Great Communities Collaborative

The Great Communities Collaborative is helping Bay Area communities plan for neighborhoods near transit. With 1.7 million new people expected over the next 25 years, the Collaborative's goal is that half of new homes are in walkable neighborhoods that are near transit and rich with jobs and services. We develop educational and technical tools and work on the ground in cities throughout the Bay Area to promote great, vibrant communities. To learn more about the Collaborative, visit the Great Communities website.

TransForm's Work with the Great Communities Collaborative

TransForm is one of five non-profit partners in the Great Communities Collaborative. As a part of the Collaborative, our work has three main components:

Site Campaigns

Click below for information on our site work in nine cities.

• Antioch: Hillcrest Avenue eBART Station (May update)
  
• Pittsburg: Railroad Avenue eBART Station
  
• Oakland: Lake Merritt BART Station (area map added)
  
• Oakland: International Blvd. Corridor
• Additional Sites (Alameda, Concord)
• San Francisco: Japantown
• Berkeley: Downtown
• San Leandro: "The Crossings" at BART Station (area map added)

Great Communities Toolkit

TransForm created a toolkit to help community activists plan and help create walkable communities in their own area. It includes great fact sheets that can be adapted, as well as advice on how to run winning campaigns and get the message out through the media.

Policy Work

Transform is working with the other regional nonprofits in the Collaborative to influence regional policies and investments to ensure they support smarter growth and community engagement. For more information on some of these campaigns please see the Regional Transportation Plan and FOCUS campaigns.

For more information on the Great Communities Collaborative, including a great interactive map of all of the station area planning processes throughout the Bay Area, please go to the Great Communities Collaborative website.