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A national fast food chain, bike hire shop, cafe, hotel and family pub are all getting set to come to Rhyl as a masterplan for the resort begins to take shape.

A proposal for a kite surfing school has also got the go-ahead and virtual designs have been unveiled for a new community green space.

Hundreds of jobs and training opportunities are expected to be created as part of the Rhyl Going Forward Programme.

Here we highlight 12 key regeneration plans for the town.

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1 Sun Centre

Closure-hit Rhyl Sun Centre was handed back to Denbighshire Council earlier this year after operators Clwyd Leisure went bust.

Since then, discussions have been held regarding the future of the iconic attraction and whether it could be reinstated as a water facility.

In recent weeks, council officers have met with developers who are keen to transform it into an indoor adventure activity centre.

Water park magnate and multimillionaire Mo Chaudry also visited the site along with his operational team to see if it is saveable, concluding that there was “no reason why the Sun Centre can’t be brought into the 21st century”.

Denbighshire Council say they are open to negotiations with interested parties. The local authority had initially intended to demolish it to make way for a multi-million pound aquatic centre further along the promenade.

At this stage, officers say they will consider a business case for both development opportunities.

2 Honey Club site

The former Honey Club has been demolished and a wrecking ball is set to swing into action on the burnt-out arcade next door to make way for a new 70-bedroom hotel and restaurant.

The council is working on the scheme with development partner Chesham Estates, and hotel chain Premier Inn are earmarked for the site – subject to contract.

Designs have already been drawn up and include a Brewers Fayre restaurant taking up the entire ground floor. The plans are expected to be submitted by the end of May with a view to construction starting this summer.

The move will create local jobs and training opportunities.

3 Leisure Zone

Authorisation has been granted for council officers to conduct an expression of interest exercise for the facilities along the Rhyl coastal strip, including the Children’s Village and Sky Tower.

Further talks about the proposed aquatic centre, earmarked for the existing skate park site on West Parade, will also happen during the summer with ideas for a 50 metre Olympic-sized pool ditched in favour of a 25m pool.

There are still aspirations to retain the Sky Tower and find alternative uses for it. Ideas already put forward include turning it into an “adrenaline ride”, an “interactive urban art feature” or a climbing tower.

National food chains are also being approached to take up occupancy at the Children’s Village.

Earlier this year, Tom Booty, Denbighshire Council’s economic and business development manager, said: “The council doesn’t have the money to build a new aquatic centre. But we are going to have discussions with the Welsh Government to see what level they might able to support that proposal. We are also going out to the market on a wider offer that will include the Children’s Village to see whether there’s some kind of partnership agreement we can get into with the private sector.”

4 West Residential Area

All eyesores and single bedsits have now been acquired by compulsory purchase order to make way for a £1.5m community green space. More than 40 buildings and houses of multiple occupation on Aquarium Street and Gronant Street have been knocked down and new family housing has been developed under the partnership between the council, Welsh Government, and Clwyd Alyn Housing Association.

The scheme, which has been referred to as a “neighbourhood park”, will be multifunctional, incorporating hard and soft landscaping, street furniture, lighting and CCTV.

Demolition of the green space area will be completed by the end of this month with bulldozing of the surrounding areas set to be finished by mid-May. The final submission for the construction of the green space is with the planning department, with a decision expected next month.

Subject to approval, construction of the park is set to start in July with a view to finishing the project by March next year, making an “informal space” where community events will be held.

Aquarium Street and Gronant Street will become one-way around the 100m long and 50m wide park.

More than 100 residents have been re-homed within the West Rhyl area, and historic properties or those located within conservation areas have been transformed into family homes.

The overall redevelopment scheme for West Rhyl has benefited from £23m worth of public investment.

Meanwhile, the vacant site on the corner of John Street and West Parade, which is owned by the Welsh Government, is up for offer and expressions of interest are to be requested at the end of this month.

Potential investors are being invited to submit proposals by June/July for a mixed use development which could include offices, retail or housing.

5 Marine Lake

A leisure operator pulled the plug on proposals for a cable-ski attraction on Marine Lake but planning consent still remains.

It is hoped the man-made reservoir will create more “open-air experiences” for tourists and clubs, and there has been interest in resurrecting the idea to tow wakeboarders and water skiers.

The swimming leg of Denbighshire’s first triathlon event was held at the lake last year and a second event will take place this summer.

6 Ocean Plaza

Twice-downsized plans for the derelict Ocean Plaza funfair site went on display in February. Scarborough Development Group have submitted an outline planning application with a revised retail and restaurant proposal.

Reasons cited by the company for the scale-back included the failure to reach an agreement with Denbighshire Council over the land transfer, as well as flooding issues that prevented them from building houses there as planned.

So what started out as an £85m plan in 2010 has since plummeted to £30m, with the new offer including a hotel, cafe, restaurant, pub, supermarket and shops – creating around 300 jobs. The plan also removes a chunk of land that was the former council car park site.

The commercial element of the plan is the same as it was in 2012 – a pub, 60-bed hotel, food retail and non-food retail. Retailers haven’t yet given any guarantees and won’t do so without valid planning permission, but developers say the pub and hotel operator are still on board.

If plans are approved, it is unlikely work will start this year due to lengthy planning and legal processes.

Rhyl funfair was demolished to make way for Ocean Plaza in 2007 but the site has lain empty ever since.

Meanwhile, Denbighshire Council have taken back the car park which is now open and free to visitors of the nearby harbour.

7 Foryd Harbour

Pont y Ddraig, the bridge which spans 80m over the River Clwyd, is now operational, linking to a network of new walking and cycling routes between Rhyl’s regeneration area and Kinmel Bay. Part of the £10m harbour regeneration plan, the new quayside building is about to be handed over to Better Bikes bike hire and cafe company Co-options. The facilities are set to be open in time for the Queen’s Baton Relay event at the end of May.

The development also incorporates a public square creating a “hub” for the harbour, surrounding dunes and beach areas as well as new quay walls with pontoon facilities and a full size slipway, together with a mooring pontoon in the channel for an additional 10 boats.

Pont y Ddraig (Dragon’s Bridge) closes the gap on 15 miles of traffic-free cycling across Conwy and Denbighshire. Earlier this year, work was delayed after 200m of copper cable was stolen from the site.#

8 Coastal defences

Coastal defence works have been carried out east of the harbour on the Denbighshire side of the river and a further phase of works is expected to take place towards Drift Park.

Construction is set to begin later this year and when finished will make the promenade area wider.

9 Hovercraft plans

Meanwhile, council officers have been in discussions with two interested parties keen to operate a hovercraft service linking Rhyl to the Wirral and Liverpool. Coastal team leader Mark Dixon said: “We have all the licences in place if either company wants to operate. We are waiting to hear from them but we are ready and willing to accommodate them.”

10 Kite surfing school

Elsewhere along the promenade, plans have been approved to transform a toilet block into a kite surfing school.

The loos to the rear of an ice cream kiosk on East Parade will become an office as well as training, changing and drying facilities for the town’s Pro-Kite Surfing School and Club.

11 Gateway to Rhyl

And the gateway into Rhyl via the train and bus stations has also seen improvement with the train station itself set for a facelift with an improved waiting area and toilets. 

Nearby, the derelict Bee and Station Hotel has been transformed into offices and is also home to a LEGO Education Innovation Studio which teaches children technology, maths and engineering skills.

Talks are also in place with a national fast food chain to take over the former Costigan’s bar.

12 Rhyl High Street

In the High Street, plans are in the pipeline to make environmental improvements for pedestrians. Schemes are in place to encourage young people to open businesses in light of high street names MS and Next moving out of the town. A footfall camera outside PoundLand recorded a 35% increase on last year.

Whether it’s starting a composting pile in the backyard, thinking up ways to recycle or cutting back on watering the lawn, there is no shortage of ways for residents to participate in Earth Day.

Earth Day is essentially a celebration of the planet that highlights ways to treat it better.

UC Merced’s Earth Day events, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the 5200 Lake Road campus, is one place to find some ideas.

Composting, for example, might sound like a complicated process, but each homeowner can decide how much he or she wants to do, said Matt Hirota, waste reduction and recycle coordinator for the university.

Hirota is known as the “go-to guy” for conservation at UC Merced. About half of the university’s waste is compostible, Hirota said. City residents can make it as easy or intricate as they like.

Composting can include worms that break down food waste or can be as simple as a pile of grass and leaves. For more on composting, visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, www2.epa.gov.

UC Merced’s Earth Day is aimed primarily at students, but Merced residents are welcome. The day offers a carnival-like atmosphere, along with important conservation information and tips.

Some of those tips will include simple changes that can help conserve water. David Doll, a farm adviser from the University of California Cooperative Extension, said reducing the amount of time a lawn is watered is a start. The greatest water savings will come from residents fixing broken sprinklers and assessing if they allow their sprinklers to run too long, he said.

Doll, who specializes in master gardening, said grass can use more water than most agricultural crops in a year, including almonds, walnuts and tomatoes. That is mainly because grass is photosynthesizing all year.

Lawns can withstand the water reduction and stay green, Doll said, and generally need just five to 15 minutes of sprinkling. Most people water excessively, he added, and any water that runs into the gutter is wasted.

A simple test for excessive watering, he said, is pinching soil between the thumb and index finger. If the dirt crumbles and falls away, it needs water, but if it forms into a ribbon one-inch wide or longer, it can go another day or two without water.

Doll also recommended residents consider xeriscaping, a type of landscaping that uses little or no water. He said xeriscaping is not “all or nothing,” that residents can take on as little or as much of the yard as they like.

Sun-Star staff writer Thaddeus Miller can be reached at (209) 385-2453 or tmiller@mercedsunstar.com.

For those replanting after Superstorm Sandy or seeking ideas for a more sustainable landscape, hardy indigenous plants are a great idea. On April 26, learn more about natives at this season’s last Science Saturday lecture, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences.

Karen Walzer, public outreach coordinator for the Barnegat Bay Partnership, will discuss “the advantages of these beautiful, easy-care plants; how they are used in both formal and informal landscapes; and where to find local suppliers,” as LBIF Public Programs Coordinator Amy Carreño explained.

In addition, said Carreño, Walzer will explain “how native plants can help filter pollutants from our water and improve water quality in the Barnegat Bay.”

Admission is free for Foundation members. A $5 donation per person is requested from all other attendees.

Breakfast will be provided by Little Bite of Italy in Surf City.

For more information, call 609-494-1241 or visit lbifoundation.org. —J.K.-H.

NEW YORK—No one knows exactly when the pompous Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue turned into the palooza of quirkiness it is today. Yet this Sunday it proved again to flaunt one of the trademark traits of New Yorkers—the guts to reveal one’s creativity and wear it proudly.

Hardly a parade at all, the event consists of loosely organized groups and individuals promenading up and down Fifth Avenue between 57th and 49th streets, sporting elaborate bonnets of all shapes, often accompanied by vintage clothing.

Mostly floral, the hats’ designs range from high-level artistry to uncontrolled outbursts of bizarre creation. Some don’t hesitate to fit live animals into the outfits. The street is closed to traffic and flooded with onlookers taking pictures of the best hatters.

Angelique Berroya, 11, has been honing her hat decoration skills since she was three. She has presented the results at the parade for the past four years. Berroya spent two whole days crafting her marvelous peacock bonnet. “It’s really fun to get my picture taken,” she said. Her father, Roland, has been bringing her to the parade since she was born.

The Tradition

The tradition of flowery hat display dates back to the mid-nineteen century, when Saint Thomas Church and St. Patrick’s Cathedral started to decorate their interiors with flowers for the Easter Sunday Mass. By that time, the custom of showing respect by wearing one’s best attire on Easter Sunday had already acquired a frivolous flair, with wealthy ladies flaunting their wardrobes. As the church flower decorations grew in intricacy, it was only natural for the ladies to garment their chapeaus accordingly.

Yet, some time in the second half of the twentieth century, the showing off of fancy fashion trends loosened up, and all kinds of contraptions appeared on the avenue.

Upper West Side professional artist Jodie Trapani has been using the parade to vent her ideas for 26 years. “It’s a chance to be out there and bring my art into the world,” she said, adding “It’s a chance to mix with people and make them smile.”

“I like landscaping,” said Jean Lagalia from Queens. She explained that her hat featured a house and a garden from the children’s book, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” by Beatrix Potter. “I always try to do something with flowers, but I can’t seem to do pretty, so I do houses,” she said. Last year she fashioned her hat with a replica of the Pemberley mansion from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” “My sister did the book and I did the movie,” she said, laughing.

This year’s parade was a debut for Amabel Chan, a gardener from Connecticut. She came with her husband, two daughters, and two friends. “What an invigorating experience,” she commented. “Lovely to feel part of the energy.”

Her younger daughter Grace, 10, acknowledged the amount of attention she was getting was a little bit embarrassing. Her bonnet was decorated with white flowers and a large butterfly, ingeniously made to flap its wings at Grace’s command. She designed the hat herself.

Chan’s hat sported professionally arranged flowers and greenery. “We got together last night with all of our accessories, put them out on a table with a bottle of wine, and this is what we came up with,” Chan’s friend Heidi Holzer said.

A new plan for Palos Heights’ gateway features a boardwalk, restaurants, retailers, condos and a boutique hotel — all within eyesight of Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens and a waterfall.

Preliminary plans for the development on the northeast corner of Route 83 and Harlem Avenue gained unanimous approval last week from the Planned Unit Development Commission. They call for six to eight restaurants (46,000 square feet), several retail spots, a boutique hotel (38,400 square feet) and a four-story condominium building with 32 units (also 38,400 square feet). There would be about 400 parking spaces, some of them underground.

The adjacent boardwalk would be 35 to 40 feet wide and made of concrete topped with a cement board stained to resemble a real boardwalk. A stoplight would be added at Route 83 east of Harlem Avenue .

“We needed a feature … something where folks could come as a destination,” said Charles Allenson, a consultant representing the developer, Harlem 83 LLC in Chicago, which has a contract to buy the property. “All we had to do is look out the back door and we saw Lake Katherine.”

Allenson said the development, which is being called “The Boardwalk,” would take advantage of the lake’s beauty and could attract customers from throughout the region.

John Livaditis, managing partner of the development and an investor in several restaurant groups, said eateries could include barbecue and Mexican, Roots Pizza, and an organic bakery/diner.

“We’re really trying to hit that middle tier,” said Livaditis. “Part of what we also envision is creating a community center where we can host (culinary) events.”

He said retailers might include beauty salons, shoe stores or art galleries. The boardwalk and other outdoor features could attract dog walkers, who might stop for lunch, he said.

“It’s a breathtaking view,” Livaditis said. “You’re not going to get that at the Orland mall.”

While nearby green space owned by Lake Katherine is a selling point, any clean-up or changes in that property would need to be discussed with Lake Katherine representatives.

“I can guarantee everyone Lake Katherine will remain the same,” said Jean Gnap, a board member and former alderman. “We’re not landscaping Lake Katherine for this development, but if they have some ideas to help out, that’s fine,” she said of keeping the preserve property “natural.”

The hotel would be a “great partner for Lake Katherine,” which often holds educational events, she said.. Several members of the commission said the hotel also would offer a place for visitors to Trinity Christian College, Palos Community Hospital and elsewhere.

The property has been vacant since a car dealership moved out more than a decade ago. Previous developers who have presented plans ended up backing out after public opposition and difficulties finding tenants because of the weak economy.

About 40 residents attended the commission meeting and most seemed enthusiastic about the proposal.

“We’re really excited about some of the concepts that are presented here,” said resident Bob Grossart, who chairs the Economic Development Advisory Committee. “The property has been vacant for 15 years and I think it’s time now we should do something about it.”

Several residents who live near the site said they were concerned about noise, safety and flooding.

“This is a good community, but if this goes through, we are not going to have our quiet community,” said William Moran. “As a citizen, I don’t want it.”

Frank Radochonski, longtime owner of Pop’s eatery, said he “loved the look,” but was worried about the competition.

“I think you ought to consider what it’s going to do to other restaurants in the city,” he said..

The next step is for the developer to work out details, including engineering, signs, landscaping and access. Allenson said those plans could be presented to the city council in June. If approved, construction could begin later this year and be completed in 2015.

GREENSBORO — H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture plays a starring role in performing arts centers around the country.

Founded by renowned architect Hugh Hardy, the New York firm and its two predecessors have designed dozens of arts venues over five decades.

In the past two years alone, H3 has produced an award-winning black-box performance space atop New York’s Lincoln Center Theatre, a new building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a Brooklyn home for the Theatre for a New Audience.

“The performing arts are kind of the backbone of our practice,” H3 partner Geoff Lynch said from its Manhattan office.

He had just returned from Colorado Springs, where H3 plans a visual and performing arts center at the University of Colorado.

Soon Lynch will come to Greensboro, where H3 will apply its talents to the planned $65 million Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.

H3 rose to the top when a community task force pondered a list of potential designers.

Hardy firms have tackled such high-profile projects as renovations at Radio City Music Hall, New Amsterdam Theatre and New Victory Theater in New York.

“There’s not a firm in the last 50 years that has had more involvement with building performing arts centers,” said Walker Sanders, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, which is partnering with the city on the project.

Tanger Center planners aim to open it in mid- to late 2016 on land bordered by North Elm and East Lindsay streets and Summit Avenue. It will connect to the planned Carolyn and Maurice LeBauer City Park.

Greensboro Coliseum Director Matt Brown, who will manage the Tanger Center, is preparing contracts to be reviewed by the City Council and a committee of private donors, who have pledged more than $35 million to the project, Sanders said. The council expects to consider the design contract in May.

Once H3 receives a contract, it will dive into design details.

Lynch came to Greensboro in October 2012 for a public work session called a charrette. H3 drew on public feedback to create preliminary ideas.

They envision a building of about 100,000 square feet, with a 3,000-seat theater to host touring Broadway shows, concerts and comedians, and local events including Greensboro Symphony concerts.

To Lynch and H3 project architect Mercedes Armillas, it represents more than a theater.

“By working on these buildings,” Lynch said, “you feel that you are not just creating a great place for a show, but that you are building a great community, building lively streets, building downtown, adding restaurants and street life to neighborhoods.”

He and Armillas point to the transformation of the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, where Hardy and H3 have done work over nearly 25 years.

“There’s a nightlife, there are new restaurants, there is activity on the street, there are cultural events all over,” Armillas said.

In 2012, the Brooklyn Academy of Music opened the Hardy-designed Richard B. Fisher Building. The seven-story, $50 million building includes a 250-seat auditorium, rehearsal studio, classrooms, green roof garden and offices.

Then last fall, Theatre for a New Audience opened its $40 million Polonsky Shakespeare Center nearby, with a 299-seat Elizabethan courtyard-style theater for Shakespeare and classic drama.

“It has flexibility to support six or seven stage and seating configurations, which means that for a smallish theater like ours, we are not locked into one configuration,” Managing Director Dorothy Ryan said.

Its subscriber base has tripled. “There is typically a ‘honeymoon’ when you open a new facility because everyone wants to see it,” Ryan said by email. “So I don’t know if these numbers will be sustained, but we are off to a very good start.”

Lincoln Center in Manhattan long has bustled with performing arts and patrons. But it lacked a small theater for emerging playwrights and more intimate performances.

H3 designed the 112-seat Claire Tow Theatre complex to sit above Vivian Beaumont Theatre — literally. The $42 million project won a state award from the American Institute of Architects.

They didn’t build it directly on the roof.

“It was like creating a bridge, almost, above the existing building,” Armillas said. “It was quite an interesting challenge to do that in the middle of New York City.”

The Tanger Center’s challenges are not quite as dramatic.

Its requirements “are very much a combination of many other projects,” Armillas said. “It doesn’t fit any one mold but is more of a hybrid of so much that we have done in the past.”

They want to create a building that will promote activity all day, not just for a few hours at night.

The lobby’s design will be key to the building’s success, Lynch said. He envisions a glass wall opening onto a three-story lobby that can be used for corporate and school events, educational activities and parties.

“We want it to be not just a great place to walk into a half-hour before the show, or have a drink at intermission,” Lynch said. “It will be this great public place and an indoor-outdoor space, so that outdoor space and the lobby feel like one place.”

A giant video screen on the building’s exterior could project indoor performances. An exterior plaza could be used for festivals.

Inside will be the 3,000-seat theater, with some seats removable to accommodate smaller audiences and certain events.

Seats will be divided among the orchestra or main level, a grand tier or lower balcony and a balcony.

The sight lines need to allow patrons who watch a symphony concert, a lecture, a Broadway or comedy show to “feel like they are close to the stage,” Lynch said.

“Finding ways to make this hall very flexible, that can be transformed in a night or just a few days … will be one of the challenges,” he added.

H3 will collaborate with other theatrical, acoustical, engineering, architectural, construction, cost estimating and landscaping companies — and with designers for LeBauer Park.

“We look forward to getting started,” Lynch said.

Members of Modesto Junior College’s speech and debate team won several medals in four categories during the 2014 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament April 7-12 in Denver.

Emily Akers and Michael Rourick won gold in parliamentary debate, while Jon Sahlman, Jacob Holleman, James Baugh and Josiah Scholten all won bronze medals in the same event. Sahlman won a silver in extemporaneous speaking, and Carissa Autry brought home the bronze in persuasive speaking.

Posthumously, MJC speech professor Charles Mullins was awarded the Collie-Taylor Fellowship Award for Coaches in honor of his dedication and passion for the event of forensics. And Todd Guy, an MJC professor who coaches the speech and debate team, was recognized with a distinguished service award by the Phi Rho Pi National Forensic Organization for his dedication and excellence in coaching.

Fellowship for UC Merced student

Merced resident and UC Merced student Jennifer Anaya is among 15 California college juniors receiving $10,000 Donald A. Strauss scholarships. Strauss scholarships fund public-service projects that the students have proposed and will carry out during their senior year. Anaya, a Merced High School graduate, will implement the Inspiring Great New Ideas Toward Education, or IGNITE, Project at Merced High, where she will encourage and inform freshmen English-language learners about the college eligibility and application process.

MJC students get scholarships

Modesto Junior College students Allison Wilbers, Heather Wilson and Kyle Quevedo received scholarships ranging from $600 to $1,300 from Alpha Gamma Sigma, the academic honor society and service organization of the California Community Colleges. Wilbers received the Charles Bell award, which is the highest service award given by the society. Wilson received the Kathleen D. Loly Award, which recognizes academic excellence. Quevedo was honored by the MJC chapter of AGS at the event with a chapter Award for Excellence.

Local poets honored

Lynn Hansen of Modesto won the grand prize at the 88th annual Ina Coolbrith Poets’ Dinner, among her three recent first places and two honorable mentions in national, state and local contests. Hansen and other members of the Modesto branch of the National League of American Pen Women fared well, with Cleo Griffith, Nancy Hackett, Louis Kantro, Linda Marie Prather, Calder Lowe and Roberta Bearden all earning awards in various categories.

Calling Oakdale business owners

Citing the need to help in a time of financial constraints in the city of Oakdale, Steves Chevrolet-Buick will weed, beautify and maintain the downtown traffic island at F and South Fourth streets, and is asking other businesses to adopt other islands as well. Some have landscaping, but budget cutbacks prevent the city from maintaining them, dealership president Jeff Steves said. He adopted that particular stretch because it is near the site of the family’s original dealership, which is now in a larger and more modern space several blocks to the east on F Street, which also is Highway 120 and Highway 108.

Food director honored again

Billy Reid, director of food services for both the Salida and Denair Unified school districts, received an award from the Produce for Better Health Foundation during a convention in Arizona in March. He received the Fruits Veggies – More Matters Industry Role Models for 2013 honor. Denair contracts with Salida Unified for Reid’s services. It’s yet another honor for Reid who, in 2011, led a Salida Unified team that won the gold award of distinction in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge, a part of first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative.

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