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# Neighborhood group keeps eye on development
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/neighborhood-group-keeps-eye-on-development/
- Published: 2004-10-18T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:18:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Downtown, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By Daily Press staff*

If you want to chime in on a proposal to build one of the tallest buildings to hit downtown Santa Monica in decades, you might want to attend a neighborhood meeting tonight.

The Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition (also known as Wilmont) will host its monthly board meeting today at 7 p.m. in the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 Fourth St., and one of the topics will be the Fairmont Miramar Hotel’s proposal to redevelop its property, which includes a tower.

This month’s board meeting will include an update on the “Garden of Angels” proposed conditional use permit and the Fairmont Miramar’s development agreement, as well as exploring a possible discount program for Wilmont members at local businesses. Wilmont also is trying to organize a public forum on homelessness. Wilmont’s board meetings are open to the public.

“We met with both the Garden of Angels’ neighbors and the school itself last month and made our recommendations to the Planning Commission. Now that the Planning Commission’s decision has been appealed, we wanted our board to get a

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 18, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101804.pdf?ref=smdp.com)