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November 28, 2006
November 28, 2006 - December 11, 2006
Volume XVII, Issue 24
In This Issue...
Fishing for the Future
Art House Movies Coming to Aptos Cinema
Supervisors Agree on Affordable Housing Locations
Capitola Awarded $2 Million Grant for Senior Housing Project
Mid-County Schools Pay the Price for Fewer Students
Search For County Trash Facility Heats Up Again
Minor Tsunami Rocks Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor
New Holiday Website Launched
A Fond Farewell
Farm Park and Community Center Project Approved
Historic Redman House to be Moved this Month
Holidays d’Eleganz â€" the Dominican Foundation Guild’s Annual Fashion Show and Gala
911
CRIMEBEAT
Joint Agency Gang Team
Business
Fleur Gifts, Home and Garden Boutique
Elections 2008
Final Ballot Counting Continues
Health
Live Oak School Nutrition Program Earns High Marks
Eating Healthy During the Holidays
Overuse Injuries of the Lower Extremities in Women
Opinions
Postmarked
People
Evelyn Volpa Reflects on a Life Spent Taking a Stand
Science
Tiny Marine Organisms May Indicate Big Global Changes
Travel
The Mary Poppins Guide to Vegas
The Mid-County Post > News
Farm Park and Community Center Project Approved
By Judith Wellner
At its Nov. 21 meeting, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved the proposed final conceptual master plan for the Farm Neighborhood Park and Community Center project. This followed a September recommendation from the Parks Commission that proposed the Board adopt the park’s current plans.

The Farm is a 39-unit apartment complex located at the northwest corner of Soquel Drive and Cunnison Lane. It has been serving the community as a low-income housing establishment since the early ‘90s.

According to plans, the vacant space adjacent to the complex will be turned into a recreational area. The master plan calls for the building of a nature trail, neighborhood park areas, picnic areas, a basketball court, a skateboard area, a dog park, community gardens, and a community center with meeting rooms and an upstairs art studio.

Plans incorporated a large amount of community input via public meetings where participants worked with site maps and cut-outs to develop conceptual plans. The community building was designed to replicate the style of the nearby apartments.

The apartments were built by the Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, a non-profit affordable housing developer, with the help of the County’s Redevelopment Agency. The Redevelopment Agency purchased the vacant land with plans to develop a park and community center 15 years ago. Now those plans are becoming reality.

Construction is likely to begin in 2008.

Once the building process is complete, the Redevelopment Agency will transfer the site over to the County of Santa Cruz Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services.
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