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The City will pay $1.25 million to the Sully Miller Contracting Co. to settle a breach-of-contract lawsuit the company filed after it was fired from the Downtown 2000 project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8900
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment - Downtown 2000
Item ID
8855AN
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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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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper Index
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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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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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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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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
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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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Newspaper Index
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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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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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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 1995
Pages
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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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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City Council candidates answer questions on redevelopment, the Downtown 2000 project, and zoning restrictions in downtown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26289
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 26, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
City Council Elections - 1998
Item ID
26490AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
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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Newspaper Index
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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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May Co. has bowed out of the proposed expansion of the Santa Anita Fashion Park. As a result, the project's price tag should drop from $75 million to approximately $32 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper45
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fashion Park
May Co.
May Company
Item ID
45AN
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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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The family of John Chan, the 44-year-old Arcadian who was killed by Lisa Welchert in a drunk driving traffic accident, filed a claim against the City because they feel the police officers left Welchert apparently passed out in her car and returned to their patrol cars, allowing her to escape from the police in her automobile.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26975
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa
Automobile Accident
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Item ID
27174AN
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Rung "RC" Tang, 44, settled her lawsuit against Southern California Edison Co. on the eve of a retrial for charges of causing her cancer from radiation exposure. Tang dropped all claims in exchange for an undisclosed amount of money.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tang, Rung
Item ID
3296AN
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Andrea Sanchez, 40, and her daughter Olivia, 24, filed a civil lawsuit, claiming they suffered sexual harassment and were asked for sex in exchange for more working hours at the Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper198
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park -- 1991-2000
Item ID
198AN
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