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WPRA Newsletter Summer 2022

23 Jun 2022

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

President	Evan Davis
Vice President	Dan Beal
Secretary	Kenyon Harbison
Treasure	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2017

28 Sep 2017

In this issue

Reclaim the stubland, re-establish lost social, economic, transportation benefits

Opinion: Caltrans tenants, our neighbors, deserve protection and consideration

City sales, use tax revenue rising slightly

The Playhouse District Association forms Specific Plan advisory committee

Arroyo Advisory Group outreach is underway

Paseo undergoes transformation and gets new owner, name

City Council appoints task force to envision Civic Center future

The Los Angeles County Flood Control District refuses to reduce scale or timing of “Big Dig”

Public Works recommends replacing purple leaf plum street trees

Stand up for San Rafael Elementary’s renovation

South Orange Grove Avenue: “Millionaires’ Row”

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2017

4 Apr 2017

In this issue

La Loma Bridge will reopen in June (maybe)

Remembering a neighborhood hero, John K. Van de Kamp

City considers ordinances for short-term rentals

WPRA supports a balanced and nuanced approach to short-term rental regulation

South Orange Grove Complete Streets study is underway

Opinion: State mandates limit City’s ability to manage development and zoning

WPRA supports SR-710 North study bill with modifications

Court stays “Big Dig” project and sends EIR back to County for revision

Rose Bowl announces lineup for first Arroyo Seco Weekend

Camp Idle a While: An Arroyo Vacation in 1899

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2016

5 Apr 2016

In this issue

Transforming the 710 ditch; making our neighborhoods safer

SR-710 tunnel project DEIR is a dry hole for water data

CPP presses forward in grassroots effort to redesign the 710 ditch

City Ventures nears completion at Ambassador Gardens

Briefs: Q&A’s about the PWP’s Glenarm Repowering Project – 710 Tunnel makes national list of highway boondoggles – City Council approves non-potable water project – Mayor focuses on economics in State of the City address

La Loma Bridge work continues

Hahamongna co-op nursery thrives

WPRA pleased and disappointed by potential Arroyo Seco music festival’s final EIR

An overview of the proposed Arroyo Seco festival

The Italian Sunken Garden of Hulett C. Merritt

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2014

3 Oct 2014

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”

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Robert Holmes
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA presses City Council about Mayfair Manor, demands public process

5 Apr 2010

WPRA presses City Council to approve Planning Commission’s conditions of approval for Mayfair Manor and demand public process

WPRA News Spring 2010

23 Mar 2010

In this issue

City Ventures buys Ambassador West property for 15 million

City Hall Update: City employees furloughed as budget woes continue – City Council approves

Hahamongna Plan – Residents sue to stop Playhouse Plaza Project – New bicycle master plan

Pasadena Beautiful Foundation celebrates 50 years of service

San Rafael Elementary and WPRA sponsor student enrichment and technology programs

Editorial: Development and Design or Dilemma

La Loma Bridge – spanning the Arroyo for neoclassical art’s sake and its retrofit restart

President	Audrey O’Kelley
Vice President	Mic Hansen
Secretary	Dorothy Lindsey
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2008

14 Jan 2008

In this issue

Pasadena Beautiful replacing historic palm trees on Orange Grove

The threat of closure but San Rafael Elementary is on a roll!

Rose Bowl Stadium renovation project

Local Control of Land Use – Fact or Fiction? – an explanation by Steve Madison

Caps, floor area ratios and managing growth

Focus on the West Gateway Specific Plan

Pasadena’s parks and open spaces – what’s needed and how to pay for it

West Pasadena Transportation Update – TAC puts the brakes on speed

limit increases

Ambassador West update

President	Fred Zepeda
Vice President	James Hawkes
Secretary	Dorothy Lindsey
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Summer 2005

20 Jul 2005

In this issue

Update on the Environmental Impact Report for the NFL at the Rose Bowl and WPRA’s effectives resistance to the NFL becoming a tenant

Former Ambassador Campus site update

2007 slated for opening of Whole Foods Market

New Master Plan proposed for Mayfield Senior School

New ARTS bus service – avoid traffic delays in southwest Pasadena

Chopping block for San Rafael School?

Update on the La Loma Bridge project

President	Dorothy Lindsey
Vice President	Cheryl Auger
Secretary	Audrey O’Kelley
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2005

14 Jan 2005

In this issue

Pasadena Conference Center Expansion

Ambassador Campus update

“Caps” on residential and commercial development in the Central District have been reinstated

Updated General Plan

NFL/Rose Bowl

Reengagement in the PUSD – the “School Accountability Reform Plan”

Maranatha High School seeking a conditional use permit

West Pasadena residents respond to the NFL survey

Transportation update – ARTS bus service – City Council to hold joint meeting with TAC

President	David Romney
Vice President	Joan Hearst
Secretary	Audrey O’Kelley
Treasurer	Judith S. Klump

WPRA presses City Council about Mayfair Manor, demands public process

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