Two San Francisco Bay Area housing non-profits, Suburban Alternatives Land Trust (SALT) and Northbay Family Homes (NFH) have, in the past 30 years, facilitated the building of 4,000 homes – half of them affordable to low-moderate income families. Together, SALT and NFH are sponsoring an open design competition to develop ideas that optimize their site’s potential uses, including ideas that address the need for senior housing in a suburban setting. The Project site is located in the City of Novato, Marin County, north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Construction is planned to begin upon securing financing. Site planning and housing designs must demonstrate innovative sustainable solutions that can also be applied to meet future housing needs, a zero net energy goal, and multiple benefits including job creation, carbon and cost reduction, and opportunities for local food production / agriculture.