Santa Rosa YIMBY (which stands for Yes in my Backyard) wants to build Santa Rosa into an affordable, low-carbon, and vibrant city for all. This map highlights areas devoted to cars in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square and Downtown areas photo credit: Santa Rosa YIMBY website
A new group called Santa Rosa YIMBY, which stands for Yes in my Backyard, has formed to encourage more affordable housing and a vibrant, car-free downtown city center.
Adrian Covert is the co-leader of the organization. He argues that Santa Rosa’s downtown core needs fundamental changes to encourage business and community engagement. Covert says that goes for both Railroad Square and the Downtown area. “About half the entire surface area of downtown is just car infrastructure and about half of…..