Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez tried her best to stop the PBID (a property tax in Downtown Santa Ana that is used largely to promote bars and restaurants and to maintain and secure the area) at Monday night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, but she could not muster any support from her colleagues.
Instead, [...]
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PBID to be reconsidered by the Santa Ana City Council in May
Posted by Admin on November 11th, 2011
Tonight’s Santa Ana Saturday Art Walk event schedule
Posted by Admin on October 1st, 2011
[ October 1, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Join us every First Saturday of the Month for the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & East End (3rd & Spurgeon)
There is always something new to see !
Downtown Inc. encourages artists of all medias to participate in this event.
For more information or [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bars, Entertainment, music, Restaurants, Santa Ana 
Tags: 2011, art walk, Downtown Inc., october, Santa Ana 
No Comments »Vicky Baxter to speak at the Com Link meeting on Thursday, 9/22
Posted by Admin on September 20th, 2011
[ September 22, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Com Link’s next General Meeting is set for Thursday, September 22. Here is their Agenda:
Connecting to a Vibrant Downtown Santa Ana!
Speaker: Vicky Baxter, Executive Director of Downtown Inc.
*Location hosted by Yost Theater
6:30 -7:00 Socialize & Network with other involved Santa Ana residents
7:00 Spotlight: City of Santa Ana Independence Day Celebration - Accomplishments and Resident Committee Recognition
7:15 Committee updates
7:30 Speaker [...]
Carlos Bustamante anti-tax crusader???
Posted by Admin on September 20th, 2011
Twin devils of deception
Embattled Ward 3 City Councilman Carlos Bustamante likes to portray himself as an anti-tax crusading small government Republican, but is he?
At last evenings Santa Ana City Council meeting Bustamante, who is currently on paid leave from his county job due to sex allegations, played to the crowd of “Usual Suspects” and anti-Chivas [...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Santa Ana PBID
Posted by Admin on September 10th, 2011
Have you been wondering what all the fuss is about the Santa Ana PBID? Well, wonder no more. I got a hold of all the city documents related to the PBID, and you can view them by clicking here. This link will take you to a Google Documents folder with numerous documents related to the [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Santa Ana Tags: archer altstaetter, assessment, Claudia Alvarez, dave ream, Downtown Inc., PBID, Santa Ana, vicky baxter 60 Comments »The Santa Ana City Council will host a PBID Public Hearing on 8/24
Posted by Admin on August 23rd, 2011
[ August 23, 2011; 10:00 pm; ]
The Santa Ana City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 5 pm. The biggest item on the agenda is a public hearing regarding the controversial Downtown Santa Ana PBID – an annual assessment that has succeeded in cleaning up and marketing Downtown Santa Ana.
I have no idea how the Santa [...]
Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Entertainment, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Santa Ana Tags: city council, Claudia Alvarez, Downtown Inc., PBID, Santa Ana 9 Comments »Downtown Inc.’s first Summer Concert brought a crowd to Santa Ana’s East End
Posted by Admin on July 23rd, 2011
Downtown Inc’s Summer Concert Series launched on Friday, July 22, from 5 pm to 9 pm, at the plaza located at French and Fourth Streets, in Downtown Santa Ana’s East End. The event drew a diverse crowd and featured beer and wine sales as well as snacks and offerings from local vendors.
Admission was free and [...]
July’s Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk set for tonight
Posted by Admin on July 2nd, 2011
[ July 2, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
The next Downtown Santa Ana First Saturdays Art Walk will be held on July 2nd, from 6 – 10 PM.
Enjoy four blocks of new and established galleries, studios, and artists lofts.
VISUAL ARTS / MUSIC / DANCE / THEATRE / DINING
Santora Building of the Arts
Grand Central Art Center
OCCCA ( Orange County Center for Contemporary Art )
Empire Building
Blue [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bars, Entertainment, music, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: american barbershop, art walk, complete shag print collection, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Downtown Inc., hand pulled, itz happening, john gilhooley photographic exibition 2011, memphis at the santora, open mic night, proof, pudding, Santa Ana No Comments »Downtown Santa Ana Summer Concert Series intro mixer
Posted by Admin on June 22nd, 2011
[ June 23, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
For Immediate Release:
Summer Concert Series Introduction Mixer
June 23, 2011 6:30pm-8:00pm
The Copper Door
225 ½ N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Downtown Inc. is having a mixer and reception to introduce Santa Ana’s first Summer Concert Series. Downtown Santa Ana merchants, Summer Concert Series musicians and potential sponsors will mix and mingle while “The Budrows”, local indie-rock band, entertain. Summer [...]
Buy Chivas vs. Galaxy tickets for $8 this week at the Fiesta Marketplace
Posted by Admin on May 18th, 2011
The Chivas will be at the Santa Ana Fiesta Marketplace Promenade from 4-7 pm all week selling “two for $8 tickets” for this Saturday’s “SuperClasico” Chivas vs. Galaxy game at the Home Depot Center. This is a $40 value!
Or buy one adult ticket for $8 and get two kids’ tickets for free! This is an [...]
Posted in Latinos, Santa Ana, sports Tags: chivas usa, Downtown Inc., downtown santa ana, fiesta marketplace, home depot center, la galaxy, los angeles, superclasico No Comments »Free course on how to grow your business, for Santa Ana business owners
Posted by Admin on March 10th, 2011
[ March 17, 2011; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
The City of Santa Ana is offering a FREE course, by Mi Empresa Exitosa, in Spanish, on “How to grow a successful business,” in Spanish, for Santa Ana business owners. There are only 20 scholarships left for this course, which is worth over twelve hundred dollars.
The course starts on March 17, from 5:30 to 9 [...]
Posted in Business, Education, Entertainment, Latino Leaders, Latinos, Santa Ana Tags: Camara de Empresarios Latinoamericanos, city of santa ana, Downtown Inc., Hispanic Business Consultants, la opinion, Mi Empresa Exitosa, recovery.org, Small Business Financial Development Corp. of Orange County, todo synergy, workforce investment board No Comments »First O.C. Fashion Week coming to downtown Santa Ana on May 18-22
Posted by Admin on March 3rd, 2011
[ May 18, 2011 to May 22, 2011. ]
Downtown, Inc. is proud to support the OC Fashion Association in hosting the First OC FASHION WEEK, May 18-22, 2011!
Unlike most FASHION WEEKs events, where only industry professionals are invited, OC FASHION WEEK will celebrate its OC fashion talent with the general public, students, fashion industry members and media in a series of events spanning [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Santa Ana, Women Tags: Downtown Inc., oc fashion association, oc fashion week, Santa Ana No Comments »Downtown, Inc. to hold a town hall meeting at the Artists Village on Jan. 6
Posted by Admin on January 4th, 2011
[ January 6, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
There has been a lot of dissent in the Santa Ana Artists Village of late, which has been fanned by the local media. The good news is that the folks who run Downtown, Inc., the non-profit that operates the Santa Ana PBID are holding a town hall meeting this week, on January 6, at 6:30 [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Entertainment, Santa Ana, Taxes Tags: artists village, assessment, avasa, Downtown Inc., mike harrah, original mike's, PBID, Santa Ana, santora, valet parking, vicky baxter 7 Comments »Downtown businesses need to support the Station District
Posted by Admin on December 22nd, 2010
The problems that are being incurred by the downtown businesses can’t be blamed on Downtown Inc., the restaurant association, Mike Harrah or the PBID. The problems they are incurring are being caused by a lack of consumers shopping in their businesses.
All aboard the Santa Ana Lunch Express Trolley!
Posted by Admin on December 22nd, 2010
[ December 23, 2010; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. December 24, 2010; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
Free rides are being offered on the Lunch Express Trolley Bus in Santa Ana on Thursdays and Fridays from 11:00am to 2:00pm, with trolleys running every twenty minutes. The Trolley Bus will be available this week on December 23-34, 2010.
Hop on the free Trolley and head to Downtown for an express lunch! That’s right, [...]
