Gateway Plan News Today

The final reviews of both documents – the general plan will shape city zoning policy until 2040 and the Gateway Area Plan aims to rezone the 138-acre Creamery District to facilitate denser housing construction – are expected in the coming months and finish by March. Unsurprisingly, discussions on the general plan – which will become the city’s guiding document for development and local land uses – have been dense, informationally voluminous and occasionally combative.    

Editor: Hear ye, hear ye! If you haven't heard yet, the city of Arcata is making major changes in the proposed 2045 General Plan to...

Editor: Arcata residents, please make your voices heard! I have been talking with people for almost two years now about the Gateway Plan and the...

Editors: The interim working version of the draft Gateway Area Plan has been presented to the Arcata City Council. The planning commission and city committees...

Editor: Arcata's Gateway Plan seeks to provide dense in-town housing to make for a walkable, vibrant community. It promises affordable housing for people of all...

Editor: Arcata needs to get its priorities straight (Mailbox, April 13). There seems to be a trend infiltrating this small community where, despite a proud...

Editor: Lack of transparency in government was last week's NCJ cover article, with examples from all over the United States ("The Foilies," March 23). But...

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli responded to Gov. Kathy Hochul's $227 billion budget plan last week, approving of increased reserves but warning against other spending and debt issues with the proposal.

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