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The Arcadia City Council unanimously approved a General Plan update that aims to make the future Metro Gold Line station the heart of a revitalized downtown and the plan includes a revitalization of Live Oak Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia--General Plan
Land use
Mixed-use development
Redevelopment--Downtown Arcadia
Redevelopment--Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
32429AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council is reviewing revisions in the city's General Plan to create land-use concepts that meet statewide density requirements and still preserve Arcadia as a "Community of Homes." The revisions call for increasing the maximum density from 24 units per acre to 30 in high density-zoned areas and following mixed-use development in downtown, First Avenue and Live Oak Avenue areas. Officials want the new land-use guidelines to meet the requirements of SB375, the "anti-sprawl" legislation passed last year that aims to cut down on carbon emissions by requiring local agencies to minimize vehicle travel time through city planning.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31560
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
General Plan
Land use
SB 375
Item ID
31756AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $70,000 to help the Downtown Business Association set up a business-improvement district. The district would tax commercial property owners to revitalize the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32886
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Arcadia--downtown
Business and Industry
Item ID
33083AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia has finalized a deal with the Church of Arcadia so the church can move forward with its expansion. The city will pay the church $3.6 million and give it a 1.2 acre property at 630 E. Live Oak Avenue, in exchange for the church property at 21 Morlan Place. The church plans to build a two-story, 23,000 square feet church and meeting hall on the Live Oak Avenue lot. The Morlan Place property is near Rusnak Mercedes Benz.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Church of Arcadia - expansion
Land use
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Item ID
31108AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four-story downtown building approved. It will be a mixed-use apartment/commercial building at corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street behind 24-Hour Fitness.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Item ID
34801AN
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Newspaper Index
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Developer Rick Caruso, whose stalled $500 million, 820,000 square feet retail project "The Shops at Santa Anita," is planned for Santa Anita Park's south parking lot, said he has "no control" over possible bankruptcy at the race track's parent company, Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC). Caruso said he was still planning to go ahead with his mall and would "wait and see what happens and deal with it." Any reorganization at Magna Entertainment Corp. may delay the mall plans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31397
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Land use
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
Malls
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
31590AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has decided to seek a new operator for the Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course, located adjacent to the Peck Road Water Conservation Park, at the city's border south of Live Oak Avenue, by putting the contract up for bid. American Golf Corporation has operated the golf course for the past 20 years. There was discussion of the land's worth and increased city profits with a new golf course operator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
American Golf Corporation
Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course
Golf
Land use
Item ID
31087AN
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Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia has been revising its General Plan and the first public draft was released last week. The General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for how the city could develop was last updated in 1996. The plan addresses the Gold Line station and allows for mixed-use residential and commercial development north of Huntington Drive in the downtown area, and on Live Oak Avenue. The plan must go before the Planning Commission, then the City Council for approval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Development
General Plan
Gold Line Santa Anita Station
Item ID
32229AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council Recap. Project approved: a large mixed use (residential and commercial) at Duarte Road and First Avenue. Approved: replacing utility poles with an underground system at Morlan Place, adjacent to Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34405
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Mixed-use developments
Item ID
34597AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Live Oak Library's hours will be cut as much as 45% for the second time in recent years. Photos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4575
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. 1 Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. 1 Hometown section
Subjects
Live Oak Library
Item ID
4451AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The changing face of Arcadia--commercial brokerage firm NAI submits proposal for downtown districts. The City of Arcadia hired NAI to assess the city's five business districts and make recommendations to improve them and bring in appropriate, compatible businesses. See hard copy in VF Business and Industry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34458
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Business and Industry
Business districts
Downtown Arcadia
Item ID
34650AN
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Newspaper Index
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Habitat for Humanity proposed building 20 homes on city-owned land in South Arcadia that was previously used by the Arcadia Police Department horseback unit. The parcel's access would be via Live Oak Avenue. Assembly Bill 637 requires Arcadia to develop low-income housing. City Council did not make a decision, leaving options open.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24534
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Habitat for Humanity
Redevelopment
Live Oak Avenue
AB 637
Item ID
24724AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to impose a 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, known as pot clubs. There are no such dispensaries in the city nor have there been any applications. The moratorium will give the city time to study the issue and see what type of regulation would be appropriate to put in place in Arcadia. The concern is that pot clubs could draw an element to the community that increases crime. The Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) legalized medical marijuana in California in 1996.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31224
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215)
Medical marijuana
Item ID
31419AN
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Newspaper Index
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Downtown 2000: is the CFRP making a difference? In 1993, Arcadia City Council and the Redevelopment agency implemented the Comprehensive Revitalization Strategy and Program, a project designed to bring a new economic vitality to the downtown district. One of the main components of the program is the Commercial Facade Rehabilitation Program (CFRP), which provides financial assistance to downtown merchants for store-front improvements. Garlan Roberson received $11,000 from the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency for improvements to his business, Sullivan's Paints. Since the facade improvements, Roberson says business has increased significantly.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32743
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Downtown redevelopment
Roberson, Garlan
Item ID
32940AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Seabiscuit Pacifica Project-Phase 2 calls for revised mixed-use project. Arcadia City Council decided on July 3 they want to see more artists' renderings of what Phase 2 will ultimately look like, before going ahead with the $300 million hotel project on the former Santa Anita inn site. The applicant Chateau Group is also requesting to merge the two abutting properties a 100 and 180 West Huntington Drive into the Specific Plan area and change the General Plan Land use Designation from "Commercial with Downtown Overlay" to "Downtown Mixed Use," to revise the General Plan Land Use Map to reflect the changes, rezone the properties from "General Commercial with Downtown Overlay" to "Seabiscuit Pacifica Specific Plan," and include a Height Overlay of H8 on 180 West Huntington Drive to allow a portion of the mixed-use building on that property. The Santa Anita Inn was a 2-story hotel comprised of 6 buildings, 110 rooms, 34,775 s.f., that was originally constructed in 1955 and remodeled in 1985.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35223
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Development
Flamingo Hotel
Hotels and motels
Le Meridien
MacMillan, Robb (photo)
Marriott
Ramada Inn
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
35412AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia considers rate tiers for water use. Santa Anita Park race track, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Westfield Shoppingtown, and the two golf courses are Arcadia's biggest users. The tiered rate structure means that users would be charged more per gallon once they cross certain thresholds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31858
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Water rates
Water use
Item ID
32054AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia launches the new Arcadia Downtown Business Association, with plans to revitalize the downtown district. Matt McSweeney is the association's chairperson and owner of Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant on East Huntington Drive. City officials will spend about $90,000 on a parking study and about $18,000 in redevelopment funds to get Arcadia Downtown Business Association off the ground. The revitalization plans should work nicely with the slated opening of the Gold Line station at the northwest corner of North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street by 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Item ID
32552AN
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Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia business owners establish a Community Benefit District, mandating they each pay an annual assessment on their property taxes to fund marketing programs and activities in hopes of bringing more people to the area. It is called a Property-Based Business Improvement Model. It is a private-sector initiative that bills local businesses by the same criteria used in Old Pasadena--according to their frontage, lot size and scope of any buildings on a given property. 60% of downtown Arcadia owners chose the plan, the result of a three year effort.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33591
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt
Item ID
33786AN
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Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia in 2019. Large mixed-use project (38 apartments, 16000 s.f. retail, office, restaurants) at First Avenue and Wheeler Street will finish and open later this year. New restaurant "Trendy Thai 2 Go" opened at 18 North First Avenue (formerly Stacked Sandwich) and Shabu Lin is about to open at 101 South First Avenue (formerly Zapata Vive). Downtown AIA will be implementing several new streetscape beautification projects this year, planning has started on year-round decorative tree lighting on First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35455
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (Downtown AIA)
Business and Industry
Economy
Item ID
35647AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Over 100 local artisans at Downtown Arcadia Holiday Market this Saturday, 11 AM-6 PM. This is an annual event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35025
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia
Holidays
Item ID
35216AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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