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City of Garden Grove
Garden Grove
City Council
Mayor
William Dalton
Mayor Pro Tempore
Mark Rosen A Publication for Garden Grove Residents and Businesses
Council Member
Harry Krebs
Council Member
Mark Leyes
Council Member In 2005, following more than a year of community
Janet Nguyen involvement and planning that resulted in the
creation of the Community Vision, the City developed
Business Hours a comprehensive series of goals outlining Garden
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Grove’s five-year course of direction.
Monday-Thursday
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Today, Garden Grove is setting forth to achieve these
Alternate Fridays goals by implementing a Strategic Plan that offers new
programs, services, developments, and innovations.
City Council meetings are
scheduled on the second
and fourth Tuesdays of
each month in the Council
Powering The Vision Driven by economic vitality, and guided by the spirit,
partnership, and vision of the community, Garden
Grove is moving forward along a path of excellence
Chambers at the In keeping with the Plan’s course of action for the creation of economically sound
for several years to come.
Community Meeting Center, programs that stay within Garden Grove’s strong fiscal margins, attention turns to
11300 Stanford Avenue. the current and prospective financial state of the City.
Connections is published Projected results for the City’s Fiscal Year 2005-2006 show sharp revenue gains
by the City of Garden Grove with marked drops in expenditures. Sales tax accounted for 20 percent of the
and is distributed as a public City’s total $4.6 million in new revenues, with the hotel bed tax contributing 31
The Garden Grove Community Foundation service to city residents and percent. Expenditures decreased by approximately $2.1 million.
(GGCF), a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization, businesses. Your suggestions
serves as a catalyst to contribute leadership and feedback are welcome. Of the city’s top ten sales producers, nine businesses were made possible through
Your involvement in the the involvement of the Garden Grove Agency for Community Development. As a
and resources to enhance community life in community is valued.
Garden Grove. result, the driving force behind Garden Grove’s overall fiscal strength and growth—
as well as the ongoing realization of the Community Vision—lies predominately
The GGCF offers a variety of special programs in the success of the City’s continuing economic development efforts.
and events that entertain, educate, motivate, Looking ahead, the City estimates that the potential income as a result of new
and inspire Garden Grove and Orange County developments for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 will amount to nearly $2 million, with
residents, families, and youth. nearly $7.5 million estimated for Fiscal Year 2008-2009.
Thanks to the support of the Garden Grove This vigorous and progressive state of economic health will help keep Garden
community, corporate sponsors, and (714) 741-5280 Grove on course for meeting and exceeding the community’s ongoing vision for
volunteers, the GGCF is able to provide www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us the future.
opportunities that promote understanding
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and appreciation of Garden Grove’s heritage,
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diversity, image, and spirit.
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Focusing On A Vision
Garden Grove’s vision is of a community that provides a safe, ·e
conomic development
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Neighborhoods Offering even more reasons to call Garden
Grove “home” will be Chapman Commons,
comprised of 220 two- and three-bedroom
condominium units and town-house style
condominiums; Golden Village with 47
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eiGhborhoods
economically sound, family-oriented, diverse, informed, well- ommunications and Governance attached, three-story town homes; and
maintained, and hiGh quality-of-life environment.
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ransportation and infrastructure
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rts/culture/diversity
a 159-unit, six-building condominium
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development on Palm Street.
these points resonate in the strateGic plan’s eiGht key areas rGanizational development
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that define the formation of new developments created to In addition, the Garden Grove
ublic safety
better serve the community.
·quality of life
Galleria envisions an eight-story, mixed-use
building offering 66 condominium units
and approximately 126,510 square feet of
Economic Development
commercial space.
Communications & Governance Transportation & Infrastructure
Several major development
projects will continue This year, the City began the process of Projects to enhance the quality, safety, and
strengthening Garden Grove’s updating the General Plan, a document to efficiency of Garden Grove’s infrastructure
key dynamic growth and guide community growth and development system include the addition of 16 new, fiber
investment potential. over the next 20 years. Formation of the plan optic-based traffic video cameras; green
involves public input at a series of community 45 traffic lights fitted with numbers indicating
In addition to a new
Sheraton hotel currently under workshops. The next workshop is scheduled the upcoming speed limit; and five additional
construction, future activity for Wednesday, November 1. pedestrian-activated school crosswalk signals.
within the InternationalWEST
resort area includes the
proposed construction of
a 225-room tower and
Arts/Culture/Diversity
convention facilities to the
existing Embassy Suites hotel.
Two other major hotels have
expressed interest in locations
along the Harbor Corridor.
Other project sites
include a preliminary plan for
the area bordered by Garden
Grove Boulevard, Taft Street, Opening doors of opportunity for families and at-risk youth in one of the most densely populated and ethnically
and Century Boulevard, diverse areas of the city, will be the future Buena Clinton Youth and Family Center. The planned two-story, multi-use
known as the Century facility is the result of a $2.45 million state grant awarded to the City in 2004.
Triangle, that calls for a
medium-density, mixed-
use project, as well
as an approved
Organizational Development Public Safety
100-unit medium- In addition to measured upswings in staff recruitment, The Garden Grove Police Department recently instituted
density housing the City recently underwent a significant re-organization an organized graffiti response and crackdown program The magnificent Tower on the Green, and the historic
development just to further increase the efficiency of its public services. involving extensive community education and a zero Main Street Brick Walkway are two examples of the GGCF’s
west of Main Street. tolerance enforcement policy. role in creating lasting legacies to be enjoyed by future
And recently, with
generations in our community.
the assistance of the Garden Grove
Agency for Community Development, two Quality of Life
former businesses on Harbor Boulevard— To continue this effort, the GGCF invites residents and
Garden Grove continues to expand on a variety of recreational opportunities business partners to take part in the Foundation either
Green’s Glass and Los Sanchez Mexican to promote better health and well-being for all ages.
Restaurant—successfully relocated and by volunteering, or through their estate plan with the
The Garden Grove Sports & Recreation Center offers organized
re-opened in Garden Grove. establishment of an endowment fund.
activities such as Youth Basketball, Adult Men’s Basketball League, Adult
Volleyball League, and Senior Badminton Club; drop-in programs include
badminton, basketball, and general youth and family sports. For more information about establishing your own
endowment fund, please visit www.ggcf.com, or call
w w w.I nternationalWest.com
The H. Louis Lake Senior Center offers weekly shuffleboard, balance
and mobility, yoga, walking programs, and beginning Spanish classes, as (714) 741-5280.
well as special courses and seminars, such as Arthritis Self-Help.
