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Tulare studies three downtown redevelopment options: mixed‑use Nielsen site, senior housing and Women’s Clubhouse renovation
Summary
City Manager Mondell outlined three linked downtown concepts — a Nielsen mixed‑use pro‑forma, senior affordable housing on the former library/museum block with a community garden, and purchase/renovation of the Women’s Clubhouse — and asked council to appoint two liaisons to work with staff while pursuing grants and nonprofit partners.
City Manager Mister Mondell presented a study session to the Tulare City Council on Nov. 4 that outlined three interrelated downtown redevelopment concepts aimed at adding housing, jobs and cultural amenities to the city center.
Mondell said the concepts should be viewed together to leverage public investment and private and nonprofit funding. "If you want it to happen, then you have to be willing to subsidize it," he told the council, explaining that seed public contributions can unlock tax credits, federal and state grants and nonprofit financing.
The three concepts presented were: a mixed‑use redevelopment for the former Nielsen site, senior affordable housing on the former library/museum block combined with a community garden, and acquisition and renovation of the historic Women’s Clubhouse (a city‑owned building located on Union Pacific property).
On the Nielsen site, Mondell described a conceptual three‑story building with ground‑floor…
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