Portola Valley, CA
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1994-2003
1994 -2003
1994
- Historic Element added to the General Plan, 45 sites ID'd for Historic Recognition
- Priory graduates last all male class
1995
- PV seeds Open Space Fund w/ donation of $250K
1996
- Ron Ramies opens gas station and auto repair shop
1997
- First Blues and B-B-Que at Town Center, held continuously until 2012
- Longs market at Ladera closes after 40 years
- Ormondale becomes K-3, Corte Madera becomes 4-8
1998
- 400 families contribute to rehabilitation of schoolhouse which is repainted its original white and becomes the Town Council chambers
- $9 million of damage, 30 landslides on upper Alpine due to storms
- Woodside Priory celebrates 40 years
- Bianchini's opens at Ladera
- Windy Hill Parking lot opens
1999
- PV coed soccer league begins
- Cultural Arts Committee created
- $125,000 Millennium Challenge Grant established for Open Space
- PV begins curbside yard waste collection
2000
- Town buys 3 A. of Springdown for Open Space with option for 3 more acres
- Neely Winery approved
- Angela Howard Becomes Town Administrator
- PV goes into debt for the first time: Alpine Road repairs cause Town to fund $3.5M for 12 months until delayed Federal funds can be disbursed.
2001
- Valley Inn, formerly Mangini’s bar, is demolished
- PV Pharmacy closes after 20 years
- Town allows trapping and killing of wild pigs
- Renovated Ormondale and Corte Madera schools open
