Businesses Lauded for Design, Remodeling

Owners of the Mission Promenade and the Moonrose have been honored by the City Council with the 1996 Community Pride Awards.

Owned by developers Steve Nordeck and Richard J. O’Neill, the Mission Promenade won for outstanding building design. The shopping mall at Ortega Highway and Camino Capistrano was converted from Depression-era buildings, including the town’s first City Hall, newspaper office and post office.

Phyllis Crow and Sue Toler, owners of the Moonrose gift shop in the 200-year-old Los Rios neighborhood, were recognized for their remodeling of the historic Lupe Combs house.