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Menlo Park: Planning Commission supports 140-unit affordable apartment complex

Original post made on Mar 21, 2019

A proposal to build a large affordable housing complex in Menlo Park cleared another hurdle March 12 when the city's Planning Commission gave the project a thumbs-up.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, March 21, 2019, 8:40 AM

Comments (5)

Posted by lefty
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Mar 21, 2019 at 2:56 pm

To borrow a phrase from Vietnam, MidPen will have to destroy a village to save it.


Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Mar 22, 2019 at 10:27 am

'Destroying a village to save it.' Isn't that what people are saying about El Camino Real?

But then was it ever a village?


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Mar 22, 2019 at 10:33 am

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

"But then was it ever a village?"

Maybe in 1920. Not for a long time now. A city of 35,000 people is not a village.


Posted by Bob
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 23, 2019 at 12:23 pm

Can somebody please define "affordable housing" on the Peninsula?



Posted by Alan
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Mar 23, 2019 at 2:14 pm

AS someone who lives near this area, I appreciate the effort to improve this I hope they can rebuilt without unreasonable disruption to the lives of people there. They improved the senior housing dramatically


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