Join us at the Farmers’ Market to Help Design New Street Banners
The City of San Leandro is in the process of redesigning street banners for East 14th and Davis Streets. The City has engaged a consultant, Pilot City, to facilitate the design of the new banners. As...
View ArticleTRANSFORMATION: 09.29.15
TRANSFORMATION, a San Leandro By Design event, is designed to bring the community together to explore how transformation occurs and how public art, innovative technologies, transit and safe,...
View ArticleSan Leandro Businesses Invited to Provide Inspiration for New Street Banners
On September 23, 2015, Pilot City and the City partnered with ArtIsMobilUs and held a Parti Party for the general public at the Downtown Farmer’s Market. The event was received with positive response...
View ArticleCalling All Artists: Bring Life to More Utility Boxes
The City of San Leandro is once again partnering with Streets Alive! to artistically enhance utility boxes throughout the city. The Streets Alive! team is looking for local San Leandro or Alameda...
View Article2015 Year In Review
The past twelve months have yielded countless positive developments in San Leandro. Let’s celebrate some of our accomplishments this year: Major Development Initiatives Progress continued in 2015 on...
View ArticleWhat to Watch For in 2016
After an exhilarating 2015, San Leandro anticipates much more excitement in the coming year. Here’s a preview of what to expect in 2016. Major Development Projects Milestones Work continues on the...
View ArticleDowntown San Leandro’s Ongoing Transformation in the News
On February 29, 2016, San Leandro Improvement Association president Gordon Galvan appeared on the KTVU morning news, discussing many of the exciting developments that are contributing to the...
View ArticleRediscover the Stained Glass Art at City Hall
When the City of San Leandro underwent the expansion of City Hall in 1994, Narcissus Quagliata was commissioned to create two stained glass chandeliers to overhang each the entrances on E. 14th...
View ArticleThe Urban Lighting Project Gathers Strength With New Grant Award
The City’s Interactive Urban Lighting collaboration with the University of California Berkeley that commenced in 2014 continues, as the U.C. Berkeley Center for New Media has been awarded a $50,000...
View ArticleGrand Opening Ceremony for Exploratorium Exhibit on August 3rd
Last week, the Exploratorium arrived on site at Joaquin Plaza and installed the highly anticipated interactive musical exhibit made possible by grant funding from the State Department of Housing and...
View ArticleMore Utility Box Art Is Underway
The City is pleased to announce that a second round of mural installations on utility boxes has begun! Following the successful installation of mural art on fifteen utility boxes last year, an...
View ArticleThe East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Line Breaks Ground
(Photo: Ryan Levi/KQED) On Friday, August 26th, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutter, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, joined leaders of...
View ArticleNew Street Banners Installed on E. 14th and Davis Streets
Bright, new street banners have replaced existing banners along E. 14th and Davis Streets in Downtown San Leandro. Over a year ago, the City partnered with PilotCity to develop and design six new,...
View ArticleFall Issue of San Leandro Connect Highlights Economic Development Initiatives
The Fall 2016 issue of the City’s quarterly newsletter, San Leandro Connect, was released earlier this week. This issue points the spotlight on projects and initiatives that stimulate economic and...
View ArticleTRUTH IS BEAUTY ARRIVES THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!
Truth is Beauty will be arriving in Downtown San Leandro on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. The community is invited to welcome her into town as she is transported on a flatbed truck for the “Arrival...
View ArticleTruth Is Beauty – At Home in San Leandro
The news of Truth Is Beauty’s San Leandro homecoming is being well-documented! She was given a warm welcome by well over 100 well-wishers at the corner of E. 14th St. and Davis last Saturday as she...
View ArticleCommunity Ambassadors to Host Public Tours of Truth Is Beauty
Public tours of Truth is Beauty will be hosted by our community Ambassadors on Saturday mornings in November and December. Truth is Beauty is the second of three sculptures in a trilogy by Marco...
View ArticleSan Leandro Tech Campus and Truth Is Beauty – Lit for the First Time!
Last Tuesday evening, October 18th, Phase I of the San Leandro Tech Campus became a beautiful backdrop for the publicly acknowledged main event of the evening — the initial public lighting of the...
View Article2016 Year In Review
2016 has been a whirlwind of exciting developments in San Leandro. Here is a snapshot of a selection of our accomplishments this year: Major Development Initiatives Progress continued on several major...
View ArticleWhat to Watch For in 2017
2016 was a year of significant development and we are expecting more investment and activity in 2017. Here’s a snapshot of what’s coming. Major Development Milestones In 2017, BRIDGE Housing will...
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