:: R Street Corridor ::

Light Rail Station Improvements Open House On Monday, July 30th, Regional Transit (RT) and the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) will host a community open house to discuss the proposed improvements to the 13th and 16th Light Rail Stations. The meeting is a follow-up to the public workshop held in April when participants were asked to prioritize improvements to the stations within a set construction budget. Based on the comments from the April workshop, the project staff has developed a list of proposed improvements and preliminary designs. The meeting will begin at 5:30 PM and be held at the Regional Transit Administrative Office at the Corner of 29th and O Streets. The meeting will be the public’s chance to comment on the proposed list of improvements and the design before the project moves to the final design phase. The project consultant, Callander Associates, will present the improvements during a presentation beginning at 6:00 PM followed by a question and answer session. Hope to see you there! New Restaurants Open in R Street Corridor Earlier this summer Fin’s Market & Grill and Daphne’s Greek Café’ opened their doors as the newest additions to the R Street Corridor. Fin’s, located at the corner of 19th and S, is a restaurant and fish market that boasts one the regions best and largest assortments of fish. The fish is flown in daily to ensure the freshest selection as possible. The R Street location is the chain’s fourth restaurant with three other locations in Fair Oaks and Roseville. If fish isn’t your thing, then try some Greek cuisine across 19th Street at Daphne’s Greek Café. Located at the northwest corner of 19th and S Streets in the R Street Market, Daphne’s offers casual and simple Greek dishes at reasonable prices. Founded in 1991 and Daphne’s currently has over 70 restaurants throughout Arizona, California, and Colorado. Both eateries add to the growing variety of restaurants located in and around the R Street Corridor. Additional retail will be coming to each of the buildings that Fin’s and Daphne’s occupy. We will keep you updated on any new neighbors. Project Updates 18th and S Street Condominium Project - Have you been near the corner of 17th and S Street lately? Take a look and notice the change taking place. Four buildings previously on the corner were demolished earlier this month to make way for a future condominium project. Eventually the entire half block on the north side of S Street between 17th and 18th will be torn down to make way for a seven to eight story mixed use residential building. Even though plans for the project have not been completed, demolition at this time was necessary to help remove toxics from the site. The developer for the proposed project plans to submit an application to the City sometime within the next year. Stay tuned. The CADA R Street Project Area is generally 9th to 19th Streets and Q to S Streets. If you wish to receive this bimonthly newsletter electronically, please contact CADA at www.cadanet.org to request your name be placed on the newsletter mailing list. For further information contact Todd Leon, CADA’s R Street Development Manager, at (916) 323-1272.