Context Based Street Types Local Business Focus Group

The City of Pasadena invites you to join the Context Based Street Types Local Business Focus Group and share your thoughts on the Department of Transportation’s efforts to develop a new street classification system. Learn more on Thursday, July 22 from 3:00pm – 4:30pm at 649 N. Fairk Oaks Ave, #203 (Fair Oaks Renaissance Plaza Community Room). To RSVP or …

Make Music Pasadena Draws Huge Crowds in Pasadena

Pasadena Outlook, Posted: 7/1/10 Downtown Pasadena was alive with music during the third annual Make Music Pasadena on Saturday, June 19. The city featured hundreds of musicians playing in buses, parks, courtyards, alleys and other unconventional spaces during the free, 12-hour festival. The event included more than 50 concerts, showcasing Grammy Award-winning, platinum recording artists as well as homegrown and …

South Lake Avenue Farmers Market Kicks Off

Pasadena Outlook, Posted: 6/17/10 South Lake Avenue Farmers Market, supported by the South Lake Business Association, is being held each Wednesday during the summer from 3:30 to 7:30pm. The weekly event, which features fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, eggs, honey breads, cheeses and more, is located on Del Mar Boulevard at Shopper’s Lane (behind Walgreens). …

Pasadena’s Newest Farmers Market Opens For Business

Pasadena Star News, Posted: 06/01/2010 PASADENA – A high-end farmers market on ritzy South Lake Avenue opens today for a six-month trial. The new market at Shoppers Lane and South Del Mar Avenue – the city’s fourth – will open from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through September. “It’s met with overwhelming enthusiasm from the street-level and upper-floor businesses, and …

SLBA 2010 Annual Mixer

Pasadena Outlook, Posted: 5/27/2010 The South Lake Business Association Annual Mixer was held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 on the rooftop of Corporate Center. Property owners, business owners and city representatives were in attendance at the event, which was an ideal opportunity to meet other district members. The event was sponsored by the South Lake Business Association, Corporate Center Pasadena …

Colorado Boulevard Hotel Restoration Gets Stimulus Funding

Pasadena Star News, Posted: 05/19/2010 PASADENA – The block along East Colorado Boulevard between South Lake Avenue and South Mentor Avenue could get a $11.1 million face-lift thanks to federal stimulus funds. The City Council voted last week to preliminarily commit federal bond money to finance a project that would reopen a historical hotel and line the block with new …

Electric Customers Save MORE with “California Cash for Appliances”

Now through May 23, Pasadena Water and Power customers can maximize their dollar and energy savings by purchasing a qualifying Energy Star® appliance. With combined rebates from the new state program California Cash for Appliances and existing PWP programs, Pasadena electric customers can save up to $390 on a qualifying refrigerator, up to $300 on a qualifying clothes washer and up to $135 …

South Lake Business Association Rolls Out New-Look Website

Pasadena Outlook, Posted: 04/08/2010 PASADENA – The South Lake Business Association has transformed and modernized its website enabling South Lake Business District Members and its local community to better connect with one another. The site, www.southlakeavenue.org, has integrated new technology and social networking sites, which will benefit patrons and visitors, property owners, business owners and leasing representatives. The site also …

Trash Cans Dumped For Sun-Powered Compactors

By Liisa Rajala USA TODAY, Posted: 03/26/10 A growing number of cities and municipalities are testing solar-powered trash compactors as a way to go green and save some green. Communities in 46 states, as well as some state parks and colleges, are replacing regular trash cans, according to Richard Kennelly, vice president of BigBelly Solar marketing, which manufactures the devices. …

Pasadena Marathon Road Closure Map

SOUTH LAKE BUSINESS DISTRICT: California between Hill Hudson and Del Mar between Sierra Bonita Wilson will be closed from approximately 5:15 am – 9:05 am on February 21, 2010. During this time, access within the district will be on north/south streets such as Lake, Mentor, Hudson. The recommended freeway off-ramp is the Lake Avenue exit. Download the Detailed Map (PDF) …