City to “Green” Parking Lot
Tweet The City of Santa Monica will hold an “informational” meeting on its “beach greening project” on Thursday, May 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean Park Branch Library, on Main Street at Ocean Park Boulevard. The City plans to convert a section of the southerly 2600 Barnard Way beach parking lot (north of the playground at the terminus of Ocean Park Boulevard, and between Fraser and Wadsworth Avenues) from asphalt to natural turf. The turf will be “built,” in... Read More
City to “Fix” Both 20th St. and Cloverfield Blvd.
Tweet An upcoming City of Santa Monica project will apply “urban design, landscaping, traffic and other improvements to 20th Street and Cloverfield Boulevard between the eastbound Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) and Pico Boulevard,” according to a City press release. At a community “visioning” meeting in November, according to the City, “residents voiced concerns about pedestrian safety and heavy traffic along both roadways. They also expressed support for enhancing... Read More
City Buys Itself
Tweet The City of Santa Monica is on a buying spree, and it seems to be buying itself. Several years ago, it bought approximately nine acres from the RAND Corporation, along with its original buildings, which it has since demolished, creating, however inadvertently, a large dirt park. Price: $53 million. Then it bought itself the half-block Fisher Lumber property on Colorado Avenue at 14th Street. Price: $14 million. Then it bought the Sears auto shop property at Colorado and... Read More
CVB Official Takes Town to Market
Tweet Visitors Bureau has named Kim Baker, 26, its marketing manager. She oversees the bureau’s communications, consumer and trade promotions, and website, as well as directing the new Santa Monica brand marketing campaign. Developed by the bureau staff, brand marketing consultants, business people and City officials at two “brand summits” last year, the Santa Monica Brand “promise” is, “Santa Monica…the best way to discover L.A.; an unforgettable beach city... Read More
