Overdue redevelopment in Mecca part of boom times in the valley

From: The Public Record | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Davis, Rick | Copyright information

Tucked away in the semi-obscurity and bucolic texture of the southeastern Coachella Valley, Mecca rarely is mentioned in the same sentence as such burgeoning neighbors as Indio and Coachella.

To the average desert dweller, the wind-swept, sparsely populated community is just one of those outposts located somewhere downvalley. A place characterized by migrant workers and inexpensive housing. A town with nowhere to go and all day to do it. Ever so subtly though, the dilapidated, pock-mar...

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