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Indio Post
INDIO HITS PAUSE
Coachella valley residents gather to voice opposition to data centers. (File photo)
The Indio City Council voted Wednesday to impose an emergency 45-day moratorium on data centers, joining a regional debate over large-scale computing facilities that has drawn hundreds of protesters to a neighboring city’s council chambers.
Palm Desert Post
PARK PRICE SOARS
An early conceptual image of a portion of the planned Dave Erwin Park in the city’s Northern Sphere.
The cost of building the planned 27-acre Dave Erwin Park has climbed to between $31 million and $35 million — roughly double early estimates of $15 million to $19 million — as the Palm Desert Parks and Recreation Committee heard Tuesday that the City Council has directed staff to proceed with a single-phase buildout.
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Palm Springs Post
ROAD DIET AHEAD
The Palm Springs City Council voted recently to approve construction documents and authorize staff to solicit bids for a reconfiguration of Racquet Club Road that would reduce the corridor from four travel lanes to two, adding a center turn lane and buffered bike lanes.
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Indio Post
COMMUNITY HEALTH BOOST
Martha’s Village & Kitchen and the Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Foundation were two of the five valley nonprofits awarded grants.
Two Indio-based nonprofits are among five Coachella Valley organizations that will share nearly $677,000 in grant funding approved last week by the Desert Healthcare District & Foundation.
Palm Springs Post
TOWN & COUNTRY DEAL
Portions of the Town & Country Center in Downtown Palm Springs have been vacant and deteriorating for years. (File photo)
The Palm Springs City Council next week will consider approving a $4 million agreement to acquire a portion of the historic Town & Country Center for construction of a new Fire Station No. 1, advancing negotiations first disclosed in April.
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🏗️ They wanted a grocery store. They got a 350-acre data center instead. [The Brockovich Report]
🎨 A lot of arts: The first XOXO Palm Springs festival is designed to show off the city’s rich cultural offerings [Coachella Valley Independent]
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