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Arcadia First!, a group opposing the Caruso mall project, is made up mostly of residents and business owners but bankrolled by Westfield Corporation. Arcadia First's revenues and expenditures are revealed in this article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
Coalitions
Mall war
Malls
Organizations
Reade, Bernetta
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Corporation
Item ID
31442AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia First!, the group of homeowners, business owners and retailers opposed to the Caruso project, has grown to more than 1000 members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29602
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Arcadia First! a coalition for sensible growth
Coalitions
Grass roots organizations
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Malls
Developments
Caruso project
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Item ID
29786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A full page advertisement authorized by Arcadia First! speaks out against Caruso Affiliated's plans to build a mall on the parking lot of Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29761
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2005
Pages
p. A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2005
Pages
p. A16
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Advertisements
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Arcadia First!
Organizations - coalitions
Mall war
Developers
Item ID
29948AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New regulations require that Arcadia, among other cities in the Los Angeles River basin, reduce the amount of trash put into the system to "zero tolerance" in twelve years. Arcadia has joined other cities in the Coalition for Practical Regulation to appeal the order.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29063
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Environmental issues - trash
Coalition for Practical Regulation
Appeals
Item ID
29249AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Red Rock Chili restaurant's co-owner Brent Beckwith defends Westfield and the Arcadia First! coalition in this letter. He feels business owners and residents have a right to voice their best interests and that the group is not merely a front for Westfield's interests.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29601
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Letters to the editor
Beckwith, Brent
Arcadia First!
Coalitions
Grass roots organizations
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - business owners
Malls
Developments
Caruso project
Item ID
29785AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group is funding a new "grass roots" coalition to oppose the Santa Anita Park race track mall development by Caruso Affiliated. The coalition is called Arcadia First! but includes Westfield representatives, Westfield tenants and downtown businesses, and not only citizens, as the membership in a grass roots organization might suggest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29573
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Coalitions
Organizations
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track -- parking lot
Shopping malls
Westfield Group
Item ID
29758AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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