Trilussa opening April 11
You heard it here first – Trilussa Ristorante opens in the Pickfair
Promenade (the new retail area) Tuesday, April 11. They’ll be open for
dinner that night and thereafter serve lunch and dinner seven days a week.
The new restaurant can accommodate about 85 patrons in the elegant main
dining room, bar, private party room and on the outdoor patio with an
expansive view of the Fountain of Life and the snow-capped peaks of Mt. San
Jacinto. The restaurant will cater to local residents, with visitors as a
secondary market.
Owner Sam Pace is already starting with the Luck of the Irish. After
months of searching for a liquor license he could buy, he was notified just
three days ago that he won one of the lottery spots awarded for a very
limited number of licenses throughout the state.
Officials converge on Cathedral City
Rosario Marin, secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency, will
be one of the speakers at the California Association of Public Information
Officials (CAPIO) Conference at the Doral Desert Princess April 18-21.
Conference Chair Lynn Mallotto is making sure the 200 delegates enjoy what
our city has to offer visitors -- restaurants and shops downtown and
throughout the city, as well as our attractions.
Deanna Pressgrove, environmental conservation manager, is a finalist in
the CAPIO 2006 Excellence in Communications Awards competition for her
submission of the document shredding event program.
Pickford: You’re surrounded
Just as CK Construction finishes construction on the 61-unit apartment
building east of the Mary Pickford Theatre, the developer has submitted
plans for a 23,000 sq. ft. retail, office, restaurant building west of the
Pickford. The application for the proposed new two-story structure goes to
the Planning Commission April 19.
Campanile boosts March construction valuation
The Campanile residential project being built by John Wessman and Mario
Gonzalez off Ramon Road accounted for the lion’s share of construction
during the month of March. Total valuation reached the $16.5 million mark, a
large increase over the monthly totals for the past year. The main
commercial project was storage units on Date Palm Drive.
Two-day detour
McCallum Way will be closed from Walden Way to Azur Drive from 7 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 10 and 11 (and possibly Wednesday), while
Jones Bros. installs a CVWD sewer line. Detour will be Willow
See flashing red no more
The new traffic signal controller at Ramon Road and Outdoor Resorts has
been installed and the signal is back in normal operation. It was on
flashing red for about three weeks while a lane in each direction was added,
left-turn pockets were built and a median island was constructed. All
equipment and construction were paid for by the Campanile development.
April in … where else?
Robert Rodriguez in Planning and his 13-year-old son are off to Paris for
a week. They will enjoy the sights (but sadly not the food) as part of a
tour arranged by teachers at Indio Middle School. Since it took Rodriguez 10
years to try orange chicken at Panda Express, he may not be gobbling up the
pate de fois gras by the end of the trip.
More opportunity for home ownership
The First Time Home Buyer assistance program has been updated to meet the
changing housing market and needs of potential applicants. The maximum home
price has been increased to $344,650 and the maximum income a family can
earn has also been raised. For example, a family of four can earn up to
$46,000 and a family of seven can earn up to $57.050. Buyers who qualify for
the First Time Home Buyers program and the American Dream Downpayment
Initiative program could receive up to $50,000 in assistance through a
silent second mortgage. Another program can provide assistance with closing
costs, if needed. Assisted homebuyers must attend an eight-hour
homeownership education course. .
Complete informational packets on the various programs to help low-income
persons become home buyers for the first time are available in Spanish and
English at the city’s Housing Office.
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