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In 1995, the Taylor Estate sold the building to Accents Craft. Until 1999, the building was used as a social hall, featuring events geared for the youth of Clearwater. In 1999, the Clearwater City Commission attempted to purchase the theater but this effort failed. Accents Craft owner Larry Joe Cotton sold the building to Socrates Charos. [11]
During Aungst’s tenure from 1999–2005, economic development in the city totaled $750 million. [4] The 1960s-era drawbridge that connected the city’s mainland and beach communities needed to be replaced while Aungst was mayor. [5] [6] As mayor, Aungst built support for replacing the old Clearwater Memorial Causeway bridge with a new, fixed ...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. in the civic center of Compton, California. It was built in 1978 by Gerald Gladstone. The architect of the civic center, Harold L. Williams, helped design it. [1] The sculpture is surrounded by the Compton Courthouse, Compton Library, and Compton City Hall.
The new channel was needed to improve water quality in parts of Old Tampa Bay north of the causeway. The channel will be spanned by a 230-foot (70 m) bridge without supporting piers in the water, a design that will avoid trash and pollutants being caught on piers in the water. The $12 million project completed construction in July 2019.
A Zamboni ice resurfacer lays down a layer of clean water, which will freeze to form a smooth ice surface. The Paramount Hay Tree is a California State Historical Landmark. It is a still standing mature camphor tree remembered for its importance to the hay trading marketplace of the towns of Hynes and Clearwater, which later incorporated as ...
In 2007, Pacific Coast Waste & Recycling was awarded a five-year contract as the City of Compton's trash collection and recycling provider. In 2010, based upon their performance during the preceding three years, the company's agreement with the City of Compton was extended by seven years.
Tucker was a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney from 1984 to 1986, when he began in private practice as a criminal defense attorney.After Tucker's father died while still in office as mayor of Compton, the younger Tucker won a special election to replace him, becoming the youngest mayor in the city's history at age 33.
In 2011, Clearwater purchased Splash Kingdom Waterpark in Redlands. The company changed the name to Splash Kingdom Waterpark and added several attractions. It is the largest water park in the Inland Empire. In 2017, Clearwater sold the park to PS80 Partners.