Santa Clarita Valley Real Estate

The City of Santa Clarita will begin the first of 12 large concrete pours for the Golden Valley Road Bridge, the final link in the Cross Valley Connector, this Friday, August 9. The pour will begin at 4 a.m. and is expected to last until 2 p.m. The Golden Valley Road Bridge is scheduled for completion in March 2010. The 8 ½ mile Cross Valley Connector is the City’s major road project to ease traffic valley-wide through the seamless connection of Newhall Ranch Road and Golden Valley Road. The Connector will also provide a direct connection between the I-5/SR-126 and the SR-14/Golden Valley Interchange. For more information on the Cross Valley Connector, contact the City’s Public Works Department, at (661) 255-4953 or visit http://www.santa-clarita.com/connector . Residents can also sign up for the Cross Valley Connector (CVC) RSS Feed, available at the above provided web address, for up-to-the-minute news on the project.

OLD TOWN NEWHALL FARMERS’ MARKET DON'T MISS THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET Old Town Newhall is open and with it brings the Old Town Newhall Farmers’ Market! The market is open every Thursday from 3pm to 7pm. Don't miss this opportunity to spend your Thursday evenings strolling through this colorful, European-style, open air market. Join family and friends for live entertainment, share a quick meal and shop for healthy, wholesome produce and flowers grown in local fields from Oxnard to Temecula. * This California Certified Farmers’ Market is every Thursday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. * The Old Town Newhall Farmers’ Market is located on Market Street west west of Main Street. Ample parking is available. For more information please call 661-255-4318 or click here .

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TRANSIT We would like to hear from you! The City of Santa Clarita has hired Walker Parking Consultants to study commuter parking in the City of Santa Clarita. The goal of the study is to help the City manage the parking for maximum efficiency and customer service, and also to determine how much parking might be needed in the future. We are interested to hear your thoughts on what works well, what doesn’t work well, and what people’s parking habits are. Please visit their website at www.santaclaritatransit.com to participate in an online survey regarding parking in the City of Santa Clarita. A direct link to the survey is provided on our homepage. For more information contact City of Santa Clarita Transit at (661) 294-1BUS (1287).

The City’s Planning Commission will hear a presentation from City planners and the project consultant regarding the draft Housing Element of the new General Plan on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 5 p.m. in City’s Century room located on the first floor of City Hall at 23920 Valencia Boulevard. The draft Housing Element is one of seven elements of the joint City/County General Plan, One Valley One Vision. As a required element of the General Plan, the Housing Element is part of the comprehensive planning document that provides a framework to guide new development in the City. The Housing Element contains information about the number and type of homes that must be built in order to ensure that all residents in the City will have a safe and healthy home in the future. The Element is being prepared to help Santa Clarita meet local and regional housing goals and to comply with State General Plan requirements. The public is invited to attend the study session which will be held before the Pla