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<]
You are invited to a Candidates’
Forum (see flyer)
for SJ Council
District 6 and Valley Water Board D2
>> Monday, Sept. 30th <<
at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on
Shasta at The Alameda,
sponsored by the District 6 N'hd
Leaders Group (D6NLG)
and the Shasta/Hanchett Park N'hd
Assoc (SHPNA).
* Doors open at 6:30 PM: come meet the
candidates and collect campaign literature
* Forum is from 7 to 8:30 PM,
* followed by informal Q&A.
>>
we invite you to email suggested questions for either
or both races to:
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And here’s a
link to a Video
recording of the SJ Council D6 Primary forum
January 23,
2024, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church,
along with transcripts
in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
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Be sure to
see our
Community Recommendations webpage!
(and also check out the archives to find old
favorites.)
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→ And check out the FAQ section! ß
Answers to
all your Frequently Asked Questions!
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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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check out past "Photos of the Week"
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>> for information about the former
Willow Glen Trestle, see website <<
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’s the map and route instructions.
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For historic
perspective, here
are the 1984 plans for Willow Glen.
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~Larry
Ames
9/13/2024