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Greenbelt Alliance

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Description

Greenbelt Alliance is a non-profit land conservation and urban planning organization founded in 1958 in the San Francisco Bay Area. It aims to protect the region's greenbelt, an area of undeveloped, wild land, by limiting urban sprawl and promoting smart growth and overall livability of cities and towns. Greenbelt Alliance works through public policy development, advocacy, education, research, and partnerships with diverse coalitions.

Goal / Mission

Greenbelt Alliance's mission is to improve the lives in the San Francisco Bay Area by protecting the region's greenbelt and improving the livability of its cities and towns.

Results / Accomplishments

Greenbelt Alliance has successfully secured 26 urban growth boundaries in the region and preserved open space all over the Bay Area. Some current advocacy campaigns include improving Mountain View for a sustainable, smart growth community, protecting Tassajara Valley in Contra Costa County, and revitalizing Oakland's Broadway-Valdez neighborhood to promote healthy living and green transportation options.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Greenbelt Alliance
Primary Contact
San Francisco office:
631 Howard St., Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 543-6771
info@greenbelt.org
http://www.greenbelt.org/contact/
Topics
Environmental Health / Built Environment
Organization(s)
Greenbelt Alliance
Date of implementation
1958
Location
San Francisco Bay Area counties
For more details
http://www.greenbelt.org/

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A Good Idea meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.
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