Bob Marra
A new 10-year tax-sharing agreement for the downtown resort puts a fresh spotlight on a Palm Springs economic-development strategy that Councilmember David Ready says helped strengthen the city's tourism economy and expand the revenue available for public...
For more than three decades, the Palm Valley School campus on Da Vall Drive was one of the Coachella Valley’s most distinctive educational properties, a sprawling collection of classrooms, athletic fields and performance spaces built around an institution that...
Four Coachella Valley cities now restrict or prohibit data centers. But even where the zoning door remains open, the economics of supplying enormous amounts of electricity may leave developers with few realistic options. Greater Palm Springs is rapidly closing...
On July 24, as air conditioners labored across the Imperial and Coachella valleys, the Imperial Irrigation District’s electric system reached 1,126 megawatts of demand. The lights stayed on. Power was procured, generators were dispatched, equipment was...
Palm Desert’s city-owned golf resort finished a strong fiscal year with $18.3 million in revenue, $2.6 million in EBITDA and rising cash reserves. General Manager Derek White says the financial results begin with something that does not appear on an income...