A building contract for a senior citizens center has been awarded to Nationwide Construction of Downey. Groundbreaking is anticipated in three months. The center will be built on the triangular piece of land at the intersection of Holly Avenue and Campus and Huntington Drives across from the Chamber of Commerce.
Arcadia's new senior center will be built at the Rose Garden at the corners of Huntington and Campus Drives. The city will start taking bids for the proposed $2.5 million, 18,000-square foot building in April. (At least 21% of the city population is over age 60.)
The new Senior Citizen Center, now in the architectural drawing stage of development will replace the Rose Garden at the corner of Huntington and Campus Drives. The center will house the administration offices of the Arcadia Parks and Recreation Department and the Historical Museum.
Pasadena City College is preparing to tear down three campus buildings that were previously used as barracks in the Japanese Assembly Center at Santa Anita Park during WW II.
The Arcadia First Medical Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of their new clinic in the medical complex at 624 West Duarte Rd, Suite 103. The association, with support from Methodist Hospital has opened the facility to provide service to Chinese-speaking residents of Arcadia and San Gabriel area.
A newly released study by H. Wendell Mounce & Associates reports that Arcadia could use a new police station, a new city hall, a recreation center and a theater. Total cost of the project if the city hall is replaced would be $20 million.
Arcadia Recreation Commission members recently decided they were in favor of a project at Bonita Park at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue but felt the $78,000 estimated cost was too high.
About 400 people joined City officials in the spacious main room of the new Arcadia Community Center on Friday to dedicate the $4.5 million structure that will house the City's Senior Citizens Services and Recreation Department.
Arcadia High School administrators have instituted a 24-hour student telephone tip line to increase campus security and decrease the risk of campus violence.
The Arcadia Rotary Club has dedicated the conference room of the newly remodeled and expanded library in memory of the Methodist Hospital chaplain, Paul Johenk, who died in 1993. The article includes a profile of Johenk.
Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Proposition A funds will be used to re-do the Civic Center athletic field and light more soccer fields. The City Council also adopted a five-year capital budget.
Arcadia planning commission has given preliminary approval to a request to operate a residential recovery center for women battling alcoholism. The Spencer Recovery Center would be located at 180 West Huntington Drive.
Homeowners in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia showed up at City Hall to list their concerns about a private tennis club proposed for flood control land near their homes.
The Arcadia Gateway Center, considered the first major element in the city's redevelopment project, has opened. The $22 million facility is located on Huntington Drive.
Construction of the Arcadia Gateway Center on the south side of Huntington Drive in east Arcadia should begin November 9. The new center will have a Cigna Health Plan Building, 2 office buildings, 2 restaurants, and a retail building with shops.
The new state-of-the-art surgical wing of Arcadia Methodist Hospital held a special blue ribbon ceremony prior to the public grand opening this weekend.