Westside business leaders push for industrial park talks
Friedland says Westside business owners must unite to redevelop a 350 acre area into an economically viable industrial park. He criticizes the Project Area Committee for not representing local business interests and urges broader dialogue to resolve disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Project Area Committee
Westside
Friedland
Seaside Paint & Lacquer Co
Cota Ave
Ben Friedland
Nessmen
Westside Redevelopment PACs Spark Business Group Formation
Long Beach business owners form Westside Industrial Council to push for constructive input in the Westside Redevelopment Plan process. They cite chaotic PAC meetings, fear among residents, and lack of city services as barriers to collaboration with the pro posed project. Members include Jones Industrial Hardware and Bill Williams Welding with 19 other local firms joining.
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Long Beach Redevelopment Agency
Westside
PAC
Sandy Jones
New Industrial Council
Jones Industrial Hardware
Long Beach
Santa Fe Ave
Jones
WIC
Judge Anderson
American Wholesale Hardware
Anaheim Sr
Bill Williams
Ross Gilroy
Harbor Pallet
Lester Box & Mfg
Mitch Dion
M. D. Dion & Sons
Kerry Tober
Long Beach Welding Supplies
John McCann
Roy Boydston
Cal South Equipment
George Thomett
Crosby & Overton Transportation Co
Russell Best
General Contractor
Wesley Theisen
Cowelco
Ernie Hope
Ernie Hope Blacksmith & Welding
Ted
Bob Phillips
Phillips Steel
Don Tuffle
Tell Steel
Lloyd Miller
BWT Industries
Art Hale
U.S. Mags Wheels
Gene Lassers
Miss Sharon
Bill Wagner
Contractors
Bill Larner
Brick Jones
John Passanisi
Santa Fe
Economic Development Corporation
City and Redevelopment Agency
Long Beach Naval Station
Friedland
Last train ends era as San Francisco SP station closes
The 60 year old Southern Pacific station at Third and Townsend closed after its final train at 12:35 a.m. The new $2 million terminal opened nearby at Fourth and Townsend as buffs mourned the loss of the Romanesque structure once a key hub. migrants and locals noted traffic, streets, and the area’s industrial shift.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Third and
Townsend
Frank Kingman
Fourth and Townsend
San Jose
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Lons Beach
Calif
Sun
S.F
California
Westside Industrial Council
Island
Joel Friedland
Council
Cochairmen
Kent Henderson
May CO
Portrait Studio
Wilshire
Crenshaw
Montclair
Carlsbad
Eagle Rock
Oxnard
the City
el Cajon
Riverside
Westminster
Lakewood
del Amo
Retz
Royalaire
TP Met
ML UK
Saiss
Lakewood Blvi Orner
Lakewood Wood & South St
Long Beach Warehouse
Santa F
Walker
iLadies
Aspina
Sam-Pedic
4Th ST
Val
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