August 28, 2024

Petaluma Transit going fare-free in July has raised questions about how public transportation is funded. Rachel Ede, the Transit Director of Santa Rosa City Bus, has agreed to talk with us about transit funding in California…

August 21, 2024

Join Petaluma Historian Katherine Rinehart at Crooked Goat Brewing, one of Petaluma’s newest breweries, for a presentation on how historic industrial and commercial buildings are being revitalized in cities similar in size to Petaluma in a way that harmonizes the old with the new…

August 14, 2024

MidPen Housing, already well into construction of their project at 414 Petaluma Boulevard North, at the corner of Oak Street, is also working toward a project they've named Washington Street Commons. It would be on the vacant property across E. Washington Street from the library…

July 24, 2024

Most of us have presumably become aware of the improvements being made to the former bank building at 199 Petaluma Boulevard North, the southwest corner of PBN and E. Washington. Some of us have probably also stopped to read the intriguing notes about the coming “Hall of the Above”…

July 10, 2024

Join us for a discussion of parklets! Parklets sprung up during Covid to enable safe, open-air dining and to keep our restaurants in business. How have they fared? What does the public think about parklets?

June 26, 2024

Join us to continue the discussion of pocket neighborhoods, small, incremental, infill projects that build community. Jim Heid and Ann Edminster will offer their thoughts as a developer and a resident of North Bay pocket neighborhoods…

June 12, 2024

Join us for a discussion of the history of pocket neighborhoods, their applicability to today's housing crisis, and the intersection of pocket neighborhoods and 15-minute neighborhoods…

May 22, 2024

Shane Phillips believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. In his book, The Affordable City, he offers a number of policy recommendations…

May 8, 2024

In Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. 

March 13, 2024

Join David Baker Architects' principals - David Baker, Caroline Souza, and Brett Randall Jones, for an unforgettable event! Discover their community-oriented approach to designing affordable and market-rate housing that uplifts people and transforms neighborhoods…

February 28, 2024

To meet Petaluma's ambitious carbon neutrality goals we must shift 70% of automobile trips to other modes of transportation! 

Join Know Before You Grow for a discussion of Human Transit with Dr. Jarett Walker…

January 18, 2024

The Parking Reform Network, whose founder Tony Jordan spoke to KBYG in August, will host an online presentation by author Henry Grabar . Grabar wrote “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World”, currently the hottest book on parking and one that comes highly recommended by parking guru Donald Shoup…

January 10, 2024

Our first forum of 2024 returns to the subject of Tactical Urbanism! This was a hot topic at Petaluma’s 2023 Better Cities Film Festival held last September and continues to percolate in the hearts and minds of Petalumans working on making our city a better place for everyone…

November 29, 2023

How do we value our Historic Downtown? We love the way it looks, the way it makes us feel, the people we meet, and the conversations we have on our excursions through Downtown. But what role does our Downtown play in the economic vitality of Petaluma? And how can our Downtown do even better as the financial driver of Petaluma? What is a Downtown worth?

November 13, 2023

Join two of the principals of Spirit Living for an introduction to the proposed Spirit Living project. The project has been proposed as a four-story, mixed-use building on Lot 5 of the Riverfront Mixed-use development.

The developers will discuss the need for senior housing and residential care facilities in Petaluma and what the project will do to activate the Riverfront Master Plan…

November 8, 2023

Rovina Lane Apartments is a 32-unit 100% affordable development at the corner of Rovina Lane and Jacquelyn Lane in southwest Petaluma. It is intended to house families earning between 30-60% of Area Median Income.  

Join Armony Companies principal, Lauren Alexander, for a walkthrough of the project site plan and renderings for a 3D visual introduction to the completed project…

October 25, 2023

Among the challenges we face with development in Petaluma are how we respect the historic ambiance of our city while still investing in housing that meets climate and mobility goals.

Join us for a discussion with Alli Thurmond Quinlan, a Fayetteville, Arkansas-based architect who specializes in traditional architecture on small lots…

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…