by John M. Zukoski on June 29, 2009 | 
30 Comments | Topics: Schools
What are some of the commonalities shared by the best high schools in America? As a follow-up to our article “What Makes a Great High School?“, the Around Dublin Team sifted through data provided by School Evaluation Services to identify some of the themes of the gold and silver medal high schools in America.
by John M. Zukoski on June 27, 2009 | 13 Comments | Topics: Local Businesses
Blush Dublin is rolling out the red carpet for customers on Wednesday July 1 from 2-6pm to thank all of the loyal customers that have supported Blush over the past year by giving away one free small organic frozen yogurt with two toppings to each customer.
by John M. Zukoski on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments | Topics: Sustainability
Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti recently signed a letter of support to join Pleasanton and Stockton in a pilot program that will increase energy efficiency and reduce waste for 500+ older homes. The Davis Energy Group is coordinating the Large Scale Energy Retrofit Program with the goal of designing cost-saving energy reduction retrofit strategies for residential homeowners through buying products in bulk.
This program seeks to provide residential homeowners with the same energy saving opportunities that commercial building owners throughout California have benefitted from for years. Most of the $4.6M pilot program costs will be borne by the U.S. Department of Energy, PG&E, and homeowners that choose to participate in the pilot program. The City of Dublin will not have any costs associated with this pilot program.
by John M. Zukoski on June 24, 2009 | 11 Comments | Topics: Local Businesses · Restaurants
Diablo Magazine just released their 2009 Best of the East Bay guide to good living. After tabulating more than 10,000 votes, Diablo Magazine’s readers identified two of Dublin’s finest businesses as the Best of the East Bay:
by John M. Zukoski on June 22, 2009 | 15 Comments | Topics: City Hall
The Dublin City Council voted 4 to 1 this past Tuesday night to change the affordable housing agreement with Braddock & Logan at the 1,043 home Positano community in Fallon Village. Councilmember Kevin Hart was the lone dissenting vote. The revised agreement establishes a new affordable housing product in Dublin that until now has usually only been found in large cities – 275 sq. ft. studio units.
by John M. Zukoski on June 20, 2009 | 7 Comments | Topics: Parks · Things To Do
The City of Dublin has designated three parks where it will be okay to use “safe and sane” fireworks from 10am to 10pm on the 4th of July. Here are the three parks:
by John M. Zukoski on June 18, 2009 | 114 Comments | Topics: Schools
The Around Dublin Team recently stumbled across an article from US News & World Report listing 2009′s Best High Schools in America. The term “great schools” gets thrown around quite a bit, so it was interesting to see how US News & World Report defined the best high schools in America. Here were the criteria:
So how did local high schools fare compared to the rest of the nation?
by John M. Zukoski on June 16, 2009 | 5 Comments | Topics: Parks
As many residents have noticed, the City of Dublin has been making tremendous progress on both the Historic Park and Fallon Sports Park. Here are quick updates on both projects:
by John M. Zukoski on June 14, 2009 | 20 Comments | Topics: Development
In response to Toll Brothers’ legal action to block construction of the Promenade, Charter Properties is coming back to the table with a slightly modified version of Phase I of the Promenade.
Toll Brothers has indicated that they are comfortable with the Promenade plans that had been approved in 2000 and that the crux of their case against the Promenade and the City of Dublin is centered on the Planning Commission and City Council’s approval of Shared Parking and to a lesser extent not receiving notice of public hearings. (Note – here’s an ironically titled article co-written by Toll Brothers’ lead counsel, Timothy Hoban, advising on “A Proactive Approach to Avoiding Disputes”).
