Existing Employment Densities
Carrying-Capacity Analysis for Transit-Oriented Development around the City Center
Existing Smart-Growth Factors in the City Center
Existing Employment Densities
Carrying-Capacity Analysis for Transit-Oriented Development around the City Center
Existing Smart-Growth Factors in the City Center
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/st...k_draper_.html
The biggest Draper revival yet will be the restoration and reopening of the Arrowhead Springs Hotel, a long-bandoned, neo-Regency resort near Los Angeles. Although the most recent tenant, the Campus Crusade for Christ, left in 1991, it retains most of the furnishingsthat were installed in 1939. Soon Draper worshipers will be able to check into the hotel of their favorite design goddess.
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Investment in strategic infrastructure provides the greatest attraction for private investment. Most
importantly, it's a double benefit in terms of a job creation. First, the infrastructure projects themselves create
high-paying jobs. Second, the new infrastructure creates a better and lower-cost business environment that
attracts and promotes private investment, which results in additional job creation. We successfully followed
this strategy recently by obtaining approval from regional, state, and federal officials to direct all of our
region’s $128 million in federal stimulus transportation dollars to complete the 215 Freeway reconstruction.
Our city now has the largest federal stimulus public works project in California. - Mayor Patrick Morris
This is KABC's report on the accelerated 215 project:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...ire&id=7014746
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Late last year, the American Sports University, the only institution of its kind in the United States, opened in San Bernardino's city center the International Sports Museum, including the World Boxing Council's "Legends of Boxing" Museum.
With the reconfiguration of its existing urban campus, American Sports University will introduce, as an extension of the Museum into the public realm surrounding the site, the International Sports Avenue of Stars, the only monument of its kind in the world.
http://www.AmericanSportsUniversity.com/ISAS/About.html
The inaugural inductees to the Avenue of Stars will be announced next month with a ceremony and a charity golf tournament. And, this new public amenity, with its street improvements, is being funded through individual and institutional sponsorships and public-private partnerships.
The first Business Improvement District (BID) West of Los Angeles was recently created at the San Bernardino Auto Center, and, based on this initial success, San Bernardino is now organizing dozens of others throughout the city, especially along the sbX corridor.
San Bernardino is also continuing the aggressive conversion of the City's public school system to charter schools with two more that have been approved to begin operation next Summer. Thusfar, they've proved remarkably successful in improving A.P.I. scores. And, high-school discontinuance rates are down by double digits.
San Bernardino is also now developing a plan to make quality pre-school available to every 4-year-old in the City because of its belief in the necessity of investments in early-childhood education.
http://www.MayorMorris.net/Issues-Index.html
San Bernardino has also just received the largest local grant from the federal government that is part of President Obama's Clean Cities initiative, which will increase by 262 the number of L.N.G. trucks being deployed from the B.N.S.F. intermodal rail yard and which will allow for the construction of two L.N.G. refueling stations in San Bernardino and at the Port of L.A./Long Beach. This would be the largest fleet conversion in the United States.More than 5,000 children in San Bernardino are entering kindergarten. These children are our city's future.
Our long-term prosperity and public safety depend on these children succeeding in school.
Half of these children will have attended a preschool and will have a head start in developing the social,
language, and cognitive skills critical for educational success. The other half will play catch-up.
Research tells us that children who do not have a quality preschool experience are more likely to be placed
in special education or retained in-grade. Over the long-term, non-preschool students are more likely to
drop out of school, more likely to become teenage parents, and more likely to get involved in juvenile crime.
That is why, as part of the Mayor's Educational Roundtable, we have established the Promise of Preschool
Initiative. We are developing a plan to make quality preschool available to every 4-year-old in San
Bernardino. Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and led by the Mayor's Office, this
initiative involves a collaborative team of educational leaders from our city and county schools, our state
university and community college, and representatives from our public and private preschools and
child-care center providers.
We have made good progress:
We obtained $1 million in new funds from the Family Literacy Act to expand preschool services to over 220
children in San Bernardino.
We completed an assessment of the supply of public and private preschool programs in our city and
identified the areas with the greatest need for new preschool services.
We provided training to more than 100 preschool teachers and directors on how to assess and improve the
quality of early care and education.
We are developing a quality rating system that will assist the 65 preschools and child-care providers in San
Bernardino to improve their programs. The quality rating system will also create a guide for our families to
help them select a preschool program for their children.
Additionally, B.N.S.F. has agreed to conversion of its switching locomotives at the facility to low-sulfur Diesel fuels while the freight carrier continues the conversion of the rest of its fleet across the country. Trains, in general, are the most energy-efficient form of transportation since they can carry a ton of cargo more than 400 miles on a single gallon of Diesel fuel. And, the $90 million 2008 triple-tracking of Cajon Pass has increased the capacity of B.N.S.F.’s Chicago to Los Angeles Transcontinental (Transcon) route from 100 to 150 trains a day. Currently, 75 to 100 trains travel the route on a daily basis.
Speaking of clean energy, within weeks of my suggesting to Mayor Patrick Morris' office an idea for a remarkably synergistic new industry for San Bernardino, a representative from a firm operating in that field submitted last week a draft proposal to the Mayor and Common Council that describes a project, which would add 15,000 sustainable and high-paying direct and indirect jobs to the city.
To give you some perspective, Norton Air Force Base, before it was decommissioned, employed 10,000 people.
I was dumbstruck when I heard that news. I can't believe that the city put together something like this so fast. But, this industry is now being discussed obliquely by some council members, themselves, as they face re-election.
This clean-energy company requires a certain combination of assets that San Bernardino just happens to have. And, the synergy comes in the form of cost savings to the city, itself, as well as in the form of a new competitive advantage for much of San Bernardino's transportation infrastructure.
While the logistics industry in San Bernardino County is very large and the City of San Bernardino has established big-name employers in that area that have added thousands of jobs in the last three years, the City is focusing, in particular, on developing value-added processes, like light manufacturing, that are needed before goods and materials reach end users.
This Spring, the City officially launched an enterprise zone connecting Cajon Pass, San Bernardino International Airport, and the B.N.S.F. intermodal yards that will help all employers, including businesses engaged in these processes.
A business located in the San Bernardino Valley Enterprise Zone may reduce its State income tax by $37,440 per qualified employee hired after the designation date, over a five-year period. The credits may be carried over until they are exhausted. The program is just one more way Mayor Patrick Morris intends to reach his goal of making San Bernardino one of the cleanest, safest, and most business-friendly cities in California by the end of his next term.
www.SBVEZ.com
Additional benefits are listed below.
One minor design 'nit' here is that in the rest of the World outside of the USA and Canada, those little red and white accent things are the symbol used on traffic signs for 'NO ENTRY'.Originally posted by Pragmatic Idealist
The stodginess and datedness of the existing street furniture and light standards will be replaced in order to create a series of vibrant and appealing outdoor rooms for bocce ball, chess, al fresco dining, etc. available to both resort guests and the general public, including nearby loft residents and office workers, as well as shoppers and diners drawn to the appropriately-anchored existing and new retail surrounding the remodeled square and extending to the historic courthouse, adapted for reuse, and the plaza there, which will be activated with new civic uses such as street festivals and a differentiated open-air market.
I'd chose something a bit more inviting for decorative accent use.
Mike
Nice catch... That was a César Pelli design decision, circa 1969.
Personally, I hate those light standards. It's amazing that so many people had such bad taste in the 1970's and the very late 1960's.
San Bernardino's charter schools are especially innovative. For example, the new Norton Space and Aeronautics Academy offers K-12 education with an emphasis on mathematics and sciences, at San Bernardino International Airport. Students with an interest in technology and applied sciences are allowed to explore their passions while being immersed in an environment where the curriculum finds real-world applications.
As a California Distinguished School, the Academy has partnerships with Jet Propulsion Laboratories, U.C. Riverside, and Kelly Space & Technology, Inc.
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Similar in many ways to the planned Lifelong-Learning Neighborhood at The Great Park of Orange County in Irvine, the 404-acre University Hills in San Bernardino was recently adopted as a plan by the City of San Bernardino to establish a strong university-town atmosphere in the University District.
The highly-customized Specific Plan is a model of sustainability and environmental sensitivity. Nestled in Badger Canyon between Badger Hill and the San Bernardino Mountains, University Hills takes great care to preserve viewsheds and open space (58% of the site). Badger Hill is actually utilized to restrict or block views of the developed areas of University Hills from the surrounding area, depending on the vantage point, and residential products are carefully selected and oriented on the perimeter of the project.
University Hills is designed and programmed to create a long-term and synergistic relationship with San Bernardino State University through: 60 faculty units; the 235-acre Land Laboratory; pathways and cycleways that directly connect with the University campus; access to the University's sbX station; the 2.1-acre hang-glider park; and, the California Walnut Grove linear park.
In addition, the University Hills Specific Plan includes strict controls on the type and design of lighting to preserve a dark nighttime sky for the planned astronomical observatory atop Badger Hill. And, the developer has committed to working with Omnitrans and the University to establish a circulatory shuttle connecting all areas on campus to University Hills.
Additionally, the land owner has committed to ensuring that all construction on the site is certified LEED-Platinum. Residential offerings range from large-, standard-, and small-lot detached houses to stacked flats, townhomes, and cluster-court houses that all create a walkable and social environment.
This University Hills Specific Plan just received the American Planning Association's 2009 Outstanding Neighborhood Planning Award for its California Chapter, and the project will soon be competing for national recognition.
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In his re-election bid, Mayor Patrick J. Morris is asking voters to keep him in office in order to ensure the Arrowhead Springs Hotel, Spa, and Bungalows is redeveloped properly.
"We must work with Campus Crusade to successfully redevelop the historic Arrowhead Springs Hotel property into a resort area with high-end housing and boutique commercial areas. Before the nationwide recession hit, there was significant interest in this property. When the economy rebounds, developers will again be looking, and we must be ready to ensure the development creates the upscale resort and residential community our city deserves. We only get one chance to get this right."
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The 42,000-square-foot first phase of the Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Redlands is now under construction and is scheduled for completion in January 2010. The project adds art studios and rehearsal spaces, as well as the 125-seat Frederick Loewe Black Box, to the existing 325-seat Wallichs Theatre, which is also being renovated.
The University of Redlands is noted for its music department, and the historic Memorial Chapel on the site is the host venue for The Redlands Symphony. So, with the reactivation of the Pacific Electric Railway line to the city center of San Bernardino, two well-established philharmonic orchestras (The San Bernardino Symphony and The Redlands Symphony) will be available to residents and visitors along the route.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanberna...8.45ddc8e.html
The San Bernardino City Unified School District continues to show improvement with Richardson now ranking #3 in the Inland Empire behind Alamo in the Temecula Valley and Tuscany Hills in Lake Elsinore.
Richardson, with an A.P.I. of 931 on a scale of 1,000, is currently situated adjacent to the city center, but the school will soon be directly connected since the proposed expansion of Lytle Creek Park stretches from the West side of the 215 freeway to the new South lake on the East side through the addition of a new trail along Lytle Creek that is part of the 215 modernization project.
School-age residents of the city center, the Lewis project, or the Macerich development would eventually be able to walk or bike to Richardson using the new grade-separated trail system that is fully protected from automobile traffic. For those families seeking an urban lifestyle, the combination of good schools, parklands, and open space, plus smart-growth density and a commitment to ensuring biological health and ecological sustainability, is a compelling proposition.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanberna...0.410ec72.html
Development planned on National Orange Show grounds
09:42 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
By DARRELL R. SANTSCHI
The Press-Enterprise
SAN BERNARDINO - National Orange Show and San Bernardino city officials on Tuesday unveiled plans to develop much of the 120-plus-acre show grounds with private commercial, office and light industrial projects over the next decade.
Orange Show board Chairman Bob Balzer emphasized at a news conference on the grounds that the annual show itself will continue, but its carnival midway will likely shrink and the future of its speedway is yet to be determined.
He also said the all-night concerts at the show grounds' Events Center will continue. The concerts have generated noise complaints from as far away as Redlands, and there have been reports of auto thefts as recently as last weekend.
"It is rare when you get that many people together and do not have some incidents happen," Balzer said. "Don't blame it on the fact that it was here."
Noting that the raves draw as many as 50,000 people, San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris said city and Orange Show officials "are doing a complete analysis" of security at the events.
The light industry, retail stores and offices will cover 1.5 million square feet and cost "many hundreds of millions of dollars," said Lewis Group Executive Vice President Randall Lewis.
"This is going to be a market-driven development here," Lewis said. "It will probably take us a couple of years to do the planning and get started on the first parts of it."
That first part will likely be job-driven light industry, he said.
Central Avenue will be extended between E Street and Arrowhead, Balzer said.
The land north of Central will have retail stores, restaurants, business offices and possibly college buildings, Lewis said. The area south of Central will include an office park.
The Orange Show sports center, administration building and banquet facilities will not be affected by the development, Balzer said.
While the city will be involved in the approval process, Balzer said no redevelopment money will be used, at least at first.
"We see this project as an anchor ... for the revitalization of our E Street corridor," Morris said. "It is an important link between the downtown and our vibrant Hospitality Lane area" south of the show grounds.
The mayor said he approached Lewis three years ago in hopes of luring the developer to San Bernardino.
It worked, Lewis said.
"We were known as Lewis Homes, but we really do a lot more," he said. "We don't even build houses any more. We do shopping centers and offices and retail and complex projects.
"It was just a natural for us to do something with some scale and a chance to do something long-term."
Reach Darrell R. Santschi at 951-368-9484 or dsantschi@PE.com
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is holding the following public-scoping sessions to develop the Environmental Impact Report and Statement:
Norman Feldheym Central Library - Kellogg Room
555 West Sixth Street
San Bernardino, California
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Ontario Airport Administrative Conference Rooms
1923 East Avion Street
Ontario, California
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Barry Bonds Park - Cesar Chavez Community Center
2060 University Avenue
Riverside, California
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
Each will be held from 3-7 p.m. Participants are invited to arrive anytime between those hours.
The Technical Working Group alignment shows the multimodal station in San Bernardino's city center as an optional station location, but, to my way of thinking, San Bernardino International Airport needs to be the site of the high-speed rail station, and the Metrolink and Pacific Electric lines need to be extended the short distance to the airport and to this new high-speed rail station.
While that configuration does not provide direct downtown-to-downtown access for California High-Speed Rail, direct intermodal connectivity with the airport seems preferable, especially if the Pacific Electric system is sufficiently convenient.
This configuration also seems preferable because it would preserve the preferred alignment while adding only a short spur along the Santa Ana River to a circular station, thereby (1.) allowing express trains to bypass the section entirely to save time, (2.) avoiding additional right-of-way acquisition, and (3.) facilitating and simplifying a possible extension to Palm Springs and other points East.
Yesterday, the Lewis Group of Companies, the National Orange Show Events Center, and the City of San Bernardino unveiled plans for the largest development in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties in more than three years.
Each of the facets of the 1.5 million square-foot development, encompassing retail, entertainment, education, office, and light-industrial uses, will be designed to be synergistic with each other in terms of architecture and functionality. The existing water feature that runs through the property will be enhanced and expanded in order to become a key focal point of the development. Within a 15-mile radius, there are 1,400,000 people, and Lewis believes the site will become a major destination for the region, especially as sbX and the reactivated Pacific Electric Railway are completed.
The development is also sensitive to the historic National Orange Show citrus fair, which will be enhanced as the developer provides funding to improve the show grounds. Dan Jimenez, General Manager of N.O.S. states, "We will be able to modernize many of the buildings and improve the aesthetic appeal of the grounds, both internally and around the perimeter, which will greatly enhance the guest experience."
Fitting well with the EDAW implementation strategy, one more anchor for San Bernardino's nightlife district has been announced. NitroRocks Café, a 3-story, 28,000-square-foot music club, themed restaurant, and bar, is an extension of NitroRocks.com, the NitroRocks recording studio, and the Nitro2Go energy drink.
http://www.nitrorocks.com/nitro/www/...ecent&timeKey=
The compilation C.D.'s are made available through distribution channels of the Nitro2Go energy drink.The website is designed to house multi-genres of music and will give artists an additional platform to showcase their music, communicate with fans, promote their shows and venues, sell merchandise, and upload music videos.
What sets our site apart from other music sites is artists participating on the NitroRocks.com website have the opportunity to be selected to appear on our NitroRocks.com compilation CDs which will be distributed in tens of thousands of stores helping expand the artists’ audience to a nationwide level. We will be choosing bands from the website, taking their best song, re-recording, if necessary, and then professionally mixing and mastering it with the top mastering labs such as: Bernie Grumman or Precision.
What makes the compilation CD so valuable to artists? Well, nation-wide exposure, to begin with. In a recent conversation the president of Nitro2Go had with a former VP of Capitol Records, it was explained that artists must have a fan base in numerous locations around the country before major labels are willing to throw time and money into promoting them. Major labels must feel that the artists have a national or global appeal. The compilation CD will have UPC codes and will be tracked with AC Nielsen sound scan. The CD jacket and calendar will encourage fans that purchase the combo to go back to NitroRocks.com to view additional photographs and hear more of the band’s music. Once they’ve heard a hot song on the compilation CD, music fans will try and find out much more information about the band, i.e. shows they are playing, where they are located, and more songs to listen to, etc.
“Putting money in your pocket.” I know this sounds like a long drawn out process, but we all know artists want to be able to make a living from their music. This whole program leads to being able to sell your music online as well as all of your merchandise, CDs, shirts, etc from one location. We will tie in the listening to songs for free but downloads will be handled through companies such as: iTunes, Rhapsody, etc… therefore, generating revenue for the artists. When the NitroRocks Café opens, we plan to have a live performance venue with phenomenal sound and streaming video cameras that will eventually morph into a concert series that will be broadcast live on NitroRocks.com. We also plan to use the site to find new artists to fill our regional and national music tours.
Cooper Carry ( www.coopercarry.com ) has been announced as the architects for San Bernardino's multimodal station and the surrounding T.O.D. village. Public outreach is taking place November 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at C.S.U.S.B.'s Obershaw Dining Facility.
Funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Agency, the Inland Valley Development Agency is working on preliminary design and engineering plans to mitigate high groundwater and liquefaction hazards associated with development in San Bernardino's city center. Led by PACE Advanced Water Engineering ( www.pacewater.com ), the project will define water feature corridors in the proposed Democracy Park neighborhood within Third Street, Waterman Avenue, Rialto Avenue, and Arrowhead Avenue.
Finally, in today's other news, the California Theatre, built in 1928, has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.
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