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Our City Forest’s Nursery Provides Place to Nurture Trees, Educate the Community

Our City Forest’s new two-acre nursery is more than a place to store, nurture and grow trees.

“The unique thing about this nursery is that it’s equally intended to be a training center for the community,” said Rhonda Berry, Our City Forest’s CEO. “So while we’re cultivating trees and distributing trees, we are also providing […]

Council Slices CDBG Pie With Focus on Neighborhoods, Senior Services, Housing

Watch the CDBG Hearing and Council Debate In what San Jose City Councilmember Rose Herrera called “phase two” of the Strong Neighborhoods Initiative, the council unanimously approved a plan to spend federal funding to continue work in three areas of the defunct SNI program.

Blue area designate where CDBG can be spent.

After hearing 90 […]

East San Jose Hearing Sheds Light on High Rate of Latino Youth in Foster Care

Watch a rebroadcast of the hearing on Cal Channel

San Jose’s newest historic landmark and birthplace of the farm workers’ labor movement served as a hearing chamber on Friday, January 6, as legislators, child welfare experts and community leaders came together to explore the why Latino children comprise nearly 60 percent of foster care […]

July 31 is the Deadline for San Jose Groups to Apply for CAP Grants

The City of San Jose is accepting applications for CAP grants through the online WebGrants page. Deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 31.

Applicants can either register or log in to start the online process to compete for grants from $300 to $1,500 per organization. More information is on the CAP Grant Cycle 28 can be found on the United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County Web page. UNSCC administers the grants for the city.

The popular Community Action and Pride program funds such activities as social mixers, Dumpster Days (cleanups using dumpsters rented from the city), newsletters and National Night Out events. Grants also are used for liability insurance required by the city for events in public parks and buildings.

Neighborhoods Gearing Up for National Night Out

Want the San Jose Police Department to be part of your National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 5? You have until Friday, July 25, to register at the SJPD Website or by contacting the SJPD Crime Prevention Unit at (408) 277-4133.

Celebrating its 31st anniversary, National Night Out is a nationwide movement to get residents to know each other and their police patrol officers in an effort to make their neighborhoods safer.

Many neighborhoods throughout San José and Santa Clara County will host such events as block parties, ice cream socials and barbecues. Once your neighborhood is registered, the SJPD will put it on our list of event sites to visit during the evening.

For more information on the National Night Out organization, visit the NNO website.

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Our City Forest’s Nursery Provides Place to Nurture Trees, Educate the Community

Council Slices CDBG Pie With Focus on Neighborhoods, Senior Services, Housing

East San Jose Hearing Sheds Light on High Rate of Latino Youth in Foster Care

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July 31 is the Deadline for San Jose Groups to Apply for CAP Grants

Neighborhoods Gearing Up for National Night Out