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12-701: The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center ( VGCC ) is a community library and performance venue attached to the Victoria Gardens lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga, California . The building (which links the Lewis Family Playhouse, the Paul A. Biane Library, and the 4,500-square-foot (420 m) Celebration Hall under one roof) officially opened on August 19, 2006. It is supported in part by The Rancho Cucamonga Library Foundation and

24-473: A 'Boutique Bookstore' and free wireless internet provided by the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The library also has a wide variety of programs designed especially for children and adults. They also occasionally team up with the Lewis Family Playhouse to put on events that use the 4,500-square-foot (420 m) Celebration Hall rental facility, The Lewis Family Playhouse, the Imagination Courtyard and

36-491: A separate Macy's store with the remaining departments, and Bass Pro Shops . The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center , which features the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, a performing arts center, and a multi-use reception hall, is owned and operated by the city of Rancho Cucamonga and sits north of the shopping center between the two parking structures. There are events throughout the year such as

48-499: Is a 147-acre (0.59 km ) lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga, California , designed to be the downtown center for the City of Rancho Cucamonga. The complex comprises not only department stores, shops, restaurants, and movie theaters, but also a performing arts center, a library, 55,000 square feet (5,100 m ) of office space, and 500 residential units. Retail anchors are JCPenney , Macy's Men's, Children's, and Home store,

60-801: The Rancho Cucamonga Community Foundation. These two organizations joined together in 2002 to create the Promoting Arts and Literacy (PAL) fundraising campaign. Since then these two groups have continued to hold their annual fundraising events: the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Telethon and the Community Foundation Gala for the sole benefit of the PAL campaign. The $ 33.8 million project was completed without

72-651: The city of Rancho Cucamonga, California . The Playhouse is somewhat unique in that 65 percent of its shows are also owned, operated and produced by the city. The resident companies which are owned and operated by the city, include the following: The Paul A Biane Library opened alongside the Lewis Family Playhouse with the Victoria Gardens Cultural center in August 2006. The building was named after San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane, who helped secure more than $ 1 million USD in tax money to build

84-616: The former Robinsons-May store was converted to a Macy's Men's and Home Store to complement the existing Macy's. Victoria Gardens is owned by Queensland Investment Corp . Queensland Investment Corporation QIC ( Queensland Investment Corporation ) is a Government owned investment company owned by the Queensland Government . It was founded on 1 July 1991 pursuant to the Queensland Investment Corporation Act 1991 to serve

96-417: The library itself. Celebration Hall is a 4,500-square-foot (420 m) facility with the flexibility of sectioning the hall in up to three rooms. Its main function is to serve as a multi-purpose room with full kitchen amenities and audio/visual capabilities. Patrons can utilize the space for anything from business meetings to wedding receptions. Victoria Gardens (Rancho Cucamonga) Victoria Gardens

108-467: The library. There have been talks to expand the Biane Library, which has 14,000 square feet (1,300 m) of space on the second floor that is not utilized. The proposed concept for the space is a children's center. The Library features a somewhat large (21 computer) technology center, five study rooms available for public use that accommodate anywhere from two to six people, a quiet reading room,

120-559: The long-term investment responsibilities of the Queensland Government. As of 30 September 2008, the organisation converted from a statutory Government owned corporation (GOC) to a company GOC and was renamed QIC Limited (QIC). QIC has now grown into a leading long-term specialist manager in alternatives. QIC has investments in both Australia and the United States. Most of its shopping mall investments are through

132-537: The tree lighting and Santa during the holiday season, farmer’s markets, and car shows. Victoria Gardens is the home of the first Bass Pro Shops location in California. The center opened on October 28, 2004, with JCPenney , Macy's , and Robinsons-May (now the Macy's Men's, Children's, and Home store) as the anchors. The mall increased the city's sales tax income by 44% in its first year of operation. In 2006,

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144-425: The use of any City of Rancho Cucamonga's General Fund. It was instead financed through a $ 7.8 million State Library Grant, $ 5.7 million partnership with Victoria Gardens regional town center developer Forest City Enterprises , private partnerships, Community Development Block Grant funds, and Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Bond Funds. Lewis Family Playhouse is a city-owned and operated performing arts center in

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