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Santa Ana Station District community meetings coming up on Jan. 14 and 21

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Development, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Station District Map The City of Santa Ana is presenting two community meetings this month regarding the “Station District” development, on January 14th and 21st at 6:30 p.m., at St. Joseph Church, in their Parish Hall.

The meetings are about improvements proposed for the Santa Ana neighborhood located between the train station and civic center.

Station District Goals and Objectives:

Global Vision for The Station District
Enhancing Public Spaces and Streets
Linking Neighborhoods & Business with Public Transit
Providing Local Retail Services
Incorporating High Quality Architecture
Providing a Variety of Housing Types: For-Rent & For-Sale Homes with a Range of Affordability Continue reading→

Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development Community Coalition meeting on Wednesday

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Art Pedroza Posted in Redevelopment, Santa Ana Leave a comment

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Alfredo Amezcua wants you to get involved in local development issues in Santa Ana

The Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development (SACRED) Community Coalition is meeting again this Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Public Law Center, located at 601 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA (office phone#: 714/541-1010).

The theme and agenda for the meeting will further spell out the strategy to work with the developers, Related California and Griffin Realty, according to the group’s moderator, former RSCCD Trustee Alfredo Amezcua.

Amezcua asks that those interested “please come ready to propose Community Benefits, including: affordable housing, open space, recreation & educational opportunities, housing for working families of low and extremely low incomes, preferential construction jobs, apprenticeship programs, and compatible neighborhood housing, among others.” Continue reading→

Alfredo Amezcua pulls together a coalition to help guide Santa Ana redevelopment

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Art Pedroza Posted in Redevelopment, Santa Ana 6 Comments

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Alfredo Amezcua pulled together an amazing coalition at tonight’s community meeting

I attended a community meeting tonight at the Santa Ana Public Law Center. The meeting was moderated by Alfredo Amezcua, a local attorney and former college education board member, who also prepared the agenda. The organization he heads up is called the “Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development.”

The main focus of this organization is the pending Station District development, which involved properties acquired by the City of Santa Ana over by the Train Station. How those properties get developed is this group’s main concern.

We heard tonight from Eric Altman of OCCORD and his colleague Becky Dennison. They told us about what they did with the Grand Ave. Project in Los Angeles. They met with the developer regularly and were able to work on what is called a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). Continue reading→