Great Communities

Welcome to the Great Communities Collaborative

The Great Communities Collaborative is a group of organizations dedicated to ensuring that the San Francisco Bay Area is made up of healthy, thriving neighborhoods that are affordable to all and linked to regional opportunities by a premier transit network. We connect local residents with the tools and resources they need to influence decision making, forge diverse partnerships to craft lasting strategies and harness the means to help move visions to reality.

Our Vision: The Great Communities Collaborative envisions a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable San Francisco Bay Area where all people are able to shape the future of their communities. By working together, we can ensure that our region is made up of healthy, thriving neighborhoods that are affordable to all and well-connected to regional opportunities by a premier transit network.

Members of the collaborative are combining their respective expertise and working with partners around the region to:

• Shape plans for specific transit-oriented developments in Bay Area communities and encourage resident participation in planning for those developments.
• Create tools that will help community leaders make better decisions about transit-oriented developments across the Bay Area and help citizens better understand, participate in, and influence plans for TOD.
• Secure increased private and public funding that will help to catalyze sustainable and equitable transit-oriented development in the Bay Area.

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