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Curtis Park Safeway Plan Will Be Revived In 2016

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A proposed deal to build a Safeway in the Curtis Park Village project is not dead after all.

CBS13 spoke to developer Paul Petrovich who confirms an emergency meeting with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Oak Park community leaders was held to revive the project.

The plan originally appeared dead in the water after the Sacramento City Council rejected a proposal for the store including a gas station. Much of the proposed development in the area had been transit-oriented and residents were concerned about the increase in the number of vehicles at the proposed gas station with people coming into the area to use Safeway gas rewards.

Petrovich said without the gas station, Safeway told him they weren't interested in the area. After the proposal was rejected, Petrovich floated the idea of replacing the Safeway with a grocery outlet and a Dollar Store. That plan was seen by many as a threat to cut into the value nearby homes.

However, Safeway has agreed in writing to hire people from the Oak Park community, an area of Sacramento with one of the highest unemployment rates.

The project is part of the second-largest infill section in Sacramento. The largest, the railyards on the northern end of Sacramento, will be filled partly by a Kaiser Permanente facility that will replace a hospital on Morse Avenue in Sacramento County. A proposed Sacramento Republic soccer stadium would also fill part of the site as the team attempts to join Major League Soccer.

The Safeway proposal will make it's way back to the Sacramento City Council agenda sometime after the first of the year.

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