An upscale senior citizens' residential community has been proposed on the site of Santa Anita Inn. The project is called Huntington Pointe and will include 260 units. It would be owned by Huntington Partnership and E.D.I., which owns and operates Santa Anita Inn.
The first Lucky Baldwin Day community picnic takes place October 28, 11:30-3:30 at Arcadia County Park. Activities will include pumpkin carving, three-legged race, water balloon toss, spelling bee, magic show, live music, penny carnival, relay races, inflatable rides, and more.
Residents and business owners are upset and question tree removal in the city parking lot north of Huntington Drive, east of Santa Anita Avenue, commonly called the Post Office lot. Arcadia Development Services removed over one dozen trees that were damaging pavement and irrigation systems.
Arcadia City Council has hired consultant Steve Rose, of Purkiss Rose & Associaties, for $8000 to look into establishing a skateboard facility in a local park.
Arcadia City Council to vote on approval of Parks Rehabilitation Master Plan and an associated, six-year appropriation to correct identified safety hazards at Arcadia playgrounds.
Arcadia honors victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with a brief service held at City Hall. Arcadia Police Chief Dave Hinig attended (photo).
Mayor of Arcadia Mickey Segal reports on progress toward meeting his three goals. 1) New reflective street signs which are easier to read at night will be installed soon on all street corners. 2) Lucky Baldwin Day Picnic, designed to create a sense of community and city pride, is scheduled for October 28 at Arcadia County Park. 3) Begin to develop a place for low-income senior housing in Arcadia. City Manager and staff are working on this plan and hope to have a proposal in spring.
Don Shawver, batallion chief with Arcadia Fire Department, has been called to duty at the Pentagon in Washington DC, needed in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Arcadia Public Library opens "Teen Center," with a new collection dedicated especially to teenagers. It is located in the northeast corner of the adult reading room.
Luanne Cayer (photo) retires from Arcadia Unified School District after 34 years. She started as a bus driver in 1967. Her last job was Director of Maintenance, Operations and Transportation.
Arcadia police officer Tom Cullen had surgery to repair a fracture in his cheek and a broken nose after being injured in an on-duty accident. The accident occurred at Huntington Drive and Santa Clara.
Arcadia police officer Tom Cullen had surgery to repair a fracture in his cheek and a broken nose after being injured in an on-duty accident. The accident occurred at Huntington Drive and Santa Clara.
Waken Development L.L.C. breaks ground on a two building lowrise office complex in Arcadia at Santa Clara Street and Fifth Avenue.Completion scheduled for June, 2002. Hale Corporation is a partner in the project and will serve as design/build contractor.
The new Arcadia Police station, the largest public project ever undertaken by the City of Arcadia, officially opened last Friday, October 3, when city government and law enforcement held a ribbon cutting ceremony on its front lawn. The police station was built using funds from an $8 million bond measure that was passed with a majority of public support in 1999. The 41,000 square feet headquarters has an additional 12,000 s.f. for a firing range and training room, maintenance and communication shops, a vehicle impound area and a SWAT facility. Dave Hinig is the Chief of Police. The previous police station was built in 1956.
First Avenue zone change delayed. Owners of property at 1020-1026 First Avenue have three more months to work out a compromise for use of the property, with six condominiums in development, in an area zoned as single family residential. Arcadia staffers have found a number of areas where the city general plan and zoning map do not agree in designation.