Historical Clippings Book (HC-03) (210 pages)

I/1E/ & 6 . Businessmen Seek Mall for Central District a. eam eT ee Te ey . ‘ if Be i 4 . fee “ay aie. ; . PRESERVATION OF DOWNTOWN Grass Valley as the regional hub of ‘activity by the creation of a scenic-historic mall on Mill street and offstreet parking will be recommended to the Grass Valley City Council by the local Chamber of Commerce and other interested persons next Wednesday evening, Feb. 23. Plans for the development and beautification of the downtown area were presented at Wednesday's chamber luncheon at The Office with a record 70 persons in attendance. The group enthusiastically and unanimously supported the off-street parking plans and twoblock mall of Mill street from Main to Neal streets. Picture above is the northern end of the narrow business street. A bold but remarkably feasi. ble plan has been advanced for . the creation of a downtown mall : including off-street parking, as. suring the continuance of the . business area of Grass Valley . as the economic, social and cul{tural center of the historic i} “Northern Mines.” . ‘The largest Grass Valley . Chamber of Commerce luncheon . meeting in years listened atteni tively to plans for the develop. ment from R. W. (Pat) Ingram, chief engineer with T. H. McGuire and Sons. Following several laudatory comments concerning the economic impact from the South Church street municipal parking lot, Chamber President Harold Nye held a vote. The proposal received enthusiastic and unanimous approval. A committee will present the plan to the City Council at the Wednesday, Feb. 23 . meeting as the regular mid. month council mecting date falls . on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. . 22. . Church St. Lot Helped Ingram told the chamber members that the present day “mobile society’ was in the . process of passing them by for . outlying shopping centers unless . parking is provided. This was {not news to many of the down. town merchants. The new mu. nicipal parking lot on South . Church street is cited as proof . of the value of off-street park. ing. Sales tax receipts for down{town merchants adyanced 15 per cent the first year of operation and 25 per cent over a twoyear period afterwards. The downtown area is again . crowded with traffic, the park-. ing lot is filled to capacity and) additional parking is needed. for emergency vehicles only would be permitted. All parking and freight loading would be done at the rear of the downtown businesses. Existing parking lots such as the Del Oro, Bank of America, Grass Valley Drug would enter into agreement with the city for the policing and maintenace of their lots. The lots would be leased at $1 which would leave them on the tax rolls. Ingram said that 35 parking spaces within the two-block Mall would be lost but the net gain in the proposed off-street parking would amount to over 150 shopper parking spaces. In answer to a question Ingram said it would cost about $100,000 to double-deck the present South Church street lot and only 55 spaces would be gained, whereas the new proposal would gain 150 spaces, would cost possibly one third the amount and would not necessitate the creation of an assessment district. Merchants and employes would park their vehicles in allday parking areas such as the Cramer Jot and walk an extra block so that shoppers would find parking space in the propoocd off-street area. There jis the possibility thatparking meters could be used to help Ingram proposed an efficient solution — a couperative parking program between private and public interests at the local level — a parking area at the rear of the stores on the east side of Mill street from Neal tc} Main street by making use sf} the existing parking lots afd vacant properties and the yur. chase of one property for egess . onto West Main street hetveen} Tyler's Photo and Swerson’s . Surplus. } finance the program and elimj inate overtime parking; ho wever, other methods can also be . . Jased which will preserve the . ! \free two-hour” parking inducement. Actual design of the mall immediately géve rise to highly imaginative themes including outdoor musetms of gold rush artifacts, seasonal decor changes, special premotions, etc. Many Cities Lost “Now’s the time” is the way Historic, Scenic Mal . one merchant put it and Ingram Ingram also recommended . i netuated the remark by recreation of a historic Ag scent . minding them that other cities mall on the narrow portion a . failed to change with the “mo. gill street as @ tourist ae bile society” and in a real sense shopper attraction. Pee . lost the center of their town — traffic and single jane penile . economically, Socially and cul“ turally. They then had to commence an expensive develop. . . ment program of off-street park. fing and malls to “buy bae ij what they had lost ~ ass F; valuation, sales tax rer ; . and activity center for the gur. rounding area, am said the proposal ; the most efficient use of y thet is available and ve downlown area what most to preserve its as the regional hub of out the . . im] ny j 8 Tuesday, May 3, 1966 Grass Valley Nevada City THE UNION Supervisors Approve Funds to Clear Site for Historical Complex; Two Contracts for County Work Awarded Nevada County Historical Mu. seum park, award of contracts to low bidders and approval of a public assistance (indigent aid) policy were among a large file of actions taken by the Nevada county Board of Supervisors Monday. The board met with four members as Supervisor Henry Loehr, convalescing from recent surgery, was unable ae the meeting, due to a cold. Steve Chileski, representing the Nevada County Historical Society, received board approval to include $3,000 in the new 1966-67 budget to clear the site and complete plans for a historical complex in Western Nevada county covering 15 acres. Much of the land can be secured from the Bureau of Land Manage. ment by the county while the . balance is in private hands. Chileski pointed out the importance to tourist and recreation . to have a historical part avai. lable in this area. Hutson Low Bidder C. A. Hutson was low bidder on a job to renovate the third floor of the courthouse, the former women's jail, into offices for the Nevada County Welfare Department. Hutson's bid was $16,300 as against Dorville, Gal-.

I/1E/ & 6 . Businessmen Seek Mall for Central District a. eam eT ee Te ey . ‘ if Be i 4 . fee “ay aie. ; . PRESERVATION OF DOWNTOWN Grass Valley as the regional hub of ‘activity by the creation of a scenic-historic mall on Mill street and offstreet parking will be recommended to the Grass Valley City Council by the local Chamber of Commerce and other interested persons next Wednesday evening, Feb. 23. Plans for the development and beautification of the downtown area were presented at Wednesday's chamber luncheon at The Office with a record 70 persons in attendance. The group enthusiastically and unanimously supported the off-street parking plans and twoblock mall of Mill street from Main to Neal streets. Picture above is the northern end of the narrow business street. A bold but remarkably feasi. ble plan has been advanced for . the creation of a downtown mall : including off-street parking, as. suring the continuance of the . business area of Grass Valley . as the economic, social and cul{tural center of the historic i} “Northern Mines.” . ‘The largest Grass Valley . Chamber of Commerce luncheon . meeting in years listened atteni tively to plans for the develop. ment from R. W. (Pat) Ingram, chief engineer with T. H. McGuire and Sons. Following several laudatory comments concerning the economic impact from the South Church street municipal parking lot, Chamber President Harold Nye held a vote. The proposal received enthusiastic and unanimous approval. A committee will present the plan to the City Council at the Wednesday, Feb. 23 . meeting as the regular mid. month council mecting date falls . on Washington’s Birthday, Feb. . 22. . Church St. Lot Helped Ingram told the chamber members that the present day “mobile society’ was in the . process of passing them by for . outlying shopping centers unless . parking is provided. This was {not news to many of the down. town merchants. The new mu. nicipal parking lot on South . Church street is cited as proof . of the value of off-street park. ing. Sales tax receipts for down{town merchants adyanced 15 per cent the first year of operation and 25 per cent over a twoyear period afterwards. The downtown area is again . crowded with traffic, the park-. ing lot is filled to capacity and) additional parking is needed. for emergency vehicles only would be permitted. All parking and freight loading would be done at the rear of the downtown businesses. Existing parking lots such as the Del Oro, Bank of America, Grass Valley Drug would enter into agreement with the city for the policing and maintenace of their lots. The lots would be leased at $1 which would leave them on the tax rolls. Ingram said that 35 parking spaces within the two-block Mall would be lost but the net gain in the proposed off-street parking would amount to over 150 shopper parking spaces. In answer to a question Ingram said it would cost about $100,000 to double-deck the present South Church street lot and only 55 spaces would be gained, whereas the new proposal would gain 150 spaces, would cost possibly one third the amount and would not necessitate the creation of an assessment district. Merchants and employes would park their vehicles in allday parking areas such as the Cramer Jot and walk an extra block so that shoppers would find parking space in the propoocd off-street area. There jis the possibility thatparking

meters could be used to help Ingram proposed an efficient solution — a couperative parking program between private and public interests at the local level — a parking area at the rear of the stores on the east side of Mill street from Neal tc} Main street by making use sf} the existing parking lots afd vacant properties and the yur. chase of one property for egess . onto West Main street hetveen} Tyler's Photo and Swerson’s . Surplus. } finance the program and elimj inate overtime parking; ho wever, other methods can also be . . Jased which will preserve the . ! \free two-hour” parking inducement. Actual design of the mall immediately géve rise to highly imaginative themes including outdoor musetms of gold rush artifacts, seasonal decor changes, special premotions, etc. Many Cities Lost “Now’s the time” is the way Historic, Scenic Mal . one merchant put it and Ingram Ingram also recommended . i netuated the remark by recreation of a historic Ag scent . minding them that other cities mall on the narrow portion a . failed to change with the “mo. gill street as @ tourist ae bile society” and in a real sense shopper attraction. Pee . lost the center of their town — traffic and single jane penile . economically, Socially and cul“ turally. They then had to commence an expensive develop. . . ment program of off-street park. fing and malls to “buy bae ij what they had lost ~ ass F; valuation, sales tax rer ; . and activity center for the gur. rounding area, am said the proposal ; the most efficient use of y thet is available and ve downlown area what most to preserve its as the regional hub of out the . . im] ny j 8 Tuesday, May 3, 1966 Grass Valley Nevada City THE UNION Supervisors Approve Funds to Clear Site for Historical Complex; Two Contracts for County Work Awarded Nevada County Historical Mu. seum park, award of contracts to low bidders and approval of a public assistance (indigent aid) policy were among a large file of actions taken by the Nevada county Board of Supervisors Monday. The board met with four members as Supervisor Henry Loehr, convalescing from recent surgery, was unable ae the meeting, due to a cold. Steve Chileski, representing the Nevada County Historical Society, received board approval to include $3,000 in the new 1966-67 budget to clear the site and complete plans for a historical complex in Western Nevada county covering 15 acres. Much of the land can be secured from the Bureau of Land Manage. ment by the county while the . balance is in private hands. Chileski pointed out the importance to tourist and recreation . to have a historical part avai. lable in this area. Hutson Low Bidder C. A. Hutson was low bidder on a job to renovate the third floor of the courthouse, the former women's jail, into offices for the Nevada County Welfare Department. Hutson's bid was $16,300 as against Dorville, Gal-.