Yesterday was the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City event. There were a number of interesting initiatives that both the City and the Chamber are attempting that I hadn’t heard about before. I’ll post more about these once I have a chance to do a bit more research, but from the event yesterday, here is a short list of developments that were of interest:
- The Chamber is trying to form an Enterprise Zone in Anaheim. They didn’t mention where in the city the Enterprise Zone would be, but I would expect that The Canyon would be the most likely place.
- The Mayor announced an initiative that he is trying to get adopted by the City Council to refund one half of the City’s part of the sales tax on all large purchases of $20,000 or more. He wants this program to run from February until June, in order to help spur the local economy and encourage large purchases from local businesses.
- The Anaheim Fixed-Guideway Transit Corridor has been renamed Anaheim Rapid Connection (ARC). Additionally, Anaheim has launched a new website and branding campaign for all of the City’s transportation related projects called A Connext. This is especially exciting because it shows the City’s understanding that all of our transportation amenities form an interdependent network for people to move around the city.
- Finally, Mayor Pringle talked about the successes of AC-NET over the past year and also mentioned that the City received a $5.8 million grant to help create a smart grid for the City and encouraging the creation of renewable energy for Anaheim. This is particularly timely for Anaheim 2060 because there is a post on renewable energy scheduled to be posted later today.
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