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Arcadia city officials will consider changes to its General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for land-use decisions. The new plan aims to revitalize the city's downtown (First Avenue and Huntington Drive) as well as the Live Oak Corridor in the city's southern end. "We're making it easier to develop the downtown and the area around the (future) Gold Line station," said Council Bob Harbicht. If approved, it would allow for mixed-use commercial and residential complexes, commercial square footages could double and the height limit would increase from 40 to 45 feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32228
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia--General Plan
Land use
Mixed-use development
Redevelopment--Downtown Arcadia
Redevelopment--Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
32427AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
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.

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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia’s First Avenue Middle School student-actors are out of this world. The school’s Production class of 2019 has been preparing the entire fall semester for its upcoming play “Out of This World,” to be performed December 6 and 7 in the First Avenue auditorium. The theater teacher is Susi Reck. The theater program at First Avenue has four different levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Panza, Fizzy
Reck, Susi
Item ID
35536AN
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Downtown Street Market now on Saturdays, 5-9 PM. It is run by Green Leaf Events on First Avenue between Santa Clara Street and Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34401
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Street Market
Farmers Market
Green Leaf Events
Win-Win Entertainment
Item ID
34593AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Avenue Middle School celebrates its 110th anniversary this Saturday, December 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35024
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Anniversaries
First Avenue Middle School
Item ID
35215AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Semeen Issa selected as First Avenue Middle School principal. She has been assistant principal and a teacher at First Avenue Middle School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Issa, Semeen
Principals
Item ID
34790AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Avenue Middle School welcomes new principal Semeen Issa. Dr. Issa had been assistant principal at the school for the past 6 years and this will be her 17th year at First Avenue Middle School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34643
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 11, 2016
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
First Avenue Middle School
Issa, Semeen
Principals
Item ID
34835AN
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.

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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Arcadia Unified School District's First Avenue Middle School music teacher Michael Danielson is one of only 16 teachers to be recognized as a 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Danielson, Michael
First Avenue Middle School
Teachers
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival slated for July 1, 6-9 PM on First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34912
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia
Festivals
Holidays
Item ID
35102AN
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34609
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Item ID
34801AN
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.

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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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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Arcadia City revamps intersection, returns excess property on Hugo Reid Drive and Golden West Avenue to owners.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34686
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Streets
Land
Item ID
34878AN
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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33613
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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Holly Avenue Elementary School and Longley Way Elementary School earn California Distinguished School honors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35180
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2018
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2018
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Awards, honors, recognitions
California Distinguished Schools
Holly Avenue Elementary School
Longley Way Elementary School
Item ID
35369AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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4th Annual Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival, an Independence Day celebration, takes place on First Avenue between Bonita Street and Diamond Street, Sunday, July 1, 5-9 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35213
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival
Holidays
Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Item ID
35402AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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