Welcome to "the Willow Glen Backfence"

This website is dedicated to community communications in the Willow Glen area,

and is home of "the eList": click >here< for details.

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San Jose Police Dept. is requesting public comment on how they can use their "drone".
The SJ Neighborhoods Commission is hosting a Special Session on the topic:
Feb. 14th, 10AM-noon, at Mayfair Center, 2039 Kammerer Ave.
Please attend and comment!

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and check out past "Photos of the Week"

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the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

for the Three Creeks Trail Pedestrian Bridge Project (File No: PP13-085), for the

removal of the historic Willow Glen Trestle

(and to replace it with a pre-fab steel bridge)

is now available for public review and comment: see http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=2434 .

The City is hosting a public meeting on the Draft EIR to receive public comments
on the document will be held on

Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the Willow Glen Community Center,

Room 300 (2175 Lincoln Avenue, San José). All comments must be received in writing.

see the "hidden gem" of Willow Glen
only a couple blocks from downtown Willow Glen
(a block east of Lincoln, just north of Coe)

click >here< for details and background information;
click >here< for YouTube video of the trestle

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New! Check out the FAQ section!

Answers to all your Frequently Asked Questions!

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~ For the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA) website, click >here< ~

here's info on the I-280/880/Stevens Creek project

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go on a self-guided tour of the future Three-Creeks Trail!

here are the map and route instructions.

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High Speed Rail Alignment thru San José

before and after pictures of Santa Clara St, looking east.

Click here for entire High Speed Rail Visual Design Guidelines. (~5 MB)

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For historic perspective, here are the 1984 plans for Willow Glen.

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photos from SJ Bike Party 8/20/10

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the 2013 Glenn Ave. Block Party

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~Larry Ames

2/1/15