The truism has played itself out several times right here in Santa Clarita . Look at the Valencia Town Center . The Newhall Land and Farming Company can't seem to go wrong in what was once an onion field. People flock to it by the thousands. Look at Auto Row and Restaurant Row the newer Restaurant Row over by Stevenson Ranch.
Former cattle pasture.
Now you can hardly get in on a Friday or Saturday night. If you build it, they will come. The city is banking on it for Old Newhall. The same strategies that have rejuvenated hundreds of dilapidated downtowns throughout America in the last decade are being used here. Build that Something Wonderful in Old Town Newhall , and the people will come back.