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Marking its centennial in the community, the Santa Monica Airport received approval from the Santa Monica City Council in January 2023 for a public visioning process to decide its future. Spanning 227 acres, the airport constitutes nearly 5% of the city's land area. Apart from providing aviation services, the airport currently hosts a variety of businesses such as art studios, office spaces, event venues, and a restaurant. It is also home to Santa Monica College’s Airport Campus housing the Ceramics Program and the Mentor Arts Program.
The City of West Hollywood remains committed to expanding transit options and strengthening community connectivity. In 2015, the City approved a plan to conduct outreach and build public support for a Metro rail extension of the K Line, connecting high-traffic destinations such as LACMA, Pacific Design Center, the Beverly Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Robert Group has led outreach efforts to build public support, working alongside advocacy groups, West Hollywood Advocates for Metro (WHAM) and the All on Board Coalition (AOB), to bolster community involvement and support within West Hollywood and the greater Los Angeles community. As a result of this broad outreach, the Metro Board unanimously approved a $50 million contract in August 2020 for the environmental analysis stage—20 years ahead of the original construction timeline. Of the three proposed routes under study, the Fairfax-San Vicente Hybrid alignment would offer the most benefits, serving all major Mid City and West Hollywood destinations while providing direct access to four times as many jobs and twice as many residents as the La Brea alignment.
