Theme: Economic Development

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Whiskey Gulch/University Circle

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Whiskey Gulch/University Circle

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Reading Whiskey Gulch: The Meanings of Space and Urban Redevelopment in East Palo Alto, California

A study of the redevelopment of Whiskey Gulch area of East Palo Alto.

newspaper

The End of the Road for Whiskey Gulch - Palo Alto Weekly

Front page article from the Palo Alto Weekly about the development of EPA's Whiskey Gulch into University Circle. Includes photos of Whiskey Gulch businesses...

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University Circle Newsletter Issue #1

The first issue of the University Circle Newsletter. Gives an update on the progress of the University Circle development project, next steps, an answers to...

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Draft Disposition and Development Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of the City of East Palo Alto and University Circle, Ltd.

Full draft Disposition and Development Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of the City of East Palo Alto and University Circle, Ltd.

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Action Minutes for the City of East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency Board Special Meeting on the University Circle Redevelopment Project

Full action minutes for the City of East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency Board special meeting on July 11, 1990 about the University Circle Project. Includes...

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Reporter's Transcript of Proceedings at the City of East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency and City Council Joint Special Meeting

Reporter's transcript of Proceedings at the City of East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency and City Council Joint Special Meeting in review of the University...

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University Circle Option Agreement

Intro letter from Julia Baigent to EPA Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Lynda Hamilton-Rahi about who is included in University Circle, Ltd., and the...

newspaper

Reason for Compromise - Peninsula Times Tribune

Editorial about the legal battle over the Whiskey Gulch development and De Monet Industries.

newspaper

Time to Slow Down - Peninsula Times Tribune

Editorial about EPA's plans to develop Whiskey Gulch and the importance of the project for the city's economic development. Discusses the impact of De...

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Draft Agreement for Extension of Term of Agreement to Negotiate Exclusively for the Redevelopment of University Circle

Intro letter from Julia Baigent to EPA Redevelopment Director Virgus Streets with attached draft of the agreement for extension of term of agreement to...

newspaper

City Says It Won't Revise Report on Whiskey Gulch - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the EPA City Council deciding not to revise a report on the impact of potential developments in the Whiskey Gulch area despite requests from...

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University Circle Project Area Redevelopment Plan Adoption Schedule

Redevelopment plan adoption schedule for the University Circle project. Includes plan actions and requirement, completion dates, and planning date for future...

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Agreement to Negotiate Exclusively

Signed agreement for exclusive negotiation between the Redevelopment Agency of the City of East Palo Alto, the City of East Palo Alto, and De Monet...

newspaper

Dramatic Plan for Gulch Area - Menlo Park Times Tribune

Article about a redevelopment proposal from De Monet Industries to turn Whiskey Gulch into an office, hotel, and retail building space.

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Letter of Resignation for Redevelopment Administrator Virgus Streets

Letter of resignation from EPA Redevelopment Administrator Virgus Streets to members of the EPA Redevelopment Agency. Streets mentions that his resignation...

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Memo about Meeting Restrictions and Work Activities Outside University Circle Redevelopment Plan

Memo from City Manager Stanley Hall to Virgus Sreets about not scheduling meetings related to University Circle redevelopment or Cooley Landing.

newspaper

Menlo Park and Palo Alto: Neighboring Cities Discuss East Palo Alto - Peninsula News

Article about the city councils of Palo Alto and Menlo park meeting to discuss EPA's proposed redevelopment of University Center and other topics 'of mutual...

newspaper

What's the Real Deal - East Palo Alto Post

Article written by EPA Mayor William Vines about the development agreement with DeMonet Industries. Discusses how the development could dispossess and...

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Building for Sale in Whiskey Gulch

Photograph of a store front for sale in Whiskey Gulch.

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East Palo Alto's University Circle Project - Revised December 3, 1991

Revision of the EPA University Circle Project. Includes an introduction, background on EPA, opportunities for current owners, the legality of redevelopment...

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Photographs of Demolished Buildings in Whiskey Gulch

Photographs of demolished buildings and businesses in Whiskey Gulch area.

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University Centre Informational Pamphlet

Informational pamphlet about the University Centre mixed-use project for the University Circle redevelopment project area. Includes information about how the...

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Draft Comments and Questions of the East Palo Alto Overall Economic Development Committee Regarding the University Center Development Project

Draft of the comments and questions of the East Palo Alto Overall Economic Development Committee regarding the University Center Development Project....

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Final Supplement to the University Circle Redevelopment Plan Environmental Impact Report

Full Final Supplement to the University Circle Redevelopment Plan Environmental Impact Report, prepared for the City of East Palo Alto. Includes an...

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Draft of the Replacement Housing Plan

Full draft of the Replacement Housing Plan, created by the redevelopment agency of EPA for the University Circle project. Includes an introduction, general...

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Draft of the University Circle Specific Plan

Full draft of the University Circle Specific Plan. Includes an introduction, land use regulations, development standards and criteria, the implementation...

newspaper

Whiskey Gulch Project: East P.A. Has the Right - Peninsula Times Tribune

Letter to the editor from Ray and Peggy Kramer about payola being offered to EPA as an inducement to treat Whiskey Gulch with special interest group wishes....

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Proposal for the University Centre from De Monet Industries

Contents of the De Monet Industries proposal. Includes large format photographs of various models, renderings, and perspectives of the project, the EPA...

newspaper

To Developer De Monet: Whiskey Gulch – A Perfect 10 - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about Joaquin De Monet and De Monet Industries' vision for the Whiskey Gulch redevelopment project. Includes details of the development proposal and...

newspaper

New Look for Whiskey Gulch? - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the De Monet Industries' proposal to replace Whiskey Gulch with a new retail and office development. Discusses Joaquin De Monet as a person,...

newspaper

Merchants Worry They Won't Survive - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the De Monet proposal to demolish Whiskey Gulch shops and develop a new office and retail center. Gives the perspective of Whiskey Gulch shop...

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East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency Proposed Program Budget, Fiscal Year 1990-1991

Full proposed program budget for the EPA Redevelopment Agency for the 1990-1991 fiscal year. Includes a summary of revenue and expenditures, the program...

newspaper

Development Knocks on East P.A.'s Door - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the city of EPA being open to redevelopment of land to the east of highway 101 and north of the Ravenswood High School site. This site is in...

newspaper

East P.A. Takes Aim at Blight - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the EPA City Council forming a redevelopment agency and adopting a plan to overhaul the city. Mentions hesitancy to develop the Whiskey Gulch...

newspaper

Car Dealers Looking at East Palo Alto as Site for 'Auto Mall' - Times Tribune

Article about EPA being a possible location for south San Mateo County's first auto mall, proposed by auto dealer John Anderson. The proposal was to be...

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Draft Letter for CityConnection - 1987

Excerpt of drafted Mayor Mouton letter likely for a 1987 CityConnection newsletter. Discusses the De Monet proposal for the 1900 block of University and the...

newspaper

Letter from East Palo Alto - California Lawyer

Article about how Silicon Valley law firms are helping the low-income EPA community. Profiles lawyer Andrew Valentine and mentions the University Circle...

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Firm's address insults East P.A. - San Jose Mercury News

Article about how Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison using Palo Alto as their address insults East Palo Alto and that East Palo Alto has changed.

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Law firm figures out it's located in a fine city - San Jose Mercury News

Editorial about Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison using Palo Alto as their address, rather than East Palo Alto, which offended East Palo Alto officials.

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One of valley's elite law firms to close down - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the demise of the law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Contains details of the collapse and reaction from EPA officials.

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Real estate glut grows - Daily News

Article about the consequences of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison leaving University Circle on the real estate market.

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Downturn kills law firm - Daily News

Article about the collapse of the law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison located in University Circle.

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East Palo Alto: City hopeful it'll find new tenants - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the consequences if the law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, which recently collapsed, leaves University Circle. The law firm is an anchor...

photo-gallery

University Liquors in Whiskey Gulch

Photographs of University Liquors in Whiskey Gulch. Some photos are depict an open storefront and others show boarded up windows and doors.

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Friendly Restaurant in Whiskey Gulch

Photographs of Friendly Restaurant located in Whiskey Gulch.

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Entrance to the Whiskey Gulch Saloon

Photograph of the entrance to the Whiskey Gulch Saloon

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Super Market Building in Whiskey Gulch

Photograph of Super Marcado and Carniceria in Whiskey Gulch.

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Photographs of A1 Liquors in Whiskey Gulch

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Photograph of the Ecumenical Hunger Program Building in Whiskey Gulch

Photograph of the Ecumenical Hunger Program Building in Whiskey Gulch.

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Project developers fall short on hiring locals - San Mateo County Times

Article about University Circle falling short of the local hiring requirements of the First Source Program.

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East Palo Alto Schedule and Procedural Guide for the Adoption of the University Circle Redevelopment Plan

Full schedule and procedural guide for the adoption of the University Circle redevelopment plan in East Palo Alto. Includes group involvement and goals for...

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Proposal to Provide Legal Services to the East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency

Introductory letter and full proposal to provide legal services to the EPA Redevelopment Agency (EPARA) in connection with the adoption of a Redevelopment...

newspaper

'No' on H, 'Yes' on I and J - unknown publication

Editorial opinion for upcoming measures H, I, and J on the EPA ballot in 2002. Measure I would allocate 10% of the Four Seasons hotel tax (about...

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Redevelopment For Whom? Revisited flyer - EPA Post

Article from EPA Mayor William Vines about his opposition to the DeMonet Inc. University Circle Project. Mentions that he is not opposed to the project, but...

photo-gallery

City 15th Anniversary Celebrations

Photographs from the 15th EPA city birthday celebrations at Bell Street Park and the EPA Community Room. Featured participants include RB Jones, Roy Adger,...

newspaper

Can East Palo Alto Survive - Times Tribune

Article about the financial and economical struggles EPA faced in 1988.

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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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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Celebrating Us – East Palo Alto

A printed coloring book produced by a collaboration between the East Palo Alto Community Archive and the East Palo Alto Library. It depicts scenes from East...

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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...

newspaper

CityConnection - Vol. 4, No. 4

This issue of CityConnection from May 1987 honors volunteers and features a letter from Mayor Mouton, her last as Mayor, where she expresses her concern...

oral-history

Tenants Rights in 1983

Interview of Ruben Abrica, Lon Otterby, Carlos Romero and David Skidmore by Dianne Otterby about Tenants Rights in EPA in 1983. Topics include: how they each...

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...

oral-history

Mama Dee Uhila Interview

Interview of Mama Dee Uhila by Sisilia Afungia. Topics include: migration to EPA from San Mateo in the 1970s, migration of Pacific Islanders in the 1970s and...

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