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Art Center College of Design

Pertaining to expansion, zoning change requests and its Master Plan

WPRA News Letter Summer 2022

23 Jun 2022

2022-C-Summer_WPRA-News

In this issue

WPRA convenes first in-person annual meeting since 2019

Introducing your new WPRA president

Quandary at Hahamongna Park’s southeast entrance

Pasadena’s Landmark Districts and SB9

Gas off. Electric on.

Pasadena Heritage moves to new digs

Ring. Ring. Who’s at your front door? It might be a mountain lion!

2022 WPRA annual meeting spotlights Pasadena’s tech revolution

Q&A with Darryl Dunn, CEO and General Manager, Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl Stadium celebrates 100th birthday, gets new CEO/GM

Pasadena Senior Games: Tales of remarkable athletes

A “Mile of Millionaires” on Orange Grove in 1906

Officers

PresidentEvan Davis
Vice PresidentDan Beal
SecretaryKenyon Harbison
TreasureBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Art Center College of Design Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl

WPRA News Fall 2018

27 Sep 2018

2018-D-Fall-WPRA

In this issue

710 tunnel opponents hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

Pasadena city sales tax proposal on the ballot

Transparency and trust in City Hall? It is our Desiderio.

Desiderio Park restroom project marches on

‘Big Dig’ likely to start this November

Anti-mansionization plans shift gears

Opinion: WPRA urges tighter mansionization rules

Opinion: WPRA opposes zoning change for Art Center’s external jumbotron

Urban Land Institute study: More ideas about managing the arroyo

Pasadena needs to rethink its priorities for the Arroyo

Extraordinary heat wave damages plants in the San Gabriel Valley

Rose Bowl explains the Ed Sheeran concert traffic gridlock

Major infrastructure projects planned for the upper Arroyo Seco

The controversial 710 Freeway in Pasadena 54 years ago

Officers

PresidentDan Beal
Vice PresidentAvram Gold
SecretaryJustin Chapman
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Art Center College of Design Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) Desiderio Project Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena mansionization Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA accepts the Art Center Master Plan with the exception of the digital sign

15 Jul 2018

WPRA accepts the Art Center Master Plan and the certification of the EIR, with the exception of the proposed digital sign and opposes any zoning signage amendments that allow the sign

2018-07-15-Art-Center_ltr_to_Council

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Art Center College of Design Pasadena City Council Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development

WPRA opposes the proposed Art Center digital display

4 Apr 2018

To the Planning Dept. – WPRA believes that the proposed Art Center digital display would adversely affect public safety, would be aesthetically inappropriate and corrupt signage codes for the rest of Pasadena

2018-04-4-WPRA_Letter_about-ArtCenter-sign

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Art Center College of Design Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena ordinances Pasadena planning & development

WPRA News Fall 2014

3 Oct 2014

2014-D-Fall-WPRA

In this issue

Pasadena’s urban forest threatened by tiny beetle

The Connecting Pasadena Plan

Community deliberates new capital improvement funds and a music festival

Ambassador Gardens’ construction proceeds

Maranatha’s 20-year Master Plan nearing final stage

Briefs: City establishes SR-710 alternatives working group – Japanese garden forms board, non-profit organization – Art Center buys building at Gateway to Pasadena

Preparing for historic drought takes years of planning and water banking

Working group and the City continue to seek ways to make Avenue 64 safer

First WPRA president, Richard Jencks, dies at 93

La Casita reopens after massive upgrade and renovation

Glen Rosa: “One of the choicest planes in Pasadena”

Officers

PresidentGeoffrey Baum
Vice PresidentSarah Gavit
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador West Housing Development Arroyo Seco Art Center College of Design Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) Pasadena drought & water contamination Pasadena history Pasadena La Casita del Arroyo Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena planning & development Pasadena social scene Pasadena traffic Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS

WPRA News Spring 2012

4 Apr 2012

2012-B-Spring-WPRA

In this issue

Mayor delivers sobering State of the City address

City OKs Rose Bowl-NFL study

City Briefs: Art Center buys former Post Office to expand South Campus – New radio system boosts first-responder efficiency – Pasadena deals with results from state budget, prison crowding – Postal Service will close Pasadena processing operations – City to lay off 14; brings total cuts since 2009 to 300 – City transfers more money from Water & Power

Education Briefs: PUSD sees service needs rise and funding fall – Current projected PUSD deficit $7.2 to $17 million – Private-school enrollment in Pasadena is triple state average

Pasadena Beautiful tree fund up to $40,000

Arroyo Realty and Management reverses its prior intention to develop the senior-living portion of the Ambassador College campus

The Rose Bowl Legacy Campaign continues to raise money for Rose Bowl renovation

What is the role of the Design Commission?

Pasadena Community Service Area 1 crime statistics – Jan 2010 to Feb. 2012

PUSD prepares to change the shape of board representation

Census prompts City to redraw Council lines

President Theodore Roosevelt visits west Pasadena in 1903

Officers

PresidentMichael Udell
Vice PresidentBill Urban
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador Campus Housing Development Art Center College of Design Pasadena City Council Pasadena crime Pasadena density Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena planning & development Pasadena State of the City address Pasadena trees and open spaces Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl

WPRA News Summer 2011

12 Jun 2011

2011-C-Summer-WPRA

In this issue

Country living in Pasadena in 1886

Inside the Rose Bowl renovation in month 7

A school for the community – a community for the school

The city budget: Facing the fiscal music

Change is on the horizon for Art Center

Preserving our stately oaks

City Hall update: City closes West Pasadena fire station – potential impact on Pasadena of the U.S. Supreme Court decision directing the State of California to release approximately 44,000 prisoners – the City budget – Pasadena replaces dying palm trees – City Council approves apartment smoking ban – La Loma Bridge update – City reviews Roving Archers’ Arroyo Seco agreement – the General Plan summary – Ambassador West update

Officers

PresidentMichael Udell
Vice PresidentBill Urban
SecretaryRobert Holmes
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Ambassador West Housing Development Arroyo Seco Art Center College of Design Pasadena City Council Pasadena crime Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena maintenance & utilities Pasadena social scene Pasadena trees and open spaces Rose Bowl San Rafael Elementary

WPRA News Summer 2008

20 Jul 2008

2008-C-Summer-WPRA

In this issue

Pasadena’s Arroyo Parks & Recreation District approved for listing in the National Register of Historic Places

Michael Beck accepts City Manager Position

City Council appoints Mark Jomsky as City Clerk

City Council approves Rose Bowl EIR for improvements

City puts the brakes on speed limit increases

Pasadena General Plan update moves forward

Art Center Environmental Impact Report raises concerns

Arroyo Seco Foundation $2.5 million project completed ambitious goals

Officers

PresidentAudrey O’Kelley
Vice PresidentMic Hansen
SecretaryDorothy Lindsey
TreasurerBlaine Cavena

Tagged With: Arroyo Seco Art Center College of Design Pasadena City Council Pasadena density Pasadena General Plan Pasadena governance Pasadena history Pasadena neighborhood associations Pasadena planning & development Pasadena traffic Rose Bowl

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Ambassador Campus Housing Development (19) Ambassador West Housing Development (28) Arroyo Seco (97) Art Center College of Design (8) brookside golf club (2) brookside golf course (1) Colorado Street Bridge (22) Connecting Pasadena Project (CPP) (9) Desiderio Project (18) Devil’s Gate Dam Sediment Removal “Big Dig” (31) Green Hotel Project (6) Huntington Hospital (12) Pasadena accessory dwelling units (ADU) (16) Pasadena affordable housing (38) Pasadena Central District (37) Pasadena City Council (62) Pasadena Civic Center and YWCA (12) Pasadena crime (26) Pasadena density (62) Pasadena drought (2) Pasadena drought & water contamination (21) Pasadena General Plan (58) Pasadena governance (140) Pasadena history (69) Pasadena La Casita del Arroyo (7) Pasadena maintenance & utilities (64) Pasadena mansionization (23) Pasadena neighborhood associations (128) Pasadena Orange Grove Boulevard (21) Pasadena ordinances (39) Pasadena planning & development (148) Pasadena public transportation (25) Pasadena senior games (1) Pasadena short term rentals (STR) (7) Pasadena social scene (62) Pasadena State of the City address (3) Pasadena traffic (97) Pasadena trees and open spaces (73) Pasadena Unified School District (35) pasadena wildlife (1) Rose Bowl (56) San Rafael Elementary (34) SR-710 tunnel proposal - closing the gap - DEIR & FEIS (64) Vista del Arroyo Hotel (12) WPRA surveys (5)

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