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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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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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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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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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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
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Newspaper Index
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Highlighting Downtown Arcadia: Arcadia Blues Club: one of the city's best kept secrets, located at 16 E. Huntington Drive since 2005. The small business is operated by a husband and wife team with a passion for blues music.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35073
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Arcadia Blues Club
Business and Industry
Item ID
35262AN
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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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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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Business profile on Fitness Factor in Arcadia. Maggie Riddle and Kevin Riddle are the co-owners. They do personal training and small group fitness at 24 N. 1st Avenue in Downtown Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35244
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fitness Factor
Riddle, Kevin
Riddle, Maggie
Small business
Item ID
35433AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Spotlight on Downtown Arcadia business Vendome Wine & Spirits, a bar, coffee, and bottle shop owned by Jeff Musial. It is across from Arcadia Metro Gold Line Station. His business partner is Charles Tran.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35194
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Liquor stores
Musial, Jeff
Tran, Charles
Vendome Wine and Spirits
Item ID
35383AN
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Newspaper Index
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Spotlight on local business, a hair salon called 1st Ave Salon, located at 10 N. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Owner is Veka Estrada, a Temple City resident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32377
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2011
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2011
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Business and Industry
Estrada, Veka
Hair salons
Small business
Item ID
32575AN
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Newspaper Index
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At the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce's annual Power Planning Conference on January 24, City of Arcadia's City Manager, Dominic Lazzaretto, provided optimism to the local business community during this time of economic uncertainties. He said 25% of Arcadia's $48 million in annual revenue comes from local businesses--with nearly $10 million from sales taxes and another $2 million-plus from licenses and permits. The City has proposed a new business assistance program ombudsman to help entrepreneurs with the start-up process, is working with Chamber of Commerce to create a more interactive one-stop business checklist, and has not increased the cost of a business permit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33369
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Business and Industry
Economy
Chamber of Commerce--Power Planning Conference
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Small business
Item ID
33565AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New indoor playground, a business called Precious Ones, in Arcadia, raises safety concerns for children, in opinion of Planning Commission Board member Kenneth Chan. Despite concerns, the Board was satisfied with owner Sandy Joo's responses and approved her business for operation given she meets all the conditions laid out, which include background checks, CPR training for staff, among others.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34926
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Business and Industry
Joo, Sandy
Precious Ones
Item ID
35116AN
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35567
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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Business spotlight on Hyper Coffee at 203 S. First Avenue in Arcadia, in a historic Art Deco building. It has been in business 17 years. By Helen Wang.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35168
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Business and Industry
Hyper Coffee
Wang, Helen
Item ID
35357AN
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Newspaper Index
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New development and businesses in Downtown Arcadia. The Metro Gold Line train has brought renewed success and energy to Downtown Arcadia. A mixed-use project near the Gold Line's Arcadia station will include over 16,000 square feet of commercial space, 38 residential units, and 110 new parking spaces are under construction, as is a 4,000 square foot Art Deco style office building at 130 S. First Avenue. Last year, Mr. Lowe Brewing Co. opened Arcadia's first microbrewery and in July, Vendome Wine & Spirits opened at 103 E. Santa Clara St. Article by Mayor Peter Amundson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34984
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Business and Industry
Mt. Lowe Brewering Co.
Vendome Wine & Spirits
Item ID
35174AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Profile on local Arcadia business The Book Rack at 204 South First Avenue and its owner Karen Klopp.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34464
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Business and Industry
Klopp, Karen
Small business
The Book Rack
Item ID
34656AN
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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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Major changes on tap for Arcadia in the new year. Delta Marriott Hotel slated for the old Santa Anita Inn; Arcadia's tallest building, currently housing Bank of America at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue, has gone up for sale. The current Arcadia Self Storage at 35 W. Huntington Drive is proposed to become a modern food vendor location, reminiscent of the Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles or the Anaheim Packing House.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35034
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Commercial development
Hotels
Item ID
35225AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia recognized as "Most Business Friendly" for its mix of a strong local economy, well-known attractions, and responsive city hall workers, at the Eddy Awards, presented by Los Angeles County Economic Development, in the category of city with population less than 68,000. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, November 16, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35007
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Business and Industry
Los Angeles County Economic Development
Item ID
35198AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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