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Fresh & Easy Grand Opening Celebration Fresh & Easy celebrated it grand opening on February 9, 2011. The celebration included many Lake Forest residents, the Lake Forest City Council Members, City staff, Fresh and Easy employees, and representatives from the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Pro Tem Mark Tettemer presented a certificate to Thomas Chau, the store manager, welcoming Fresh & Easy to the city. Fresh & Easy celebrated their grand opening with a $1,000 donation to the Families Forward Organization. Megan Market, Development and Communications Manager for Families Forward, accepted the donation and stated that Families Forward would be using the donation to purchase food items at Fresh & Easy for families in need. Fresh & Easy offers fresh food at low prices. It prides itself on using only high quality products and offers Fresh & Easy brand products containing no added trans-fats, artificial colors, or flavors. In addition to Fresh & Easybrand items, the store also offers a wide variety of national brand-name products. Fresh & Easy also strives to be energy efficient and minimize its environmental impact, reducing its overall cost and therefore offering lower prices to its customers. The new Fresh & Easy is located near the intersection of Trabuco Road and El Toro Road at 22475 El Toro Rd. It re-tenanted half of the 30,000 square foot building formerly home to Vons. The other half will be tenanted by Walgreens and will open in the coming months. In addition to the renovations completed by Fresh & Easy, property owner/developer “Business Properties”, owned by Bud Smull, renovated the entire 75,000 square foot center. Working with the City of Lake Forest and Lake Forest Redevelopment Agency, Business Properties used the Craftsman-style architecture found in The Arbor and US Bank Building as the inspiration for the renovation project. The enhanced architectural features include entirely new facades, upgraded landscaping, a revamped parking lot, new signs and a pedestrian walkway, constructed by Butler Construction. For more information on Fresh & Easy contact them at (949) 859-6051 or visit them online at www.freshandeasy.com. Check out Fresh & Easy today!
Winter Concert Series at The Orchard
Winter Concert Series at The OrchardThe Orchard retail center located at the intersection of El Toro Rd. and Arbor Way will be hosting its "Winter Concerts Series" in December. The free concerts will be held December 4, 11, and 18, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Make it an afternoon out enjoying great music and the many great eateries and shops at The Orchard with your fellow community members. There will be great live music and fun for the whole family.
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California’s First SmartCo Grand Opening Celebration SmartCo held its grand opening celebration on Wednesday November 17, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. The newly remodeled store, located at 23631 El Toro Road in the Twin Peaks Shopping Center, is the first SmartCo in California offering customers the convenience of big-box retailer and a neighborhood grocery store. The grand opening celebration included a cake cutting ceremony and comments by SmartCo’s Vice President of Advertising. Over 200 people, including SmartCo employees, representatives of the City of Lake Forest, and members of the community were in attendance. Council Member Kathryn McCullough presented SmartCo with a certificate welcoming them to the City and wishing them continued prosperity. In addition, the first 250 customers received a Smart Cash “Gift” Card valued at $10, $25 $50 or $100. Lake Forest is proud to be home to the first SmartCo in California. For more information on SmartCo and its Lake Forest location, call (949) 770-8281 or visit them online at www.smartcofoods.com. Visit SmartCo in Lake Forest today!   Exploration Day in The Arbor
The City of Lake Forest and Westrust held Exploration Day in The Arbor on El Toro on Saturday, May 22, 2010, and celebrated Lake Forest's premier shopping, dining, and entertainment district! Event take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Orchard and Prothero Retail Centers. About 2,500 residents and visitors enjoyed this fun-filled community day that included live music and entertainment, carnival rides, food and beverage samples, as well as coupons, giveaways and a grand raffle was held at the end. Prizes were donated by the tenants in the center and included a television, gift cards, gift baskets, a bar table and chair set and a PlayStation 3 game console. 
PROTHERO RETAIL CENTER GRAND OPENING
Redevelopment/EconomicDevelopment and Community Services, in partnership with ProtheroEnterprises, Inc., hosted a grand opening celebration of the Prothero Retail Center on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Thecelebration was attended by over 600 community members. Theevent featured a presentation to the Prothero family for its part inthe continuing revitalization of El Toro Road, a ribbon cuttingceremony recognizing the official grand opening of the center, and aspecial appearance by Santa Claus. The center’s tenants (PandaExpress, Golden Spoon, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, andMorgan Dental) participated by contributing free food, appetizers, anddiscounts on services. The event proved to be a successful partnershiprecognizing the contributions of the Prothero family and welcoming thenewest center to the Arbor on El Toro Road, the City’s premieredestination and entertainment shopping district.  
EXPLORATION DAY IN THE ARBOR ON EL TORO
The City of Lake Forest held Exploration Day in the Arbor in El Toro was held on Sunday, May 17, 2009. The event celebrated the successful revitalization of The Orchard and the Home Depot Office/Retail Center and promoted The Arbor as a community focal point that serves as a destination for entertainment, shopping, and community among the residents of Lake Forest and the neighboring regions.
Live entertainment and music were provided throughout the day. Tenant Participation was very strong and included several special discounts and offers, food and beverage samples, as well as coupons and giveaways. A grand raffle was held at the end of the event and included several prizes donated by tenants in the centers as well as businesses from the corporate business parks. It is estimated that over 2,000 residents of Lake Forest and many members of the surrounding communities attended the event. Exploration Day in the Arbor on El Toro served as a great venue with which to encourage the long-term success of the centers and to promote The Arbor on El Toro as Lake Forest’s newest shopping, dining and entertainment district.
 
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND GROUNDBREAKING
On Tuesday morning, September 14, 2004, over 150 people including Lake Forest City Officials, business owners and residents joined in the community celebration and ceremonial groundbreaking for the El Toro Road Traffic & Landscape Improvement Project. The event was a festive celebration of the kick-off for the City’s largest and most significant capital improvement project to date. The mood was truly celebratory with speakers Mayor Peter Herzog, City Manager Bob Dunek, and the Orange County Transportation Authority Director Cassie De Young acknowledging the significance of this road improvement project for all of South Orange County. This important roadway is the heart of traffic circulation within the Arbor on El Toro, the City’s planned revitalized commercial area and shopping district that extends along El Toro Road from the I-5 Freeway to Muirlands Boulevard. Slated for completion in fall of 2005, the project will improve every aspect of this busy gateway into the City of Lake Forest, easing daily commutes and enhancing access to the shopping centers. The project features additional traffic lanes, major improvements at intersections, new landscaping, better access to retail shops, and coordinated traffic signals.
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