Chance of a lifetime. That’s what the Willowick Golf Course is presenting to residents of Garden Grove and Santa Ana. As you may well have read here or elsewhere, the lease on […]
Dreaming of lakes, trolleys and the future
The envisioning of Willowick begins
By Jim Tortolano When Walt Disney looked at a big orange orchard in Anaheim, he saw the Happiest Place on Earth. When the cities and residents of Garden Grove and Santa Ana […]
Rent control and who controls Willowick?
It’s not that Paul Manafort and climate change and illegal immigration aren’t important, but there are other issues of more immediate concern to a lot of people. Case in point: Wednesday’s meeting […]
Blue benches, Willowick study OK’d
By Jim Tortolano Bus benches in Garden Grove will be turning blue and land owned by Garden Grove but located in Santa Ana could be turning into gold. At Tuesday night’s meeting […]
Two councils met on future of Willowick
By Jim Tortolano What to do with 101.5-acres of mostly open land in the middle of central Orange County? The Garden Grove and Santa Ana city councils held an historic joint meeting […]
Council meets on hotel project, Willowick
Two special meetings of the Garden Grove City Council will be held next week, centering on a three-hotel development on Harbor Boulevard, and the fate of the Willowick Golf Course. The latter […]
Retorts: Abe Lincoln and Amazon’s HQ2
I am a great believer in failure. Oh, yes, winning gets all the good press, but I’d wager to say that, over time, losing benefits you more than winning. Stay with me […]
GG, Santa Ana in hunt for Amazon HQ2
By Jim Tortolano Garden Grove – in conjunction with Santa Ana – is throwing its hat into the ring in the competition to provide a location for Amazon’s proposed $5 billion “second […]
Retorts: Tragedy and an opportunity
You hear a lot these days about mixed-use projects. Well, this week’s Retorts is a mixed-use column about two items of interest to our communities and, well, our columnist. Police shootings not […]
Fore! Here comes new use for Willowick
By Jim Tortolano A first step toward what could be “the biggest project ever done” by the City of Garden Grove was taken Tuesday night by the city council. On a 7-0 […]
