Absolutely terrible idea to put high density housing in-between a superfund cleanup site and a nature preserve, with the Seal Sanctuary along the oceanfront of this property. Carp residents want this land preserved as open Space for future generations to enjoy. There are other more suitable locations for this development, for example along Via Real west of Bailard Ave. The Surfliner Inn proposal near the train station is an example of appropriate development - it's downtown, adjacent to non-vehicle transportation, and walking distance to the beach and downtown shops.
IMHO I'd rather have service folks that work here, live here, feel they belong and grow civic pride. South of us the civil unrest of the have-nots living on the street is growing. What is the alternative, build a moat.
Seems strange a "downtown resident" wants to see more development.
Thank you for the link to the high tea article. It makes me cringe when local hotel and restaurants insist on using the phrase High Tea to describe their Afternoon Tea experience. I complain all the time but the looks I get, as if I am daft, are equally annoying. As an anglophile and someone who has lived and worked in England for many years, I do know the difference. Following a recent trip to England I posted the difference on my social media and was happy to read comments of thanks for the explanation from my followers. So, thanks Siteline.
As a resident of downtown Carpinteria, this is an excellent idea. We already have sufficient portions of the Carpinteria Bluffs preserved for future generations. What Carpinteria truly needs is more housing, and the addition of 200 new units will significantly help meet the 900 units required by the state of California. This need for housing will be further addressed when the Chevron oil and gas processing facilities are decommissioned, which will create even more space for new housing developments.
The live music at Wylde Works is often so terrible and the open mic nights even worse. I simply couldn't sit and enjoy a nice glass of mead when almost every time someone eventually would sit on the piano seat and hack their way though a song and usually not complete it, or worse, take the mic during open mic night and do the same with a guitar and horrendous vocals. It drove me away as a fairly regular customer.
‘Would you mind explaining why “ $17.975 million is sex on a stick’?
I did google the expression. Still doesn’t make any sense. Alice Erving and David Gebhard are rolling in their graves. Not sure if you even know who they are.
Maybe you should name your newsletter “SnarklineSB”?
100% agree....the days of Jim Armstrong are well over...no one has done the job as well since he left the building...!
Be careful what you wish for.....
Look them up
I'm a Carpinteria downtown resident, and I think this is excellent, We already have more than sufficient portions of the Carpinteria Bluffs preserved for future generations. What Carpinteria needs, and desperately, is more housing, and 200 new units will go a long ways towards meeting the 900 units required by California. It will be even better when the Chevron oil and gas processing facilities are decommissioned, which will open up even more space for housing.
That restaurant menu is mostly the worst. Hope they will now match the food with the view.
Current homeowners are strained by ‘unaffordable’ taxes, insurance, upkeep. We need an effective CITY MANAGER and with a focus on affordable policy to help residents keep what they have and a city budget that isn’t bleeding at every turn. The ‘affordable’ housing excuse to cram every open space with cheaply built ‘luxury’ has become outrageously foolish, unrealistic and tone deaf.
1000 State Street. Montecito Bank & Trust doorway
I love how passionate the fight has finally become in the bottom of the ninth inning.
I love Corazon Cocina Sur, so happy we have them now in Carpinteria. I just wished they would not have plastic forks and knives and plastic wine glasses! Tina's has real wine glasses, so this is where I am getting my wine in future...
Cannon Commercial ?
I dearly hope no one will be “updating” the tile in that fantastic bathroom in Plaza Rubio!
Christine is obviously not paying attention to what is happening except for what she is fed on Fox (notice I didn't say News). Like it or not the agricultural economy in America is dependent on hard working immigrants who do the work that haters like Christine aren't willing to do. In most cases these honest humans have been here for years looking for a better life for themselves and their children and busting their butts every day so Christine can eat healthy, cheap and plentiful produce. Let's see what she thinks when that is no longer available.
Let's not EdHat our Siteline people...
Dan Are you serious.? That comment is sounds very entitled.
I cringe every time I see a comment from Christine with an exclamation point (eye roll).
So it is beneath you to pick your own produce? Note to self- some real winners here
Hope they start by editing out nail biters who think telling others "you can't comment" is a good idea
What is the downside to cars back on State? There'd still plenty of room pedestrians, there'd still be bike lanes, les out of control e-bikes, all while bringing back people who still rely heavily on cars (the elderly, the disable, the lazy, and the tourists) as well as bringing back parades. All this talk recently of "activating" State Street while ignoring that the most active State Street has even been was during parades.
