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2005 » Issue June 15 » Mountain View On the Move - 2005

Progress made on construction of medical facility at Emporium site

Image from article Progress made on construction of<br />
medical facility at Emporium site

Now that the old Emporium department store at El Camino near Highway 85 has been demolished and ground has been broken, the construction crew at the future site of Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s main campus is preparing to pour the foundation.

The medical foundation launched construction of the 250,000-square-foot, three-story facility March 29 with a formal groundbreaking ceremony on the 9.66-acre property vacant for approximately nine years. The $153 million project’s expected completion date is spring 2007.

Mtn. View councilman speaks out on VTA, council ticket perk, housing problems

Former software engineer turned councilman, Greg Perry is known for refusing to be silenced when it comes to speaking out against political practices that he views as dishonest.

Since his election in 2002, Perry has gained the reputation of council watchdog through his refusal to stand down on high-profile issues such as the council’s Shoreline ticket perk and the Valley Transportation Authority’s plans to bring BART to San Jose.

Replica ‘pumps up’ Rengstorff House

One of the last architectural relics of Santa Clara Valley’s agricultural past has been added to the property occupied by Rengstorff House at Shoreline Park.

A water tower has been erected on the property as part of the restoration of the historic house that Mountain View volunteers rescued from ruin and turned into a museum.

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THEATER

In Our Opinion

Editorial

We’ve recently covered the passing of two of this community’s most involved and committed volunteers, Lee Lynch and Billy Russell. They represented an era when people helped out, not so they could get their name on a building, but because it was simply the right thing to do.

There’s a new generation of volunteers hard at work right now in this community who are carrying on their legacy. The level of involvement in the recent Los Altos Relay For Life event bears this out.

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