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LOS ANGELES TIMES MONDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1998 A11 BEYOND 2000: HUBS HUBS: New 'Downtowns' Shape O.C.'s Future 'uneunm' SQ.FT. INSTALLED -IP FREE SANDBLASTING More Information on today's topic can be found on several Web sites: 111 01 City of Anaheim Official Web Site: Get a peek at Orange County's future through this site that posts important Anaheim news and developments as well as community resources. http:www.anahelm.net Cities Government-Orange County InfoPages: Explore county communities through this handy guide that includes city government information and current demographics. http:www.ocsearch.comcltlesoccltles.htm I pr The city of Santa Ana: Get acquainted with this city, named the seat of county government in 1889 and which continues to play a central role in Orange County's government and finance.

http:www.cl.santaana.ca.us THE OUirAi OF OBMKX COUNTY Los Angeles Times man uarYUH iimiua iur About the Series Continued from Al a traditional, ethnically diverse city. Instead of reflecting only commercial prowess, it reveals a county's soul. "We wanted to preserve the historical heart, but at the same time allow lor new development," said David N. Ream, Santa Ana's city manager, who hopes several new projects will raise the city's image. "Although people will still shop in suburban shopping malls, they are interested in a different experience, by walking around an older place, with open air and more ethnic restaurants and food.

There's a little rebellion against the sterile environments found in the suburbs." These urban centers that combine office buildings, retailers, entertainment or cultural attractions into self-contained destinations are more plentiful in Southern California than anywhere else. They have become the template for development throughout the country. "The future came to Orange County first," said author Joel Garreau, who coined the term "edge cities" for regions like Orange County that grew outside traditional cities. "Every urban area worldwide that is growing is growing like Orange County." San Jose and surrounding counties, once dependent on San Francisco, have blossomed into the Silicon Valley. Northern Virginia, once sustained by Washington, D.C., has been altered by numerous high-tech firms opening there.

And Schaumburg, once hinged on Chicago, has turned the area west of O'Hare International Airport has been changed into an economic driver. Like Orange County, these places largely grew up over the past 30 years and were designed around the automobile. As freeway expansion extended the distance from businesses to traditional downtown cores, making commutes from once-distant places possible, people were lured in droves to newer, cheaper homes in pristine suburbs. Orange County's multiple "downtowns" have been translated into results few would have dreamed possible only decades ago. Consider that the South Coast Plaza-John Wayne Airport area provides nearly as many jobs and as much commercial space as downtown Seattle.

Or, that Fash- theme parks, zoned for up to 16,000 new hotel rooms, is being redeveloped into a resort-like destination. Anaheim's convention center, across the street, is being expanded by 40. The Santa Ana Freeway and roads leading to the park also are being rebuilt. Next to Edison International Field, where the Angelsowned by Disney play, the city is developing Anaheim Sports-town, an entertainment area that could cost more than $100 million. "There's no question that billions of dollars of additional investments will be made as a result of Disney's expansion," said Anaheim Mayor Tom Daly, whose own city accounts for the bulk of the $4.5 billion in construction projects underway in the area.

The ripple effects will extend beyond Anaheim into surrounding cities, which hope to cash in on the changes. Last month in Orange, for instance, developers opened the Block, the largest entertainment venue ever created in the county. In Garden Grove, a major building boom has been launched, and the largest retail and entertainment project ever proposed there, River-walk, would cost at least $350 million. "The Anaheim-Orange-Garden Grove area is going to experience more change than any other place in Orange County," said Michael Meyer, who recently launched a real estate investment advisory firm in Newport Beach. Irvine Co.

Took Lead in Campus Hub Concept In 1960, the Irvine in south Orange County, was known mainly for cattle grazing and avocado trees. But as growth spread, there was enormous demand to pave over pastures with housing. Then, much of South County was owned as family ranches such as the Irvine which held roughly 20 of the county's land. It donated a vast tract for what became UCI. Instead of building traditional homes around the university such as those common in North County, it developed the ranch into the nation's largest planned community.

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"They've been, in essence, the heartbeat of Orange County's development." Walt Disney's Dream Proved a Catalyst In the mid-1950s, as a flood of families looked beyond Los Angeles for housing, Walt Disney cleared a swath of orange groves to build his family playground. Viewing Anaheim as the Southland's geographical middle, his visionary plan, costing $17 million and nearly bankrupting him, was an immediate success. After seven weeks, the park is said to have recorded its one millionth customer, putting Anaheim and Orange County on the map. Today, Disneyland still ranks among the most visited parks in North America, attracting nearly 14 million people a year, according to industry estimates. As a result, Disney's dream continues to be a catalyst in Orange County's tourism industry and in economic development plans.

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