Over the past couple of years, Pierce College has attempted to reinvent itself by adding a few choice structures with the intention of brightening up the campus, but you can’t necessarily light one or two candles in a chandelier and expect all the prisms to illuminate.
It’s time for a dramatic change in scenery and presentation and the newly approved Warner Center 2035 Plan is all that and more. The 22-year blueprint intends to merge Pierce College with Warner Center as well as other major parts of Woodland Hills.
Pierce may outside the Plan’s boundaries, but it will both benefit from and contribute to the community the Plan seeks to foster. Areas and facilities in compliance with the Plan will make Woodland Hills one of the most attractive hotspots in Greater Los Angeles.
New transit options and added streets will ease navigation, as well as new parking structures will also be built around the perimeter of the school. This means that the multitude of Pierce attendee’s who have to resort to parking illegally in the orange line station’s parking lot will now have a place to park without having to worry about getting towed.
Economically, the “College District” will include opportunities for people with the making, servicing, or selling of goods, or provision of services.
New public entertainment options will available in close proximity to the school, including but not limited to billiard halls, taverns, bars, theaters, dance clubs, comedy clubs, karaoke clubs, live performances, and live music.
The idea of seeing skyscrapers from the Pierce campus may seem unnerving, but when it’s finished, the San Fernando Valley will be a much different place. Accommodations must be made in order to expand the future development of our community.
If the Plan goes as intended, Woodland Hills will be at the forefront of transit-oriented cities, competing with cities as diverse as San Francisco and New York’s Manhattan.
People often say there is nothing to do in the Valley, but with the Warner Center 2035 Plan it will become a flourishing destination and something our community could use to unite each other.
