Antelope Valley
Lancaster & Palmdale Profile

• Sprouts Farmers Market Hiring 100 Employees for New Palmdale Location

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, August 26, 2022, Sprouts Farmers Market opened its Palmdale location on Oct. 28, 2022, and the grocer is looking

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• Palmdale Water District Drilling First Water Well in Three Decades

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, July 25, 2022, Palmdale Water District (PWD) is drilling its first groundwater well in 31 years to ensure that it continues to

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• Avenue R Improvements Begins in Palmdale

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, May 2, 2022, construction began May 4, 2022, on a federally-funded project that brings needed improvements along Avenue R,

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• Lancaster Awarded $5M Grant for Amargosa Creek Recreational Trail Project

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, April 7, 2022, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) awarded $5 million in Clean California Local Grant funding to the city of Lancaster for the

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• Palmdale Awarded $2 Million in Measure A Grants

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, March 4, 2022, the city of Palmdale was awarded $2 million in Los Angeles County Measure A Competitive Grant

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• Lancaster Awarded $24.6M For Housing and Infrastructure Improvements

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, February 11, 2022, the city of Lancaster was awarded $24.6 million from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program via the California Strategic Growth

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• Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Held for New Antelope Valley Resource Center in Lancaster

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, February 10, 2022, various officials from public, private and philanthropic organizations attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Antelope Valley Community Family Resource

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• Community Input Sought on New Palmdale Regional Recreation Complex

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, January 21, 2022, the city of Palmdale is inviting residents to help provide input on the proposed new Palmdale

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• Water Main Replacement in Palmdale

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, January 16, 2022, Contractors for Palmdale Water District are replacing 1.5 miles of water mains, the agency announced. Areas to be affected include

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• New Residence Inn Opens in Lancaster

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, January 16, 2022, Midas Enterprises — a hotel development, investment, construction, and management company based in St. Louis, MO — recently opened a

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• Palmdale Awarded Infrastructure Funding From CTC

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, August 31, 2021, the California Transportation Commission allocated more than $1.4 billion for projects to repair and improve transportation

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• Authority Board Approves High-Speed Rail Line Between Bakersfield and Palmdale

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, August 19, 2021, the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors approved the Final Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement for the approximately

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• CHSRA, Palmdale Announce Partnership to Advance Palmdale Station Planning

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, July 12, 2021, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has entered into an agreement with the city of Palmdale to supply matching funds for

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• Affordable Housing Development in Palmdale Receives Financing

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, July 12, 2021, more than $55 million in financing was recently secured for the development of Maison’s Palmdale, an affordable

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• Lancaster Awarded $6M From Caltrans for Road Safety Improvement Projects

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, April 9, 2021, the city of Lancaster has been awarded approximately $6.1 million in grants from Caltrans to fund six road safety

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• Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Palmdale’s Rancho Vista Park

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, March 24, 2021, city of Palmdale, county, and state officials gathered on the corner of

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• RAAM Construction Breaks Ground On $33.3M Affordable Housing Development in Palmdale

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, March 22, 2021, RAAM Construction has broken ground on the construction of an affordable multifamily housing development in Palmdale. The 123,410 square-foot

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• Palmdale Awarded $500,000 LEAP Grant

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, September 15, 2020, the city of Palmdale has been awarded $500,000 in grant funding from the California

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• $85 Million Apartment Rehabilitation Project in Lancaster

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, August 28, 2020, the Village Pointe Apartments, a 210-unit multifamily complex in Lancaster, will receive a complete renovation from

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• High-Speed Rail Heats Up in California as Brightline Eyes Las Vegas Route Extensions

  

  As mentioned in Forbes, August 22, 2020, Brightline, the sole private passenger rail service in the U.S., has a green light from transit agencies to begin planning two extensions

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• Technology Drive Improvement Project Complete in Palmdale

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, August 18, 2020, a Palmdale road resurfacing and landscape improvement project

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• Palmdale Awarded $500,000 for Avenue S Urban Greening Project

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, May 13, 2020, the city of Palmdale has been awarded $500,000 in state grant funding from the California Natural

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• Amazon Chooses Palmdale For New Delivery Services Partners Center

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, March 1, 2020, Amazon has chosen Palmdale as its new location in the Antelope Valley for its new Amazon

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• Los Angeles County Approves Bonds for Affordable Housing in Palmdale

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, February 24, 2020, the Los Angeles County

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• Antelope Valley 14 Freeway/State Route 138 Interchange Project Complete in Palmdale

  

  According to the Antelope Valley Times, February 18, 2020, a Measure R Equity Grant funded project designed to reduce bottlenecks and

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• New High Desert Mental Health Urgent Care Center Comes to Lancaster

  

  As stated in an article in the Antelope Valley Times, January 27, 2020, county and city officials joined community leaders to break ground for the new High Desert Mental

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• Lancaster and Palmdale Ranked in Top 20 Of Millennial Home Ownership

  

  As mentioned in the Antelope Valley Times, January 21, 2020, the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale are ranked among the top 20 cities for millennial homeownership, according to a

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