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Santa Clarita: Voice Your Laemmle Support at the City Council Vote on 2/9/16 at 6PM

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As our loyal Santa Clarita Valley fans know, we’re in negotiations with the City of Santa Clarita to bring a Laemmle Theatre to Old Town Newhall at the empty city-owned block at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Lyons Avenue.

On Tuesday February 9th, 2016, at 6 PM in the Santa Clarita City Hall there will be an important City Council vote on our project and we hope you’ll attend. Skip to meeting details.

Our proposed project will include a two-story, 7-screen theatre, ground floor retail space, and an outdoor space on the second level. It’s estimated to draw between 150,000 to 200,000 people per year to the Old Town Newhall district.

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The City Council will vote on the terms of the public-private partnership between the city and Laemmle Theatres. Similar partnerships in Pasadena, North Hollywood, and Claremont have already proven successful. We encourage everyone to visit one of these venues to experience firsthand the vibrant neighborhood feel projects like ours help shape.

Public support and outreach for the project and at the meeting is critical. You can help by attending. Supporters wishing to speak should fill out speaking cards. Alternativley, you can submit written comment cards before the meeting starts.

The Santa Clarita City Council meeting is scheduled for 6pm on Tuesday, February 9th:

Santa Clarita City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355 (map)

You can also email your local Councilmembers in advance so they have written evidence that the community supports our project. Here are their email addresses:

Please share this post with any other community members interested in voicing their opinion on this exciting project!

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For more on the project and the importance of community support, read the full statement from our partners at Serrano Development Group.

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Louise Castaldo
Louise Castaldo
9 years ago

As a business owner in downtown Newhall, I want to express my support for the Laemmle theatre project !! I believe it will make a huge difference and help out everybody struggling right now to get people to come and patronize our places of business. So PLEASE lets get some really cool things going on around this town!! This movie complex would be AMAZING !!!!!

Thank you for your time !

Louise Castaldo
Owner The Vu bar & lounge
818-802-6941
lcastaldo@socal.rr.com

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Debra "Debbie" DiPrimio
Debra "Debbie" DiPrimio
9 years ago

This is a wonderful opportunity for our Valley and for downtown Newhall. Support for the Arts and for this much needed addition to our Valley will pay for itself ten fold. As a longtime resident I am thrilled we have finally gotten our opportunity to make a difference!

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Tim Slominski
Tim Slominski
9 years ago

I wonder if Tim Ben will through a tantrum as he always does.

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Katherine Meyering
Katherine Meyering
9 years ago

I would love to have Laemmle Theater in Santa Clarita! I would be a frequent guest there.

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Sandi Cates
Sandi Cates
9 years ago

So delighted great movie theatre Laemmle is joining our Santa Clarita family – WELCOME!

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Maureen Lewis
Maureen Lewis
9 years ago

If you live in our valley, you will want to support this project. You can email our council members if you can’t make the meeting. Yay for a Laemmle center in Santa Clarita!

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Nancy Stern
Nancy Stern
9 years ago

Bad idea. I don’t believe it will bring anywhere close to those numbers. I also believe the counsel should be focusing on filling all the empty retail spaces that keep growing in the valley. I also have concerns that one of the counsel members will be profiting by this. Sounds a little too corrupt to me.

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Karin Marie Hudson
Karin Marie Hudson
Reply to  Nancy Stern
9 years ago

If you have concerns about a counsel member, profiting from the Laemmle theater project, that is a serious allegation, even if you only suspect. That is unfair to raise suspicions and imply corruption, when you aren’t prepared to elaborate. It is unfair to readers and the members of the counsel.

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