🍊 Sunday Gazette: July 6, 2025
Membership campaign continues, remembering Riverside’s air race history, Airport Café owner honored, plus this weekend’s creative prompt.
The Cheech's financial performance, new solar greenhouses for the Northside, and a new local landmark are all under consideration.
City Council will meet in closed and open sessions Tuesday, April 25. Here are highlights from the agenda:
Council will receive an update on the financial performance of The Cheech from its opening on June 18, 2022. The City receives a portion of each paid guest’s entrance cost, known as a “facility maintenance fee”:
The Cheech beat its first six-month attendance projections of 50,000 guests by nearly 80%. Through the end of January 2023, The Cheech welcomed 88,786 guests, 61,085 of which were paid, which generated $151,599 in facility fees to the City.
City staff is currently preparing for an economic impact study on the entire city from the first-year performance of The Cheech.
Council will consider a lease agreement which, if approved, would ready the construction of solar greenhouses at the Northside Agriculture Innovation Center, formerly known as the Northside Heritage Meadows project, for “research, climate-resilient agriculture workforce development, and incubation of ag-tech startups.”
The “Walter Verly House” at 6268 Palm Avenue will be considered for a Historic Designation as a City Landmark designation on the recommendation of the Cultural Heritage Board.
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