Past events and recordings
Catch up on Petaluma Urban Chat events you may have missed — and explore curated videos that highlight our four pillars: housing, transportation, city finances, and climate action.
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An evening with Appellation Hotels and EKN Development
April 9, 2025
In the expectation that the Downtown Overlay will be approved by the City Council two evenings earlier, the proposed hotel developer and operator will talk to Urban Chat about the next step, the anticipated April 22 Planning…
Downtown living for active seniors: How downtown senior living would work
February 26, 2025
As Petaluma seeks to enhance the downtown retail and considers zoning to bring more residents downtown, Jason Reyes of Calson Management will join us to discuss how he views senior housing in the heart of Petaluma.
The Fresno Miracle: What’s happened since
October 11, 2023
The Petaluma Better Cities Film Festival concluded with a screening of "The Fresno Miracle," a 2012 film about what the people of Fresno have done to preserve the City's agricultural land, revitalize its downtown, and stop the sprawl that was bankrupting their city. Amid Fresno's progress and setbacks, the rudiment of a blueprint for sustainable action has emerged…
Infill to Support Neighborhood Retail: ADUs and Lot Splits
August 9, 2023
Recent California state law has opened new pathways for increasing density on single-family residential parcels—the type of parcels that make up the majority of Petaluma’s housing stock. Arguably, these policies collectively represent one of the more successful legislative responses to California’s housing shortage…
Downtown Overlay District
July 12, 2023
Know Before You Grow is pleased to present a community-organized forum on the Petaluma Building Form Overlay District being brought forward by Petaluma Planning.
We thank the Petaluma Woman's Club for providing valuable event assistance and for hosting the forum in its hall. We expect this forum to attract many Petalumans. Please arrive early to get a good seat…
The future of Petaluma is 15-minute neighborhoods!
June 14, 2023
What if you could walk to the corner store to buy a carton of eggs or a gallon of milk and skip the drive? What would the simple act of local short trips on foot or by bike do to reduce GHG emissions? What would it be like to meet your neighbors on the way to market and have a quick chat about the latest activities in your neighborhood?…
Office-to-Residential Conversion, panacea or mirage?
May 24, 2023
Join us for a forum on the realities of Office-to-Residential Conversion, which is often touted as a partial solution to our housing shortage. We'll view portions of a SPUR video about a San Francisco conversion project, followed by local architects Ross Jones and Kevin Kelly sharing thoughts from their long careers. We'll conclude with Q&A…