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.
The Board of Directors for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce approved a plan proposed by the Senior Citizens Commission to establish a fund for the eventual construction of a senior citizens center.
The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.
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.
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.
Article discusses the exchange of views between Councilman Haltom and local businessmen at the monthly meeting of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Industrial-Commercial Committee.
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.
Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.
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.
With negotiations ended between Arcadia and a developer who wanted to build an office building at the corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is looking for another firm to develop the site.
A policy on when groups can use Arcadia's new Community Center was approved Tuesday by the City Council, limiting events to those with community-wide appeal.
Arcadia Olympic Commission has opened its new Olympic Information Center, using space and staff donated by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Community volunteers will also staff the center.
Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.
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.