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Theme: Economic Development
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Ravenswood High School Site/Ravenswood Gateway 101
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East P.A. Starbucks retail renaissance brewing - San Jose Mercury News
Article about a Starbucks opening in Ravenswood 101 Shopping Center, Most of the employees are EPA residents.Makes the point that East Palo Alto is becoming...
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East Palo Alto finally gets a bank - San Mateo County Times
Article about the California Bank & Trust branch opening up in East Palo Alto. Includes reasons why, after 15 years without, East Palo Alto is ready for a bank.
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Letter from Herbert Fielden to Stanley Hall about K Mart coming to East Palo Alto
Letter from real estate consultant Herbert Fielden to EPA City Manager Stanley Hall about K Mart possibly purchasing the Ravenswood High School site for...
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Packet on the Ravenswood High School Site for the Trust for Public Land
Letter and supplemental documents from EPA City manager Fred Howell for Thomas Mills, Senior Project Manager for the Trust for Public Land. Exhibits include...
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Sequoia Trustees Take Steps to Dispose of High School Site - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about the Sequoia Union High School District declaring San Carlos High School a property surplus so that they can later dispose of the school site....
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Documents Relating to the Ravenswood High School Site Task Force Meeting, January 6, 1982
Memo from Cecil Reeves, Chairman of the Ravenswood High School Site Task Force, to Barbara Mouton with minutes from the first Task Force meeting and the...
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Administrative Officer's Report on the Composition of a Task Force to Acquire the Ravenswood High School Site
Memos from Victor James and Russell Averhart about creating a task force to acquire the Ravenswood High School site for redevelopment. Includes background...
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Letter and Resolution about the Ravenswood City School District Board of Trustees acquiring Ravenswood High School
Letter from Mel Harris, the chairman of the Ravenswood City School School District Board of Trustees, to Henry Anthony, chairman of the Ravenswood Recreation...
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Letter from John Cherry to Representative McCloskey about his support of the Acquisition of the Ravenswood High School site for Park and Recreation Purposes
Letter from John Cherry to Representative Paul McCloskey, Jr. about his support of the acquisition of the Ravenswood High School site for park and recreation...
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Letter to the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service about the Acquisition of the Ravenswood High School Site
Letter from Russell Cahill to John Cherry, regional director of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service about making an exception of the...
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Application for Federal Assistance to Acquire the Ravenswood High School Open Space
Application by the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District for Federal Assistance to acquire the Ravenswood High School open space. States that the District...
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Ravenswood High School Site Area and Estimated Values
Assessment of the area and estimated values for the Ravenswood High School development site, prepared by financial and government relations advisor E. Robert...
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Photograph of Mayor Sharifa Wilson outside The Good Guys Construction Site
Photograph of Mayor Sharifa Wilson outside The Good Guys construction site at Ravenswood Shopping Center in East Palo Alto.
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Gateway 101 Project Developer Selection
Administrative report from the EPA Redevelopment Agency Interim Executive Director, Lynda Hamilton-Rahi, to the EPA Redevelopment Agency members about...
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Memorandum of Agreement for the Gateway Area - East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency and Mozart Development Company
Memorandum of Agreement for the development of the Gateway Area of East Palo Alto. Proposed agreement is between the EPA Redevelopment Agency and Mozart...
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Ravenswood High School Development Evaluation and Marketing Study
Ravenswood High School Development Evaluation and Marketing Study prepared for the Sequoia Union High School District by the Coldwell Banker Research and...
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'First source' hiring policy an apparent success - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about the success of hiring locals in the Ravenswood 101 Retail Center. The article goes on to talk about the other development projects in East Palo...
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Financial institution opens in East Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
Article about a California Bank and Trust Bank branch opening in East Palo Alto after 15 years without a full service bank. Includes reactions from some...
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IKEA in EPA - The Debate Continues - The Eastside Panther
Opinion section of the Eastside College Prep student newspaper where freshmen debate the pros and cons of a new IKEA store coming to the Ravenswood 101...
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Agreement to Convey Real Property (Ravenswood High School Site) to the City of East Palo Alto
Full agreement to convey the Ravenswood High School Site from the Sequoia Union High School District to the City of East Palo Alto facilitated by the County...
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Resolution of the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District Board of Directors and EPA Municipal Council Approving the Application for Land and Water Conservation Funds for Acquisition of Ravenswood High School Open Space
Resolution of the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District Board of Directors and EPA Municipal Council approving the application for Land and Water...
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Letter from Mayor Mouton from December 1985 CityConnection
Letter insert from Mayor Barbara Mouton with an appeal to donate to the Ravenswood High School Site Acquisition Fund, updates on the newest members of the...
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Gateway 101 Project Relocation Plan
Full relocation plan for the Gateway 101 Project in EPA. Prepared by relocation consultant Linda Norwood for the EPA Redevelopment Agency. Includes an...
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Agenda for the EPA Planning Agency Meeting
Meeting agenda for the EPA Planning Agency to adopt the guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and consider a...
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Photograph from the Grand Opening of Taco Bell in East Palo Alto
Photograph from the grand opening ceremony of the Taco Bell in East Palo Alto. Attendees include Sharifa Wilson, Duane Bay, RB Jones, Pat Foster, and Myrtle...
newspaper
East Side Story - Palo Alto Weekly
Front page article about EPA and Stanford actors performing two one-act plays - "Circle in the Dirt" and "Dancing on the Brink" - at the Cesar Chavez Academy...
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Letter from Barbara Mouton to EPA Community - April 1985
Letter to the Community written by Barbara Mouton at the end of the first term of the City Council, probably for the CityConnection newsletter, listing major...
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Photograph of the University Square Groundbreaking Ceremony
Photograph of the University Square housing development groundbreaking ceremony. Photograph features Rose Jacobs Gibson, Sharifa Wilson, Pat Foster, Myrtle...
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Raices de Mexico Press Release - Between a Rock and No Place
Press release from Raices de Mexico about using to the dance studio in the former Ravenswood High School site. The site was to be raised for the creation of...
newspaper
Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley - The New York Times
First page (incomplete article) about housing prices increasing and crime decreasing in East Palo Alto. Mentions the Ravenswood 101 shopping center and...
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City on the Move Newsletter - Vol. 1, Is. 3
Third issue of the "City on the Move" Newsletter from the Community Relations Division of the City Manager's office. Includes articles on redevelopment at...
oral-history
Deidra Wright Interview
Interview of Deidra Wright by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: born in SF; followed her sister who moved to...
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City's revival takes shape - Palo Alto Daily News
Arrticle about Mayor Duane Bay giving the state of the city address in two days and the good news in East Palo Alto that he is likely to report.
newspaper
East Palo Alto Section of Palo Alto Times
East Palo Alto section of Palo Alto Times with two short articles: one on a dispute about housing possibly being built on the Ravenswood High site and...
newspaper
East Palo Alto OKs Price for School Site - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about city approval to pay the Sequoia Union High School District for the Ravenswood High School site.
oral-history
Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview
Interview of Shirley Mitchell Neal by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Her family moved from Los Angeles to Alberni Street...
oral-history
Larry Wade & Donald Smothers Interview
Interview of Larry Wade & Donald Smothers by Jesse Norfleet about Ravenswood High School. Topics include:Wade's immigation fro SF to EPA in 1948 and...
newspaper
The EPA Progress, Vol. 1 No. 3
An issue of The EPA Progress that covers rent control, the fate of Ravenswood High School, cCAIN Lawsuit being overturned, the City Council Candidates, local...
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EPA Redevelopment Agency 5-Year Implementation Plan
Special Presentation to the EPA City Council of the Redevelopment Agency 5-Year Implementation Plan. Lists the 2002-2006 accomplishments and goals for the...
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Common Ground Newsletter - December 2001
December 2001 issue of the Common Ground Newsletter on EPA's housing and community issues. Includes updates on the University Circle project area, the...
oral-history
Renee Glover Chantler Interview
Interview of Renee Glover Chantler by Sydney Jackson and Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: going to Stanford University, coming to EPA in 1980, housing issues...
oral-history
Rod Norris Interview
Interview of Rod Norris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: joining EPA Police Department in 1989; crime in EPA in 1990-1992; homicide capital; assistance...
newspaper
Ravenswood Post - March 1986 Issue
This issue of the Ravenswood Post covers Measure A, City Council candidate forum, disinvestment in EPA including banks leaving EPA, and development ideas...
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