Article: Corona del Mar, Calif., Merchants Busily Await Newport Beach's 'Vision' Plan.

Byline: Chantal Lamers

Jul. 31--NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Stroll along the businesses on East Coast Highway with Donald Glasco and he'll point out new flowerbeds, people sipping lattes on new coffee-shop patios, and storefronts with fresh coats of paint.

"It's contagious -- it's spreading -- and before you know it, everyone around here will catch it," said Glasco, chairman of the Business Improvement District here.

Some merchants are giving the downtown a makeover -- slowly but surely.

And some are reacting to Vision 2004 -- a $12 million plan to bring landscaped medians and pedestrian crosswalks to Corona del Mar. Others insist it's ...

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