{"id":391,"date":"2014-02-24T09:40:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shellyrobersonrealtor.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2014-06-05T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T16:42:52","slug":"california-avenue-may-become-palo-altos-new-business-and-trendy-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shellyrobersonrealtor.com\/california-avenue-may-become-palo-altos-new-business-and-trendy-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"California Avenue May Become Palo Alto\u2019s New Business and Trendy Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto&#8217;s city council is set to approve a $7.1 million overhaul of the city&#8217;s California Avenue commercial corridor as soon as next month \u2014 a much higher price tag than previously assigned to the economic development project.<!--more--><br \/>\nThe council in 2011 unanimously approved a plan to eliminate two lanes of automobile traffic and encourage pedestrian walkways. The Palo Alto Weekly reports that city officials previously estimated infrastructure upgrade costs of about $1.7 million to spur increased business activity to rival the likes of nearby University Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>At a council meeting on Monday night, the city council will vote on a contract with Newark-based Redgwick Construction Company for the California Avenue project totaling north of $7 million. That sum includes construction costs of $6.2 million, plus $931,700 in contingency costs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.destinationpaloalto.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.destinationpaloalto.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto&#8217;s city council is set to approve a $7.1 million overhaul of the city&#8217;s California Avenue commercial corridor as soon as next month \u2014 a much higher price tag than previously assigned to the economic development project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[24],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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