Library, Entertainment Complex in the Works
Two projects are at the center of the city’s growth plans for 1996: the new community library and a recently approved entertainment center.
The latter, known as Kaleidoscope, is designed as a 200,000-square-foot project that will be a smaller version of the Edwards 21 theater complex that opened recently.
As many as 16 movie screens are planned for the site at Crown Valley Parkway and Interstate 5, along with a food court and specialty retail stores.
The city last month authorized a $2-million subsidy of the project, which would be returned in the form of $250,000 to $400,000 in annual sales tax revenue.
City officials say the developer, Pacific Development Partners, hopes to start construction in March and open the entertainment mall sometime next year.
As for the library, initial plans were approved by the council in late December, and construction--projected to cost $6 million--is to begin by late summer.
At 26,600 square feet, the library will have a number of areas for community activities, a children’s room, a permanent local historical display and a Holocaust collection.
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