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Pringle: 'There's no finer place to move or grow your business'
Mayor yesterday delivered his address to an audience of nearly 1,000.
By Kristen SchottPublished: January 27, 2010 10:52 AM
Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle yesterday delivered his 2010 State of the City Address to an audience of nearly 1,000 professionals and community leaders. And his message – one that he has been refining since before he was elected into the position in 2002 – was clear. Anaheim is meant to lead in business, in technology and in residential life.
"I made a central theme of my campaign that we would make Anaheim a leader among cities, a beacon for new ideas and that Anaheim would assume its deserved place as one of the driving forces in this state for innovation," said Pringle.
And he has delivered on that goal. In his speech, Pringle outlined some of what the city has accomplished over the last years, including the Great Anaheim Apps Challenge, which garnered more than 850 ideas from across the nation. He also noted that the city formed the Mayor's Tech Advisory Committee last year to find ways to make the city more "tech user-friendly." Other high points include the Anaheim Job Fair at the GardenWalk, which drew 7,500 jobseekers.
And though he said that the city is not "immune" to the effects of the economic downturn, there are a number of bright spots for Anaheim's business environment and residents in the coming years.
"There is no fine place to move or grow your business than Anaheim," he noted.
Among the initiatives the city is implementing:
The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, which is set to break ground in 2011 and be completed by mid-2013. It is expected to create 3,500 local jobs during the construction phase. The City Council last night also selected Kleinfelder West as the environmental services team on the project, making another key step in its development.
Another transportation project he highlighted is the 4-mile fixed-guideway system – which he unveiled as the Anaheim Rapid Connection – that will connect ARTIC, the Platinum Triangle, the Anaheim Resort area and the convention center, as well as the California High-Speed Rail, which will run through the transportation hub, as well.
The projects will be labeled under what he called the "banner" of ACONNEXT.
"By the time all these initiatives under ACONNEXT are completed by the middle of this new decade," he said, "Anaheim will have one of the most modern, most efficient, and most integrated transportation systems in any city in the nation."
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"I made a central theme of my campaign that we would make Anaheim a leader among cities, a beacon for new ideas and that Anaheim would assume its deserved place as one of the driving forces in this state for innovation," said Pringle. And he has delivered on that goal. In his speech, Pringle outlined some of what the city has accomplished over the last years, including the Great Anaheim Apps Challenge, which garnered more than 850 ideas from across the nation. He also noted that the city formed the Mayor's Tech Advisory Committee last year to find ways to make the city more "tech user-friendly." Other high points include the Anaheim Job Fair at the GardenWalk, which drew 7,500 jobseekers. And though he said that the city is not "immune" to the effects of the economic downturn, there are a number of bright spots for Anaheim's business environment and residents in the coming years. "There is no fine place to move or grow your business than Anaheim," he noted. Among the initiatives the city is implementing: The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, which is set to break ground in 2011 and be completed by mid-2013. It is expected to create 3,500 local jobs during the construction phase. The City Council last night also selected Kleinfelder West as the environmental services team on the project, making another key step in its development. Another transportation project he highlighted is the 4-mile fixed-guideway system – which he unveiled as the Anaheim Rapid Connection – that will connect ARTIC, the Platinum Triangle, the Anaheim Resort area and the convention center, as well as the California High-Speed Rail, which will run through the transportation hub, as well. The projects will be labeled under what he called the "banner" of ACONNEXT. "By the time all these initiatives under ACONNEXT are completed by the middle of this new decade," he said, "Anaheim will have one of the most modern, most efficient, and most integrated transportation systems in any city in the nation." NEXT PAGE >> Related headlines Anaheim officials set to make next move on ARTIC Partnership makes OC Motorsports shop for all things Jeep UCI's Policano: Make Detroit our new China O.C. apartment rent rates drop 6.7 percent O.C.'s median home price jumps 9.6 percent |
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