CITY DIGGING EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR MALL SITE.Byline: - Cecilia Chan The city is excavating land at the corner of the Ronald Reagan Freeway and First Street to determine if it's feasible to build a mall on it. The exploratory work of looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. earthquake faults and landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, areas on the acreage could take up to eight weeks, said Brian Gabler, city economic development director. ``We've had some ongoing discussions with some developers,'' Gabler said. ``I would not pinpoint anyone in particular.'' Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Mayor Bill Davis For the artist, animator, creative director, see . For the baseball player, see .
n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op that the city would soon nab a mall after years of trying. ``My guess is if we get anything, it would happen in the next few months,'' Davis said. ``But I believe - in the meetings I've been in - I believe we are closer than ever before.'' No one has signed any papers yet, he said. About 16 years ago, Davis said, the city made an attempt to attract a mall developer but then the economy soured. The idea lay dormant until five years ago when officials again started up the process. ``We've been going to (Las) Vegas the last few years to the mall builders convention and we believe now it's a possibility,'' Davis said. ``The economy is good (and) obviously the city has grown tremendously.'' A major holdup years ago was the city lacked the population base to attract a mall, he said. Today, the city holds several advantages, including title of ``safest city in the nation'' three years running, an above-average family income and a healthy city economy, Davis said. Figures from the 2000 Census show the Simi Valley population at more than 111,000, with the median household income The median household income is commonly used to provide data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more. at $70,373. The town boasts 36,400 households, of which 29,000 are families. Census figures show that the average family size is 3.3, with the population's median age at 34.7 years. |
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