February 14 uPrint edition

Chase Bank could have come out smelling like a rose just in time for Valentine’s Day. Instead, the institution is smelling more like a goat after snubbing thousands of State Theatre multiplex supporters by ignoring many solutions to facilitate a unique downtown opportunity. Chase Bank has apparently added lip service to their already maligned financial services since publicly-promised negotiations with developer Ron Caceres never materialized. Acting in good faith, Caceres even put a property in escrow
as an alternate site for the bank’s third Woodland branch. That was in December, but even earlier in 2010 Caceres offered to include Chase in the multiplex project (similar to above). But Chase’s arrogance may have been outdone: The City of Woodland is now touting RDA “highlights” that include Paul Petrovich’s competing Cinema West project – the same project that city staff denies they are subsidizing. Petrovich quit the RDA’s process to select a downtown multiplex on Oct. 25, then filed a building application on Nov. 15. Rendering by McCandless & Associates, Architects, for the State Theatre Renovation and Expansion project - modified by Woodland Record.

Chase chooses goat, not hero
City chooses gloat - still a zero

Go to WoodlandRecord.com to read the Feb. 14 uPrint edition. Check out page 6 for an interesting comparative look at a missed opportunity by both Chase Bank and the City of Woodland