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New city celebrates first birthday

As Valencia celebrated its first anniversary of the opening
of sales in August, 1967, the developers of the new city
ticked off a hefty list of goals reached. The first builder,
Valencia Homes, reported sales of sixteen million dollars.
That represents six hundred and twenty five homes sold.
Three hundred and seventy families have moved in al-
ready giving the mastei: planned community a first year
population of 1,330 people. Progress on,-thr~e more home
building projects suggests that the second birthday may
see a population of five thousand Valencians. Construe-
- tion is underway on .the Valencia "Aitls project of 385
homes. Arrangements for Valencia Meadows and La
Cuesta Valencia are complete, with groundbreaking-
slated for next month.
The Industrial Center saw construction and beginning
of operations by Lustro, Bucheimer-Clark and Foxboro.
Now under construction is a six million dollar addition
to th-e Lockheed Rye Canyon Research facility. -Con-
struction is also underway on buildings for M. W. Sausse'
& Sons and Hydraulic Research Company. Fairchild
Hiller Corporation has also acquired a site and a model
plant has been_built by California Land Company .
. Califomii Institute of the Arts has acquired a 60 acre
campus site in Valencia, and plans have been completed.
A quarter-million dollar County Park has been com-
pleted and donated to Los Angeles County. The first Old.
Orchard Association club is complete. Old Orchard Asso-
ciation Clubhouse is 75% complete. ·castaic Lake Dam
is 20%, complete.
Los Angeles County administration cen.ter· in the
Valencia City Center area has been approved by the
County Board of Supervisors. A number of road and
landscaping projects as shown on the master plan fim'ow
·Among those celebrating the first birthday of the new city of Valencia were the hostess, Mrs.
have been completed.
Scott Newhall, center; Californa La~d Company Vice Preside~t, N~rval LaVene, left; and Los
Angeles Times Real Estate Editor, Dick Turpin, right. The 625 on Val.encia's first birthday c~ke
stands for the number of homes sold in the first year. dakes were also presented to LaVene for
his birthd_a,y (which one was not mentioned), and to Turpin for his first anniversary as Real
Estate Editor for the Times. His first feature story was the opening of Valencia last 'August.
Valenci~ Homes .....
win~tp~award~. ,~ --..,._ •

Valencia Horrtes- . \ -~ Model ,.was
awarded the "Grand Priz.e" in "Awards,
for Better LiJing" contest, sponsoreci°by
the · American Institute of Archi~~n
cooperation with House and Home Mag-
azine. The Terraz.a Model also received
an "Award·of Merit" in the same compe-"
tition, as well as special recognition from
.B. Valencia Hills Homes under constru·c'tion American Home Builder Magazine and
C. Valencia ·Meadows Home Project Three will break the Pacific Coast Builders Association
ground next month conference in San Francisco.
D. La Cuesta Valencia Home Project Four will break
ground next month , Sports Broadcaste"rs
E. Valencia Industrial Center u~derway with sevef! golf at Valencia ,
new ~lants open or in progress Television and. radio sportscasters,
F. California Institute of the Aits acquired a 60 and celebrities 'from the entertain-
acre site in Valencia and completed plans to start ment and sports worlds gathered at
construction November 16 Valencia recently for the fourth annual
G. Los Angeles County Administrative Center; ,J.O acre invitational golf tournament of the
purchase approved by County Board of Supervisors Southern California Sports Broad-
preliminary..,.plans approved for construc;tion b,y 1970 e:ctsters Association. Top winner with
H. Old Orchard Recreation Club I (complete) low gross score was Don LeMonde.
I. Old Orchard Recreation Club II (75% complete) Hosting the event was Valencia Golf
J. McBean Parkway (nearing completion) The Rotella marks the spot where construction began on Pro, Jimmie Thompson.
K. Old Orchard County Park (complete) the new M. W. Sausse plant in Valencia Industrial Center. Lee Trevino, the winner of the
L. Valencia Boulevard (complete) Company president, ,M. W. Sausse (left), Caland vice Masters Golf Tournament this year,
M. Rye Canyon Road (complete) president, Peter Kremer (center) and Architect William wired Sportscasters president, Chuck
N. Golden State Freeway (complete) Reidenbach (right) watch earthrifDving equipment move Benedict, from Toronto and ordered
0. Lyon's Avenue Widening and landscaping (complete) into position to begin work on the building planned for a round of Margaritas for the sports-
P. Old Orchard Elementary School (constructipn to ' ,•corr,pletion September 30. The Sausse Company is a casters who gratefully lapped up $131
begin this year) 'leader in vibration control equipment. worth of Fred Harvey's finest Tequila. ·