Survey shows town growth, traffic as top concerns
The results are in from Los Gatos' community survey, showing that while most residents ranked quality of life highly, they share concerns about the town's growth and traffic congestion.
Town staff said the survey results could help inform future policy decisions and resource allocation based on residents' priorities.
“The intent of this survey is to find the areas that we can do better, so we're starting at a good place, but as we start to drill down, you'll start to notice while we have a very high satisfaction level overall,” assistant town manager Arn Andrews said at the May 3 town council meeting, where the results were presented. “The community does have some areas that they want us to think about.”
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the town's drafted objective standards. These standards will guide how the town reviews multifamily housing and mixed-use development proposals. To tune in to the meeting and view the draft standards, visit www.losgatos.gov/ Objectivestandards.
Project's a shoe-in
This year's graduating class of the Saratoga-los Gatos Chapter of the National
Charity League donated more than 250 pairs of shoes to San Jose's LUCHA Elementary School as their senior class project. The chapter partnered with the nonprofit Shoes that Fit to buy and deliver new athletic shoes to the students.
The 27 members of the chapter joined the organization in the seventh grade and have participated in local volunteer opportunities with their mothers for the past five years.
Champion and a hero
Deb Shaw, founder and president of Los Gatos
nonprofit Champion the Challenges, has been named the 2022 Stroke Survivor Hero Award winner by the American Stroke Association. Shaw, a three-time stroke survivor, is being honored for her efforts in helping other survivors through the recovery process.
Shaw founded Champion the Challenges with her husband in 2021. In its first year, the nonprofit helped more than 750 survivors and family members and distributed educational materials to local hospitals.