A lot of changes have been made to the 10-acre space in recent years under a $36.5-million renovation program. But a mainstay for the past 60 years is staying put.
A lot of changes have been made to the 10-acre space in recent years under a $36.5-million renovation program. But a mainstay for the past 60 years is staying put.
How do you begin to explain Art Goddard?
His wife, Mary Ellen Goddard, considers her words carefully. He was loving, she says at first. He was smart and never tried to get attention. He liked to do things for the sake of doing them. He liked to work, even after his retirement in 2001 because he wouldn’t have been happy sitting on his behind, she jokes. He was honest, and she knew she could always trust him.
Her husband of 55 years and a fixture of the Costa Mesa Historical Society and the Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries, Art died on Feb. 13 of complications with prostate cancer.
Costa Mesa Receives Outstanding Credit Rating Amid Pandemic
Costa Mesa, California, received an impressive credit rating during the most recent fiscal year, despite challenges brought on by the ongoing COVID-19pandemic.
The city received an AA+ rating from Standard and Poor’s (S&P) for the 2019–20 fiscal year, which ended June 30, for its 2017 Lions Park Project bonds.
The Lions Park Project is a series of improvements in the city’s infrastructure that includes building the new Donald Dungan Library and event space for public use.
Costa Mesa issued bonds for the Lions Park Project from the state, and repaid them with revenue generated from the project, to receive the rating.