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Palo Alto Medical Foundation is close to clearing a major hurdle in its effort to persuade San Carlos to allow construction of a new hospital near Highway 101. The foundation on Monday will present the City Council a list of proposed terms should it win approval to build the proposed 478,500-square-foot medical center on an 18.1-acre plot of land. Officials have raised concerns about a potential loss of city revenue if the medical foundation, a nonprofit corporation that wouldn't be required to pay property or sales tax to the city, were to build on the land rather than a for-profit company, like a big-box retail store. In response, the medical foundation has drawn up a list of financial incentives to convince to persuade the city to pick its project over one that would pay more taxes. The foundation says it would generate more than $25 million for the city over 30 years. Among the terms are: Foundations are laid for bid tussle over Wilson Bowden Historic Columbia is embarking on an estimated 10-year, multimillion-dollar effort to turn the area bounded by Calhoun, Taylor, Marion and Barnwell streets into a destination garden district. Under the plan, the 18 blocks that encompass downtown's five historic homes would feature landscapes spanning 100 years of gardening, from 1820 to 1920. The project would include interpretive signs, streetscaping and pedestrian walks intended to attract tourists and locals alike. Also, the new district would be a walkable link between adjacent but disparate neighborhoods: Main Street to the west, Bull Street to the north, USC to the south and Allen and Benedict colleges to the east. "What we want to do is create a destination area where people can move comfortably from site to site and from neighborhood to neighborhood," said Robin Waites, executive director of Historic Columbia, which manages the homes.
Navajo foundation to promote health, violence prevention, economic strength WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- The Office of the First Lady of the Navajo Nation has announced the creation of a foundation to promote good health, domestic violence prevention and economic capacity-building for women. The Navajo Nation First Lady's Foundation Inc. hopes to raise funds to help empower Navajos to solve their social, economic and environmental problems through community-directed projects that build local capacity. "Since I re-established the Office of the First Lady in 2003, I've wanted to find a way to help fund empowerment projects for Dine'," said Navajo Nation first lady Vikki Shirley. "The new foundation will provide us with a way to bring money from the private sector into the Navajo Nation so that we can fund worthwhile projects that empower Dine' families." The foundation plans to work with existing social service agencies and Navajo chapters to identify women who are victims of domestic violence, teenage or single mothers or other women who are seeking to build their work force skills.
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