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• A seasonal Downtown Farmers' Market was launched in spring 2008. The market received solid support from the community, averaging 1,500 patrons each week. Community members found the market to be a great place to meet family and friends, and the market's weekly changing theme, which ranges from cooking demonstrations and wine tasting to live music and family entertainment, kept customers coming back to Downtown San Leandro week after week. • Suzuki Motors and Mitsubishi Motors of San Leandro opened for business along San Leandro's Marina Boulevard Auto Mall. The dealerships co-located at 575 Marina Boulevard across the driveway from the McKevitt Volvo dealership. • Preferred Freezer commenced grading fora 240,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art specialty warehouse improving along-abandon blighted and under-utilized industrial site. West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard Project Area • Construction continued on the Doolittle Drive/Airport Gateway streetscape enhancement project. This phase included new landscaping, improvements to existing medians, new streetlights, the placement of monuments to mark city entries and the relocation of traffic signals on Doolittle Drive from Davis Street north to 98th Avenue in Oakland. Construction began in April 2007, with San Leandro acting as the lead agency on this joint project between the Cities of San Leandro and Oakland and the Port of Oakland. Agency contribution is budgeted at $3.67 million. • In 2007-08 the Agency provided $200,000 in funding for the San Leandro LINKS shuttle which transports employees between industrial businesses and the Downtown San Leandro BART Station. Ridership of the shuttle continues to be very strong. Grants have been secured for the next three fiscal years which will result in a decrease to Agency contribution. LOOKING AHEAD: PROGRAM CONTINUATIONS AND CHANGES In Fiscal Year 2008-09, the following program changes are being proposed for the Redevelopment Agency, in addition to continuation of the projects mentioned in the previous Economic Development and Commercial Revitalization section: Plaza Project Area • The Agency continues to work with the private developer of Creekside Plaza, the City's first Class A office complex, on predevelopment marketing of the expanded third and final building in the Creekside Plaza office complex. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009.