Litchfield Park unveils city center design
Litchfield Park City Hall, 214 W. Wigwam Blvd. / Photo Jacob Stanek / Independent Newsmedia By Bree Florence | West Valley View At Saturday’s “State of the City” meeting, the city of Litchfield Park focused on new developments, including a new downtown city center and museum. A design for the city center was unveiled at […]
Read More →Litchfield Park City Center will start to take shape in 2020
This vacant land, left, between The Church at Litchfield Park, right, and the existing restaurants and stores at the southeast corner of Old Litchfield Road and Wigwam Boulevard, in the background, could be the first portion of City Center to develop. Mayor Tom Schoaf said a two-acre parcel on the City Center’s eastern edge could […]
Read More →Longtime Litchfield Park councilman resigns, council seat open
Peter Mahoney By Tom Scanlon | West Valley View Sometimes, business and politics don’t mix. Peter Mahoney, a Litchfield Park councilman for nearly two decades, abruptly resigned on Oct. 4. Mahoney is the owner of three downtown Litchfield Park restaurants: Park Cafe, Old Pueblo Cafe and Papa Paul’s Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta. He said […]
Read More →Litchfield Park considers what business types to allow in proposed City Center
This artist’s rendering shows an aerial view of the planned City Center development. The site is framed by Litchfield Road, bottom, and Wigwam Boulevard, right. / Submitted photo / YourValley.net By Mark Carlisle | YourValley.net Litchfield Park’s Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council are considering what types of businesses and other land uses to […]
Read More →New Litchfield Park Planning Commission members added
By Mark Carlisle | YourValley.net Vickilyn Alvey and Debra Lawrence were welcomed as new members to the Planning and Zoning Commission last month. Vice chair Frank Ross will serve as the commission’s new chairman, succeeding David Ledyard. Commissioner Michael Faith will serve as vice chair. Commissioner Brian O’Connor was elected as the commission’s representative to […]
Read More →Construction projects begin for Litchfield Park’s City Center
This artist’s rendering shows shoppers walking around City Center, the planned mixed-use project that would overhaul Litchfield Park’s downtown into a commercial destination. / YourValley.net By Mark Carlisle | YourValley.net Litchfield Park is taking the first steps to create its City Center mixed-use project that would overhaul downtown into a commercial destination. “The city does not […]
Read More →Litchfield Park eyes $9.9M on capital projects over 5 years
Litchfield Park City Hall, 214 W. Wigwam Blvd. / Photo Jacob Stanek / Independent Newsmedia By Mark Carlisle | YourValley.net Litchfield Park plans to spend nearly $10 million on capital projects in the next five years and will spend $4.1 million in the next year, according to preliminary budget reports. Twenty-nine tabbed capital projects would […]
Read More →Get to know the new Litchfield Park council members
YourValley.net By Philip Haldiman | YourValley.net In January, President and CEO of Stotz Equipment Tom Rosztoczy and retired school teacher Lisa Brainard-Watson were sworn in as new members of the Litchfield Park City Council. They will serve 4-year terms. Over the coming years they will make decisions on land use cases, including the request by […]
Read More →Litchfield Park mayor gives state of city
By Philip Haldiman | YourValley.net Mayor Thomas Schoaf gave his Litchfield Park state of the city address, Jan. 19, with nods to the past year and a look forward to 2019. He covered a wide range of topics from the election of new council members to the donation of the Jackie Robinson Field by the […]
Read More →High profile JDM project in Litchfield Park meets opposition
By Philip Haldiman | YourValley.net A high profile mixed-use project at the northwest corner of Litchfield Road and Wigwam Boulevard is working its way through the city’s planning process, but has drawn push-back from some residents over a proposed increase in multi-family residential, which would significantly reduce commercial potential. The 15-acre property is designated […]
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