 10 sites for building parking, including Cesar Chavez Park, Saint James Park and Compaq Center. The first meeting will address proposed parking at Cesar Chavez Park and Parkside Hall. The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 23 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Bella Mia Restaurant, 58 S. First St. Additional meetings will follow next week.
For more information, contact Abi Maghamfar at 408.794.1000 or abi.maghamfar@ci.sj.ca.us, or visit www.sjredevelopment.org/home.htm.
--Kate Carter
County OKs boundaries
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors last week adopted new boundaries for the county's five districts to reflect changes in their populations.
The redistricting moved some areas of Willow Glen from District 2 and District 1 to District 4, represented by Supervisor Jim Beall. Most of Willow Glen is represented by District 2 Supervisor Blanca Alvarado.
An area south of Curtner Avenue to Koch Lane, between Meridian Avenue and Almaden Expressway, and a small section west of Meridian Avenue to about Walden Square, between Dry Creek Road and Curtner will be added to District 4. Areas south of Foxworthy Avenue between Meridian Avenue and Almaden Road, now in District 1, will also be added to District 4.
U.S. Census data showed that District 2's population had grown and District 4's had shrunk in the past 10 years. The decision to separate those areas from District 2 was intended to make the districts more equal in size and give neighborhoods south of Willow Glen more representation.
For more information about the county's redistricting, visit www.sccredistricting.org.
--Kate Carter
WGHS Alums invited to 50th anniversary
Willow Glen High School alumni are invited to a meeting this week to participate in the school's 50th Anniversary Homecoming parade at 7 p.m., Aug. 22 at the Willow Glen Coffee Roasting Company, 1383 Lincoln Ave.
Linda Ucovich Herschbach, class of 1967, wants enough participants to have floats in the parade representing each of the school's decades.
For more information, call Herschbach at 408.448.6027, or email LUHersch@aol.com.
--Kate Carter
Senior center holds annual flea market
The Willows Senior Center will hold its annual Flea Market, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at San Jose's Masonic Center this year, while construction continues at the nearby Lincoln Glen Park, which is the usual venue for the event.
Various vendors are invited to buy a booth and sell their wares at the Masonic Center, 2500 Masonic Drive. Booths cost $15 for senior center members and $22 for nonmembers, and proceeds benefit the senior center's programs, activities and referrals.
For more information about the flea market, to buy a booth or to volunteer, call 408.448.6400.
--Kate Carter
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