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.
[For the
Willow Glen Neighborhood Association (WGNA) website, click >here<]
New!
an
Oral History of Rod Diridon by Larry Ames, recorded January 15, 2019:
a ~40 minute video
on the history of the Los Gatos Creek Trail;
and a ~80 min
“extended cut” version with Mr. Diridon talking about the Park Charter Fund
and transit,
and Mr. Ames talking about ideas for completing the Los Gatos Creek Trail.
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The Willow
Glen Farmer’s Market is now open
Saturdays, 9 AM - 1 PM
behind the WG Elementary School at Lincoln & Minnesota
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Also: check out past "Photos of the Week"
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→ Check out the FAQ section! ß
Answers to
all your Frequently Asked Questions!
And also see
the newly updated
Community Recommendations webpage!
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>> for information about the Willow
Glen Trestle, see website <<
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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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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~Larry Ames
6/15/19