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Volume 22, NO. 21
MONROVIA DAYS CELEBRATION EXCEEDS REVENUE OBJECTIVES
Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
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t started out three years ago as a modest effort to bring the Monrovia Days parade back in a joint City – School District effort. Last year the city added a carnival component to the event and this year they expanded the
carnival, while also extending the event to take place Friday through Sunday. City Manager Oliver Chi was delighted with the three day event sharing, “Of particular note, I wanted to share with everyone that we significantly exceeded our revenue objectives this year. Staff will be developing a complete budget update SEE MONROVIA DAYS PAGE 13
MONROVIA’S FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER’S NEW HQ OFFICIALLY OPENS Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Foothill Unity Center realized a decades-long dream when it unveiled its first permanent building at 709 West Chestnut Avenue on May 17. The Center, the primary provider of food, case management/crisis help,
and access to health care resources across eleven San Gabriel Valley cities, has worked out of leased facilities throughout its 38-year history. At its previous headquarters, operations were divided between two small buildings a block apart. The current purchase is being funded through SEE FOOTHILL UNITY PAGE 12
Monrovia’s Richman Project Recommended for Approval by Development Review Committee Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
On May 15, Monrovia’s Development Review Committee (DRC) considered an application submitted by Richman Residential for a 296-unit multi-family housing project located just
south of the Gold Line stop at Station Square (located at the NE corner of Duarte Avenue / Magnolia Avenue). After a thorough review, the DRC voted unanimously to recommend that the Planning Commission approve the proposed project. Given SEE RICHMAN PAGE 13
- Courtesy photos / Rick Keshishi ( Photoworks by Rick )
Monrovia Works to Find Balanced Solutions for Development Renaissance Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Here in Southern California, we are faced with the daunting reality that things are about to get a lot more crowded. Based on the latest demographic projections available, in the next 25-year
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planning period, the SCAG region (which includes LA County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Ventura County, and Imperial County) will, through natural growth patterns unrelated to immigration, add the equivalent population of the SEE DEVELOPMENT PAGE 12
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