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Arcadia City Council adjusts an ordinance pertaining to massage therapists. The ordinance originally required 500 hours of training for a massage therapist to have a license in the city. The council decided to let currently employed therapists substitute on the job hours for any shortage in training under 500 hours. The Council also dropped a requirement for windows in rooms where therapy is provided and decided therapists will not be required to wear white. The therapist will be required to have an identification card in his/her possession but will not be required to display it.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage therapists
Ordinances
Spas
Item ID
31414AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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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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Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall wants the city and local merchants to look into providing more parking on First Avenue in the downtown business area.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Business District
First Avenue
Parking
Item ID
30692AN
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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council added a new amendment to the city building code reducing the size of new houses.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2076AN
Collection
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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Item ID
32552AN
Collection
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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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt
Item ID
33786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Modifications to R-1 lot restrictions

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958 p. 1 (restrict added dwellings on R-1 lots)
March 17, 1958 p. 1 (protests)
March 20, 1958 p. 1 (decision)
May 15, 1958 p. 1 (approvals and denials)
July 14, 1958 p. 1 (denials appealed)
July 17, 1958 p. 1 (Council refers appeals to Planning Commission)
October 30, 1958 p. 1 (denials final)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958 p. 1 (restrict added dwellings on R-1 lots)
March 17, 1958 p. 1 (protests)
March 20, 1958 p. 1 (decision)
May 15, 1958 p. 1 (approvals and denials)
July 14, 1958 p. 1 (denials appealed)
July 17, 1958 p. 1 (Council refers appeals to Planning Commission)
October 30, 1958 p. 1 (denials final)
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
4044AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council rejected objections filed by Los Angeles County and declared a redevelopment district for South Arcadia. The district, which covers business properties along Las Tunas and Live Oak, will be operated as a non-contiguous part of the Arcadia downtown redevelopment district. The City Council declared the area does suffer from both economic and physical blight, and hope to spend $12 million to upgrade the district.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Redevelopment
South Arcadia Business District
Item ID
30215AN
Collection
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
Collection
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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
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.

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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.

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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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The Massage Therapist Regulations ordinance, approved November 5 by City Council, places regulations on the licensing of massage therapists and the activities of businesses offering massage services. It regulates business hours, uniforms, customers' bodily coverings and suggestive ads.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Massage therapy
Ordinances
Item ID
30880AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A group of Arcadia hillside residents have formed a group to protest further hillside development in Arcadia. They will push hard for adoption of strong restrictions in future developments.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 17, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 17, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2056AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia may follow the lead of Pasadena, Los Angeles and other communities by considering the possibility of adopting a no-smoking ordinance. According to City Manager George Watts, the council has not decided on any specific rules and probably will not receive a study report from staff until mid-November.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2059AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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