50% OFFSelectItemsMon- Sat9: 30- 5: 30pmMANYBRANDNAMES: ROXY• JUICY• LIZBEBE• OSH- KOSHBANANAREPUBLICPOLO117South" K" St.• Tulare• 685- 95061/ 4blocksouthofTulareAvenueClassyFamilyConsignmentStoreNEWSUMMERARRIVALSDAILY! 0000127702FashionsENCORE64| May 21, 2009| LIVING HEREliving here COMMUNITIES: PIXLEYStaff reportshere are plenty of soothingbenefits to living in and visit- ing Pixley, population 2,586. " It's a little calmer attitude," said Bill Van Scyoc, PixleyChamber of Commerce presi- dent. " We don't have crazy traffic goingeverywhere. It's your typical small- towncommunity." A new, affordable apartment complex, a new middle school, restoration of thetown's historic railroad depot and instal- lation of an artesian- well monument arerecent additions to get Pixley residentsexcited. As of press time, a team led by PixleyApartments Investors were putting fin- ishing touches on a 55- unit apartmentcomplex on the southeast side of townat 1167 E. Terra Bella Ave. The apartment complex will be like acommunity, with financial planning, English- as- a- second- language classesand first- time homebuyer classes to beoffered, as well as after- school programsfor children. The apartments were built through astate program headed by the Tax CreditAllocation Committee. Also as of press time, a new watertreatment facility had been built insouthwest Pixley and was to be fired upsoon. The new facility could lead to theaddition of hundreds of new homes. A boon to the community's growth isthe addition of an ethanol plant broughtto Pixley by the Tulare County Econom- ic Development Corporation. A cogen- eration plant and a carbon monoxideplant stand alongside it to processunused product from the ethanol plant. Pixley is also in a business incentivezone that provides tax breaks for compa- nies that move there. Pixley's a small, quiet town; the attitude's ' a little calmer'Ron HolmanDustin Bear and his brother Dylan sit with Blaze atop a 1902 horse- drawn steam fire engine during the CAL FIRE picnic at Pixley Park. Alkali Bullrush growsaround the Pixley NationalWildlife Refuge as a sourceof food for neighboringwaterfowl. Steve R. FujimotoT

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