Downtown Vitality, the Establishment Clause, and Progress on a North County Homeless Shelter In her monthly report, Atascadero City Manager Rachelle Rickard informed the council that downtown continues to grow with new...
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In 2017, when it was announced that Mike Zappas planned to develop the west side of El Camino Real between West Mall and Traffic Way, I immediately hit Facebook with a vote for him as the Citizen of the Year in Atascadero. Of all the fighting for Walmart, schemes to move dentists away from Sunken Gardens, attempts to secure more downtown parking, or bridges here and there — nothing can match the real and positive impact that a useful, massive, thoughtful development would have in the heart of the Colony District.
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The City Council is considering a plan to calm traffic along El Camino Real and if approved, it would transform downtown into a calmer hub of activity.
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It started fairly quietly, four years ago – a small group of business owners & managers on Traffic Way started meeting weekly to see what we could do about improving business in our downtown “Colony District.”
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