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Napa Uncorks New Downtown to Tap Tourist, Wine Industries

Sep 1, 1999

Economic Development, Paul Shigley, Vol. 14 No. 09 Sep 1999

Although it shares a name with the ritzy wine-making region, the City of Napa has long been a mostly blue collar city with only weak links to the big-dollar wine and tourism industries. But downtown Napa, home to professional offices and mom-and-pop stores that close before dark, is about to become a player in the business of wine tourism, which brings 5 million visitors a year to Napa Valley. Legendary winemaker Robert Mondavi chose a 12-acre site on the eastern edge of downtown Napa for th...

Old Steel Mill to Become Warehousing, Retail Center

Jul 1, 1999

Economic Development, Paul Shigley, Vol. 14 No. 07 Jul 1999

An industrial business park, a commercial truck center and what may be the largest truck stop in the United States will create an estimated 5,200 jobs on a portion of the former Kaiser steel mill in unincorporated San Bernardino County, according to project backers. County supervisors unanimously approved a specific plan for a 320-acre industrial and commercial complex, and granted a conditional use permit for a 75-acre truck stop between the cities of Fontana and Ontario. Kaiser Ventures, owned mostl...

MIll Reuse Program Offers Rural Towns Another Chance

May 1, 1999

Economic Development, Paul Shigley, Vol. 14 No. 05 May 1999

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields redevelopment program is geared toward inner cities, but state officials would like to bring Brownfields aid to rural areas where timber mills have closed. For more than 100 years, timber companies erected sawmills all over northern and central California. However, as nature and government regulators restricted the timber supply, many of those sawmills closed, leaving a huge hole in the economy of the rural towns that grew up around the m...

Another Challenge Arises for Control of L.A. Redevelopment

Mar 1, 1999

Economic Development, Vol. 14 No. 03 Mar 1999, William Fulton

The City of Los Angeles is once again considering a reorganization of its redevelopment functions that would dismantle the once-powerful Community Redevelopment Agency and place it under the control of the City Council. But some council members are still balking at the idea of taking over the CRA themselves. At a meeting in early February, the council ordered city officials to move forward with the reorganization plan, which would give the council direct control over redevelopment functions ...

SFO Offers 15:1 Wetlands Swap for New Runway

Jan 1, 1999

CP&DR Staff, Economic Development, Vol. 14 No. 01 Jan 1999

San Francisco Airport officials have proposed an airport runway expansion that has a novel tradeoff for environmentalists. In exchange for filling up to 1,400 acres of San Francisco Bay for new runways, the airport proposes to restore 29,000 acres of bay wetlands that are located east and south of the airport. The proposal, which is to be formally presented at the end of January, is already proving controversial in the environmental community, and is strongly opposed by Cargill Salt, whose land could...

Anaheim Still Moving Forward with Sportstown

Jan 1, 1999

CP&DR Staff, Economic Development, Vol. 14 No. 01 Jan 1999

Despite a developers' decision to drop out of a 40-acre sports-themed project in Anaheim, city officials are keeping the project on track. Known as Sportstown, the entertainment project is taking shape in the parking lot of the Big A, home of the Anaheim Angels baseball team, and close to the Arrowhead Pond, home to the major league hockey team, the Mighty Ducks. In November, Cleveland-based developer Forest City Enterprises Inc. dropped plans to develop Sportstown, which is to include sports-theme...

Stirling Will Be Master Developer at George AFB

Nov 1, 1998

CP&DR Staff, Economic Development, Vol. 13 No. 11 Nov 1998

After years of contention, the airport redevelopment planned for the site of the former George Air Force Base in the High Desert of San Bernardino County may finally be getting off the ground. The former base was annexed by Victorville in 1994 and is now occupied by an airport. The Victorville City Council, which also serves as the Southern California International Airport Authority, received a redevelopment plan from Stirling Enterprises of Laguna Hills at their October 20 meeting. Afte...

Santa Cruz Boardwalk Expansion Proposed

Oct 1, 1998

Economic development, Larry Sokoloff, Local Watch, Santa Cruz County, Vol. 13 No. 10 Oct 1998

Expansion plans for Santa Cruz's beach boardwalk amusement park have been on a roller coaster ride for months, with election results in November's city council races expected to offer a public referendum on the city council's recent decision to limit the huge plan.

Sacramento County to Buy McClellan

Sep 1, 1998

Economic Development, Morris Newman, Vol. 13 No. 09 Sep 1998

McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento appears likely to make a strong transition to private industrial use. Sacramento County has decided to purchase some 2,400 acres - about two-thirds of the base - for $90 million, or almost $40,000 per acre. At the same time, Lockheed Martin Corporation has submitted a bid for a giant Air Force contract that would employ thousands of people on the industrial part of the property that the county plans to buy. McClellan is scheduled to close in 2001. The coun...

Feds Name California Brownfields Pilot Projects

Sep 1, 1998

CP&DR Staff, Economic Development, Vol. 13 No. 09 Sep 1998

The cities of East Palo Alto and Los Angeles are among 16 cities nationally that have been named Brownfields Showcase Communities. At least 15 federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, took part in selecting the projects. The designation recognizes problem-solving on the part of local government, and entitles the projects to additional federal funding and/or in-lieu services. In addition to funding and in-lieu services, the desig...

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