COVID-19 may be delaying OK’d projects The Whitmore Towers project has been temporarily stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For some time it has seemed like once a project is approved in Ceres it gets sucked into a black hole and never sees the light of day. But some of the more recent projects could be stymied because of uncertainties associated with COVID-19 pandemic.
The periodic government shutdowns of sections of the economy particularly have a chilling effect on plans for new eateries. Excitement spread in the community last year when the Ceres Planning Commission and City Council approved plans to build Whitmore Towers, a 7,280-square-foot retail building focused on eating establishments on the triangle-shaped lot across the street from Ceres High School.