Day to day commutes might get a little easier for Garden Grove residents following a decision by city council members to adopt traffic light synchronization projects for Garden Grove Boulevard and Katella Street.
Category: Garden Grove
Garden Grove, which shares Little Saigon with Westminster, is home to about 171,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, public safety and development.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Garden Grove
City-Subsidized Hotel Resort in Garden Grove Moves Forward
Plans for a 769-room, three hotel resort in Garden Grove will move forward after the City Council approved a development agreement that hands over a 5.18-acre property to the developer for $852,571 in fees. The city also will pay up to $250,000 in improvements to the site and give the developer tax subsidies worth at least $17.6 million.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Government, Top Stories, Transportation, Westminster
OCTA Considers Faster Bus Service or Streetcar for Heavily-Used North and Central County Routes
The Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA) plans for the future could give public transportation in the county’s north and central areas a boost, including the possibility of two streetcar routes along north Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue.
Posted inGarden Grove
The Latest Proposal For Garden Grove’s ‘Rusty Skeleton?’ Affordable Senior Housing
The latest developer attempting to revive Garden Grove’s ‘rusty skeleton’ wants to convert the nine-story, rusted steel structure on Garden Grove Boulevard into 400 units of affordable senior housing, the largest affordable housing project in the city’s history.
Posted inGarden Grove, Santa Ana
Santa Ana, Garden Grove Open Talks Over Willowick Golf Course
The two cities have signed an agreement to begin discussions over the 102-acre golf course owned by Garden Grove but located in the city of Santa Ana.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Will Parking Determine the Future of Garden Grove’s Main Street?
Residents and businesses are up in arms again over a 161-space parking lot next to the city’s historic Main Street, which has long been eyed by developer Steve Sheldon.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, News Briefs
No Longer ‘Garbage Grove,’ City Appears on the Verge of Hotel Building Boom
Garden Grove officials are increasingly confident the city will reach a crucial milestone this year, with hotel bed taxes on track – for the first time in history — to surpass sales tax as the city’s single largest revenue source.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Garden Grove, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Holding the Powerful Accountable in 2016
In 2016, Voice of OC delved into how corporations spend to influence public policy, the ways in which politicians pull the levers of government to stay in power, and how they use their public offices for private gain.
Posted inCountywide, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Transportation, Westminster
County Supervisor Andrew Do Wins Re-Election
The last Election Day update from the county Registrar of Voters shows Do winning 53 percent to 47 percent over his Democratic opponent, Michele Martinez.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Elects First Latina to City Council
John O’Neill, Thu-Ha Nguyen, Stephanie Klopfenstein, and Kim Nguyen will serve on the next Garden Grove City Council. Councilman Steve Jones will be the next mayor.
