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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

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Battery Point Apartments Break Ground The units will be divided accordingly: • 40 Senior apartments. • 30 units will be dedicated to low income families. • 90 units will be assigned for workforce housing. • Two units will be assigned as local on-site management units. City and County dignitaries were on hand last Tuesday afternoon to heap praise for the much needed housing program. Much of the credit for the fruition of this dire needed affordable housing was directed toward Housing Authority Director Megan Miller and her team who assumed and Please see BATTERY POINT Page 3

BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

162 apartment housing unit project addresses Seniors and low income families has broken ground. The developer, Synergy Development Corporation, Los Angeles-based non-proﬁt, will situate the property between Joe Hamilton Elementary and Crescent Elk Middle Schools at Gary and E Streets in the City. Co-developer Step Forward Communities will build exercise rooms, senior community gardens, green spaces, a Playground and community rooms in the apartment complex.

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City / County dignitaries groundbreaking for Battery Point Apartments

Del Norte County: How to Pronounce Norte NORT-AY. It’s certainly not the ﬁrst time (nor last) Nort-AY has been mispronunced, especially by those not so familiar with the North State. To this mispronunciation one might say, what’s the big deal about pronouncing Norte. Others have said mispronouncing N o r t e is akin to running a fresh stick of chalk down a very dry board...uncomfortable to the ear. The Synergy project is a huge undertaking with lots of partners, addressing the dearth of affordable housing in Crescent City and Del Norte County. In America, Portuguese communi-

BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

Last week, the City, County and Synergy Group Developers from Los Angeles were touting the new 162 unit housing project Battery Apartments at Gary and Streets. The list of attendees for the groundbreaking was impressive. Introductions of City, County and other notables was extensive. The spokesman for Synergy shared details of the project and spoke well…except for one notso- little detail. He pronounced The County name as Del

ties are prominent in Providence, Boston, New York, New Jersey and Portugal, AND Del Norte County. Nearly 400,000 folks in California speak Portuguese. The correct pronunciation looks like this DEL N O R T (no E)… The legacy is Portuguese, not Spanish. Del Norte’s history is steeped in the rich heritage of the smaller of the two countries on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal and the Azores islands. Nonetheless, a very powerful seafaring country centuries ago. Iconic Portuguese explorers like Christopher Columbus, Vasco da

Gama, Bartolomeu Dias, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Ferdinand Magellan and scores more discovered the New World. The Portuguese left their footprint on the modern world. Portuguese is the spoken language in Brazil, Mozambique and Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor, Goa and Macau. No disrespect is intended to the Synergy Group or the seemingly endless list of outside contractors who help to improve our community. The subtle suggestion is to kindly pronounce Del Norte with its deep Portu-

guese heritage. Del Norte appreciates those who pronounce her name correctly.

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Emergency Construction Continues on Pebble Beach Drive BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

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Tidewater Contractors builds wall along Pebble Beach Drive

The City Council expediently approved an amendment to the Budget to build a wall for temporary restoration of iconic Pebble Beach Drive. After declaring a 4-0 vote to continue the emergency action for the continuous slide activity along Pebble Beach, councilors passed a Resolution amending the 2024-25 Budget to allow Tidewater Contractors to continue the temporary restoration. The saga of of the collapsing cliff and debilitating erosion dates back to 2016, following terriﬁc Winter storms. When weather conditions subsided, engineers assessed the scope to repair the cliffs at a $32.6 million estimate. The Damage Assessment Form (DAF) was submitted to Federal Highways Administration (FHWY) in January. FHWY declared it would cover 88.53 percent of the cost for permanent restoration. Cal Trans and Please see CONSTRUCTION Page 3

Sea Cruise Car Show 2024 Announced

The Crescent City/ Del Norte Chamber of Commerce bring you the 2024 Sea Cruise Car Show. Attend the largest classic car show in Northern California in Crescent City, California, October 4-5, 2024. Sea Cruise is two full days of fun focused around vintage vehicles, motorcycles, hot rods and other sweet rides. Over 300 classic car collectors will showcase their loud motors and shiny chrome in downtown Crescent City and on the spacious lawn of Beachfront Park where the Paciﬁc Ocean views are just as beautiful as the cars. This is a FREE event. Come enjoy music, food, cool cars and motorcycles and so much more. • Friday, 10am-6pm Car Show Registration at Crescent Land Title, 890 3rd St, downtown

Crescent City. • Downtown Show and Shine, 4-6pm. 5-7:30pm: First Friday with vendors, food, music and more,783 3rd Street. Paragon Coffee House brought to you by the Downtown Divas. 6pm: Sanctioned Cruise. • Saturday, October 5th Car Show. Beachfront Park. 8-10am, Registration and Parking. 10am3pm Car Show begins with music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and today. 3pm, Trophies awarded. Due to ongoing Street construction, please enter the park via 3rd St to I Street, to Front Street to Stamps Way. Sea Cruise is sponsored in part by Elk Valley Casino, Lisa McKeown State Farm Insurance, Yes Schwab Tire, Lucky 7 Casino and Potter Real Estate Group. Please see SEA CRUISE Page 3

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