Neighborhood Notes
ROSE GARDEN>>Contractors are paving the way for construction of family and senior housing projects on Race Street and Grand Avenue. Abatement work has started on the site slated for Bellarmino Place Family Housing and Alvarado Park Senior Housing projects at 237-253 Race Street and 216-260 Grand Avenue. Demolition of existing buildings on the site—which include the former Race Street Fish and Poultry and several unoccupied houses—is set to begin around Dec. 27 and last about four weeks. While there won’t be any street closures during demolition, residents should expect increased traffic in the area and watch for flaggers helping large trucks enter and exit the project site. Work hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
For more information, contact Melinda Platt, project manager for the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, at 669-207-7799 or Melinda.platt@scchousingauthority.org.
ROSE GARDEN>>Aadrit Talukdar, a seventh-grader at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley on Parkmoor Avenue, placed in the Top 10 of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in partnership with Discovery Education. Aadrit developed a scalable and reusable shipping box that can be used for online order shipments to reduce or eliminate the use of oversized boxes and excess packing materials.
Thousands of students participate in this competition nationwide and only 10 finalists are chosen based on their passion for science, spirit of innovation and ingenuity, and effective communication skills.
For more information on Aadrit’s project, visit https://www.youngscientistlab.com/entry/2676.
Source: www.mercurynews.com