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Mountain Views News Saturday, March 22, 2014

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 22, 2014

Sears to Stay Open as

RepurposedParking

HomeGoods Moves In

Nationwide, Seas has

Meters

Although Sears Holding closed 300 stores since 2010
has closed hundreds of and another 500 stores are

to Help

stores nationwide, the expected to close sometime

Pasadena location will stay in the near future. Sears
Soon bright orange parking

Homeless

open, only to, spit part of Roebuck & Co merged with
meters will dot the sidewalks

the department store into Kmart in 2005, a deal worth
of Pasadena —used as mini

a second location that will $11 billion.
donation centers— as part

house a new HomeGoods In Related Newsof an Art Center College

home furnishing store. The outdoor clothing
of Design project Real

HomeGoods, owned by retailer, Lands’ End, will spin
Change Movement to help

TJX Companies, has not off from Sears Holdings in
homelessness. William

officially announced a grand April allowing it to exist on
Huang, Director of Housing,

opening date for the new its own as a publicly traded
City of Pasadena made the

location in the 3800 block of company. Lands’ End will

Council to Discuss Parklets on Colorado

East Foothill Blvd. Signs out enter into a lease agreement

announcement Wednesday.

The city council is set District, the Playhouse to the staff report.

front say the store is opening to keep their products in

“There are ‘real changers’ in

Monday night to discuss the District Association elected City staff also looked what

soon. Sears stores.

Pasadena already.” He said.

idea, first proposed by the to forward a configuration for types of uses could be done

“We’re not going anywhere,” Sears Holding also recently

“Nonprofits and homeless

Pasadena Playhouse District parking that would change such as, sidewalk dining, curb

said an unnamed Sears spun off Orchard Supply

service providers, the city—

Association, of putting the existing parallel parking use, etc., or if sponsorship

employee. “They just put up Hardware, a majority of the

but they need more people,

“parklets,” a temporary to angled parking, which and/or advertising could be

that wall, selling off part of assets, of which were sold to

more businesses and more

sidewalk extension into the would increase the supply of allowed.

the store to HomeGoods.”Lowe’s hardware.

individuals to be a part of

roadway, along Colorado curb parking in these blocks Possible funding could

this to end homelessness in

Blvd.even with space given over to come from the Playhouse

Pasadena. This project is a

The plan calls for a series parklets.Parking Meter District Fund

step in creating that.”

of parklets to be installed They also said, the change or Gas Tax, Transportation

The idea of using

at select locations along to angled parking is the Sales Tax (Measure R) and/or

repurposed parking meters

Colorado Boulevard between second component of the the General Fund staff said.

came from students last

Los Robles and Hudson initiative since it would The item is on the agenda

fall in the Welcome Home

Avenues. The plan also require reconfiguration of as presented for information

studio class, “addressed

calls to add reverse angled Colorado Boulevard from a only, the council will not

homelessness in Pasadena

parking.five-lane roadway to a three-take a vote, although public

by designing a transmedia,

According to city staff the lane roadway to make room comment is allowed.

public awareness campaign

parklets would be temporary for the added dimension of

in conjunction with City of

platforms designed to city angled parking.

Pasadena leaders.”

standards and removable The Transportation

According to organizers,

so as not to interfere with Department has been

“Its three-pronged approach

the Rose Parade. Since the evaluating the potential

Join Mayor Bill Bogaard,
community members,
Pasadena residents, civic,
business, student, and
educational leaders and
the Interfaith Community
for the Pasadena
Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast,
Wednesday, April 30 from
7 - 9 am at the Pasadena
Convention Center.
The keynote speaker is
Elise Buik, President and
CEO of United Way of
Greater Los Angeles.
Buik has been honored with
the “Nonprofit CEO of the
Year” award from the Los
Angeles Business Journal,
and the “Leadership Award”
at the Peace Over Violence
Annual Humanitarian
Award Dinner. In addition,
she is the first woman to
head the United Way of
Greater Los Angeles.
Doors open 6:20 a.m.
Program starts promptly at
7 a.m.
Convention Center is at
300 E. Green Street.
Purchase tickets online at
www.friendsindeedpas.org.
For more information
call Monday-Thursday
626.797.2402.
41st Annual
Mayor’sPrayerBreakfast
Sears to stay open

is comprised of: a public

parklets would use curb effects of the proposed

outreach and education

parking space, which has angled parking on Colorado

Celebrate One City, One Story

campaign, the installation

traditionally been a scarce Boulevard using a traffic

Teen Art Contest: forms are available online and

of re-purposed parking

commodity in the Playhouse simulation model according

at all Pasadena library sites.

meters, “donation stations”

“Unlocking the Secret”

Visit http://cityofpasadena.

(citywide), allowing

Teens are invited to submit a

net/library/teens/ for more

Graphic

interested people to

one frame illustration depicting

information. The winning

contribute their spare change

an idea or scene inspired by Mr.

entrant will receive full tuition

Novelist

and/or credit card donations

Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.

for a 10-week class or 5-day

Entries will be judged based on

in productive ways, and

workshop. See www.artcenter.

creativity, technical skill, and

thirdly, the redirecting of

to Speak

edu/sat for details. This contest

execution. Deadline to submit

funds from panhandlers to

is co-sponsored by Art Center

is Monday, March 31. Contest

College of Design.
and job training programs.

homeless service providers

at PCC

Gene Luen Yang, author of

Informing the public

Work to Close Lanes on

the “Avatar/ Airbender series,”

that not all panhandlers

will give a special presentation

Rosemead Blvd Till May

are homeless, and not all

Thursday in Harbeson Hall
homeless are panhandlers,

at Pasadena City College. Cultural Center, the Student

Boulevard will be closed

Yang is also the author of the Services Fund, the College

is key.”

Crews will be working to thru-traffic between

award-winning graphic novel Diversity Initiative, and the

The meters are set to be

on the underpass of the Colorado Boulevard and

“American Born Chinese,” Asian Pacific Islander Visiting

installed early this year in

I-210 Freeway Bridge Foothill Boulevard for

and the newest graphic novel Scholar Committee.

both Old Pasadena and

over Rosemead Boulevard approximately two (2) weeks.

“Boxers and Saints.” The event is free. The program

along South Lake Avenue in

between Colorado Boulevard The two left lanes along

Gene Luen Yang’s presentation runs from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

the Playhouse District.

is part of the annual Asian For more information, contact

and Foothill Boulevard, southbound Rosemead
Pacific Islander Visiting Scholar Dr. Tooktook Thongthiraj at

as part of the 11.5-mile Boulevard will be temporarily

(626) 585-3162 or Dr. Mikage
Metro Gold Line Foothill closed to thru-traffic nightly

program in honor of Asian

Kuroki at (626) 585-3372.

Pacific Heritage Month. It is

Extension Light Rail Project. from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the

Pet of the