How Downey learned to love itself–and what we can learn from Downey

PHOTO by JEFFREY R. GOULD
I came back to Downey the way I usually do: 710 South, off at Imperial, left at Garfield, right into the condo development where as a kid I rode bikes. Back then, the development was just developing from huge mounds [...]

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
TUES DEC 8 As that dude in The Crying Game thought to himself upon discovering his girlfriend had a penis: This is all very confusing. A couple weeks ago the Downey City Council (and I) crowed about the city convincing Tesla Motors to locate its manufacturing plant there. A lot of people [...]

Shortly after the Long Beach City Council’s unanimous Tuesday night approval of Mayor Bob Foster’s request for $28.6 million in incentives intended to lure Tesla Motors to town, Downey Mayor Mario Guerra issued a statement suggesting that it’s too late.
“The City of Downey is prepared to move forward with the Tesla Motors’ project which will [...]

Tues Nov 24 Did my little hometown of Downey really wrestle away the Tesla Motors manufacturing plant from big ol’ Long Beach? Uh, yeah. So Downey gets itself a manufacturing plant that promises about 1,200 jobs and somewhere in the neighborhood of $20 to $25 million in city revenue, while Long Beach is allowed [...]

Tesla Motors has selected the City of Downey over the City of Long Beach as the manufacturing site for its new Model S, a four-door all-electric family sedan, The District Weekly learned early this afternoon—apparently, we discovered about 5 p.m., at about the same time as The Downey Patriot was learning the same thing.
“We’re very [...]