Tag: vale avenue
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City Launches Small-Business Grant Program for Vale Avenue Storefronts
The city will begin offering grants of up to $15,000 to fill empty Vale Avenue storefronts, a new approach after a contentious vacancy-tax fight left the corridor’s vacancy rate largely unchanged.
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City Hall Plaza Renovation Plan Draws Mixed Reviews Downtown
A proposed $9 million redesign of City Hall Plaza has downtown business owners enthusiastic and council members from other districts questioning the price tag, setting up a fight over how much of the cost the general fund should bear.
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Muralist Ines Carrizo Opens First Solo Gallery Show
Muralist Ines Carrizo opened her first solo gallery show, “Undercoat,” at Vale Avenue’s Ember & Ash Gallery, revealing the private studio work behind her large-scale public murals along the Kestrel River Greenway.
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Council Weighs Storefront-Vacancy Ordinance Championed by Yoon
Council Member Patricia Yoon’s proposed vacancy-tax ordinance for empty Vale Avenue storefronts drew both merchant support and landlord opposition at a packed City Hall hearing, with a final vote still weeks away.