The official appointment of Lisa Kim as the new city manager for Garden Grove tops the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the city council. Kim, currently assistant city manager and community and […]
City mgr. contract to council
Saying goodbye to Scott Stiles
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune In front of a roomful of colleagues and admirers, outgoing Garden Grove City Manager Scott Stiles bid goodbye Thursday night at the Great Wolf Lodge to the […]
Lisa Kim chosen new city mgr.
The Garden Grove City Council has chosen Assistant City Manager and Community and Economic Development Director Lisa L. Kim as Garden Grove’s next city manager, replacing Scott Stiles, who leaves to become […]
Boom building times are here
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune From Valley View Street on the west to Harbor Boulevard on the east, development in Garden Grove is now roaring back out of the shadow cast by […]
The shape of things to come
Last month The Tribune did an interview with Lisa Kim, Garden Grove’s director of community and economic development (and assistant city manager) for our semi-annual update on new businesses planned (or under […]
Woodbury Park’s future mulled
A community meeting to discuss possible future renovations the Woodbury Park in Garden Grove is set for Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. The event will be held at the park, located […]
Sprouts grocery is on the way
The long wait on the fate of the old Vons Pavilion building on Chapman Avenue just west of Brookhurst Street may soon be over. According to Lisa Kim, Garden Grove assistant city […]
Coronavirus means big financial drain
By Jim Tortolano The coronavirus pandemic may not last more than a few more months but the economic impact could go on for years. That was a large part of the presentation […]
“Rusty skeleton” construction underway
If the steel-framed project begun in 2004 on Garden Grove Boulevard was a teenage kid, it would almost be ready to get its drivers’ license. But the Galleria, as the development was […]
Good news on “rusty skeleton,” Pavilion
By Jim Tortolano If the words “rusty skeleton” and “Pavilions” raise your blood pressure because of the long delays in moving either of those projects from eyesore to attraction, there’s good news […]
