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One year has passed since the Sully-Miller Contracting Co. filed a $2 million breach-of-contract suit against Arcadia, claiming the City illegally terminated it from the Downtown 2000 project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8024
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
7984AN
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The city is fighting against paying an additional $400,000 in legal costs to Sully-Miller's attorney for the Downtown 2000 project in which the city cancelled the contract with Sully-Miller and settled for $1.25 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26322
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Downtown 2000
Lawsuits
Item ID
26523AN
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Downtown 2000, the redevelopment project that has served as a lightning rod for discontent at City Hall, received an Award of Excellence this week from the California Redevelopment Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18617
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
18861AN
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The next step in the ill-fated Downtown 2000 project is to remove part of the planters to provide additional parking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27430
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 24, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 24, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Downtown 2000
Parking
Redevelopment
Item ID
27627AN
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The City Council and the company originally hired for downtown street improvements are on collision course with a lawsuit. Each side says the other may be in breach of contract.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5413
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5276AN
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On First Avenue, business owners are elated with the way construction related to the city's Downtown 2000 has worked out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5663
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Streets - First Avenue
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
5514AN
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City officials determined that Sulley-Miller is in gross violation of the Downtown 2000 project. In a unanimous vote, city officials terminated this company as contractor for the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5490
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
October 5, 1995
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
October 5, 1995
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5350AN
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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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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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The $4.1 million Downtown 2000 plan will restore the area along Huntington Drive from Santa Clara to 5th Avenue, as well as on 1st Ave. The project should start in June and be completed by the fall racing season.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4477
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. J-3 map
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Los Angeles Times
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. J-3 map
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4353AN
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Continuation of answers from the City to the most frequently asked questions about the Downtown 2000 revitalization project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5709
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 11, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 11, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5560AN
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Arcadia City Council may declare the Downtown 2000 construction project a potential health emergency in order to suspend it's contract with striking workers and hire another firm to do the work until the strike is over.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4828
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 1995
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4704AN
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The Arcadia City Council plans to seek more than $1 million in damages against its original contractor for cost overruns in the City's Downtown 2000 revitalization project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5639
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5490AN
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City Council approved lending the city redevelopment agency $1.2 million Tuesday to cover additional cost overruns with Downtown 2000 and other projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6593
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
6406AN
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PETA and City of Arcadia reach deal over coyote plan. Group had sued after city planned to start trap-and-kill program. Arcadia will pay $15,000 to settle the lawsuit that contended the city council approved the contract without an environmental report mandated by the California Environmental Quality Act. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 10, July 6, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34928
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Animal control
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Coyotes
Kruckeberg, Jason
Lange, Lisa
Lawsuits
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Rosenberg, Sarah
Wild animals
Item ID
35118AN
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Downtown 2000, the $4 million revitalization project, will primarily affect Huntington Drive and First Ave. Huntington Drive will have more landscaping and lighting, while First Ave. will have angled parking and landscaping to be more pedestrian oriented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4480
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 19, 1995
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p. 13
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 19, 1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4356AN
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The City of Arcadia answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the Downtown 2000 revitalization project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5716
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5567AN
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A strike involving the operating engineers union has brought the progress of the Downtown 2000 project to a temporary halt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4832
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 17, 1995
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
August 17, 1995
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4708AN
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The revamped downtown debuts today with new streets, sidewalks, benches, palm trees and an all-day street fair. This marks the completion of the Downtown 2000 construction project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5818
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
5663AN
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-0 in favor of searching for a temporary contractor for the Downtown 2000 project. Striking workers have caused delays and fears of future health problems.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4823
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4699AN
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The city has used $3.6 million from its low-income housing fund over the past 11 years and might not pay the money back until the year 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7396
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
7281AN
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