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Anaheim and Orange County
The Heat is On

by CAROLYN BLACKBURN

· Contrary to popular belief, Orange County wasn’t named for its abundance of orange crops. The warm, sun-kissed area would eventually sprout orange groves, but when it was named in the late-1800s, its most promising products included sheep, corn and hogs. Rather than naming it "Corn County," real estate folks looking to attract settlers tagged the area "Orange" to suggest a semitropical paradise, a place where anything could grow and everything was possible.

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Happenings – Anaheim and Orange County

Anaheim

· Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa (714.635.2300; www.disneyland.com) completed a new addition, which includes 203 new guest rooms and 50 two-bedroom Disney Vacation Club villas, the first Disney Vacation Club property on the West Coast. The 2.5-acre addition increases accommodations more than 30 percent and brings the total number of hotel rooms to 948.

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Colorado

· The Palisade Event Center and the 300-seat Mission Bell Amphitheater recently opened at Gateway Canyons in Gateway. The Palisade Event Center offers almost 12,000 square feet of interior and exterior meeting space. The facility features a Grand Hall with a Sunset Atrium for up to 300 people. For more information, call 970.931.2458.

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