By mvlife on January 22, 2010
The Mission Viejo Library has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the California State Library to initiate a Family Place Library Program, a statewide initiative for young children, families and caregivers. The LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) implementation grant was written by Senior Librarian Marie Navrotska-Poff and Library Assistant Mary Locke. The Family Place [...]
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By mvlife on October 29, 2009
More than 800 people passed through the doors within 30 minutes of Microsoft’s Thursday opening at The Shops at Mission Viejo. Mayor Frank Ury joined store manager Walter Zausch and Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner in a ribbon cutting marking Microsoft’s first retail store in California. Along with the new store comes 100 new [...]
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By mvlife on July 7, 2009
The Mission Viejo Library now offers adaptive equipment to help the visually impaired, thanks to $5,000 in funding from a California State Library grant. The federal Library Services and Technology Act grant funding was used to buy a computer workstation with a large-print keyboard, an oversize monitor, a ZoomText screen magnifier and special reader software. [...]
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By mvlife on May 4, 2009
The City of Mission Viejo will take the lead in proposing a new regional food waste diversion program, under a proposal the City Council approved on Monday. Under the plan, Mission Viejo – partnering with Laguna Beach, Irvine and waste hauler Waste Management – will seek $400,000 in grant funding from the County of Orange, [...]
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By mvlife on May 4, 2009
Mission Viejo is expected to receive more than $2 million in Prop 42 funding over the next two years for transportation projects. The City is expected to receive roughly $932,000 in 2009 and about $1 million next year in Prop 42 funds directly from the state along with an additional $230,000 through the County of [...]
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By mvlife on April 30, 2009
The City of Mission Viejo will take the lead in proposing a new regional food waste diversion program, under a proposal the City Council will consider Monday. Under the plan, Mission Viejo – partnering with Laguna Beach, Irvine and waste hauler Waste Management – will seek $400,000 in grant funding from the County of Orange, [...]
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By mvlife on March 30, 2009
The City is expecting to receive nearly $489,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, as part of its annual CDBG allocation from HUD, and more than $132,000 in funds from the recent Economic Stimulus Bill. CDBG, one of the longest-running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development [...]
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By mvlife on October 13, 2008
The City of Mission Viejo will receive $492,000 in grant funding to launch a program that will promote walking, bicycling and help keep kids safe when traveling to and from school. The City applied for federal “Safe Routes to School” funding as part of an ongoing effort to ensure that students heading to and from [...]
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