Cupertino's Memorial Park Amphitheater will host San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's Free Shakespeare in the Park staging of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from July 19 to August 3. The adaptation presents a contemporary setting, where two young men explore love and success after leaving a small Midwestern town.
Councilmember J.R. Fruen said the projections are likely modest because they don't account for the city's growth with projects such as The Rise at the former Vallco Mall site. He said new housing in the pipeline will create a larger tax base later, but added the city needs this cushion.
The new housing developments in Cupertino have sparked concerns from Mayor Liang Chao about potentially losing the city's vibrant commercial areas amidst ongoing housing projects.