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Arcadia City Council declared its intention to provide seed redevelopment money--provided a state Supreme Court ruling in January frees up such funding--to help the Arcadia Downtown Business Association breathe new life into the city's traditional downtown, by establishing a property-based business improvement district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business districts
Item ID
32842AN
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
Collection
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.

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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
Collection
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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (Downtown AIA)
Business and Industry
Economy
Item ID
35647AN
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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.

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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 businesses create "Community Benefit District." Each business owner would pay extra in property taxes to go into a fund to better market the area to customers and visitors. With the Gold Line Station at North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street scheduled to open in 2015, efforts to help brand the area have been fast-tracked.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt (Matt Dennys Restaurant)
Item ID
33808AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-to-0 to pass a new food hall plan for Downtown Arcadia at 33 West Huntington Drive. The food hall will contain seven to eight different food vendors of a pre-existing building, while the upper floors will continue to operate as self-storage units. One of the project goals is to preserve the existing building and keep the midcentury look of it, according to City of Arcadia Senior Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has decided to reevaluate the Farmers' Market next year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16195
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
16941AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Business Association has requested a moratorium on beauty and nail shop in the downtown business district. There are reportedly 16 salons downtown and another 8 more on First Avenue south of California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 1997
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 1997
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
10027AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tim Schwehr, City of Arcadia's Economic Development Analyst, highlights Downtown Arcadia's new Business-Friendly Zoning Code, adopted November 2016 as part of a comprehensive citywide zoning update, with the goal of bringing more mixed use development to the area and incentivizing adaptive reuse of existing buildings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34987
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
Item ID
35177AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council passes a stricter version of an adult business ordinance. It will not prevent the opening of a nude juice bar.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 6, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 6, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Adult Businesses
Adult Entertainment
Business and Industry
Ordinances
Item ID
27148AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Council candidates answer questions on redevelopment, the Downtown 2000 project, and zoning restrictions in downtown.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
City Council Elections - 1998
Item ID
26490AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Historic preservation coming to Arcadia. City is in process of drafting ordinances on historic preservation aimed at safeguarding historic districts, structures and buildings. Ordinances are expected to provide defined procedures and criteria for property owners and communities to judge their historic relevance. Correction: see Arcadia Weekly, p. 10, February 22, 2018 and another correction Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, March 1, 2018. Correction to the Historic preservation coming to Arcadia article. Arcadia Weekly recently ran an article about the Arcadia City Council drafting a historic preservation ordinance. It incorrectly read, "The draft would demand the consent of 60% of property owners along with Planning Commission review and City Council adoption." The corrected statement reads, "The Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance proposes that at least 60% of properties within the district must contribute to the historic significance of the district and 75% of the property owners within the district need to consent to the designation."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Draft ordinances
Historic Buildings
Historic districts
Historic preservation
Item ID
35281AN
Collection
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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J. C. Penney Co. is overhauling its pricing strategy and will alter store layouts, including the retail store at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Business and Industry
J. C. Penney Co.
Retail stores
Item ID
33020AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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David Ma, defeated candidate for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, has been charged with a misdemeanor for violating city sign posting restrictions.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ma, David
Pasadena City College - Board of Trustee
Ordinances
Item ID
26109AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sex offenders launch series of lawsuits challenging residency restrictions. The California Supreme Court decided residency restrictions for some sex offenders violate the federal constitution. Arcadia's restrictions place more than 90% of Arcadia's residential property in exclusion zones that effectively banish registered sex offenders. Janice Bellucci says the law in Arcadia violates the 5th and 14th amendments and the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34282
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Housing
Lawsuits
Sex offenders
United States Constitution
Item ID
34476AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Council approved a "Farmers market" to be opened in downtown Arcadia. It will be sponsored by the Arcadia Business Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9371
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
9326AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city reviews the plans for the nude juice bar to be built at 1580 Clark Streeet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 1, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 1, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Adult Businesses
Adult Entertainment
Business and Industry
Ordinances
Item ID
27088AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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