Editing Cathedral City, California (section)

== Recent history ==
[[File:Cathedral City CA panorama.JPG|thumb|Cathedral City, on [[California State Route 111]] near [[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]]]]

Since incorporating as a city in 1981,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cathedral City Chamber |url=https://gcvcc.org/chambers/cathedral-city-chamber/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419041102/https://gcvcc.org/chambers/cathedral-city-chamber/ |archive-date=Apr 19, 2024 |website=Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> Cathedral City has experienced substantial growth.

In 2002, a grassroots group suggested that Cathedral City merge with Palm Springs<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Deborah Sullivan |date=2002-03-11 |title=Merger of Dissimilar Desert Cities Proposed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-11-me-merger11-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419132040/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-11-me-merger11-story.html |archive-date= Apr 19, 2024 }}</ref> but the concept did not move forward.

The city launched a downtown revitalization program in the late 1990s, which was substantially completed by 2005. A new city hall was built, as well as the [[IMAX]]/[[Mary Pickford]] movie theater complex, along with a total of {{convert|130|acre|km2}} of new or remodeled stores and restaurant space.

In recent years, the city also built an outdoor amphitheater adjacent to the city hall area, and has hosted several annual festivals and events in that space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kleinschmidt |first=Janice |date=2023-10-20 |title=Cathedral City's Economy Continues to Grow |url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/cathedral-citys-economy-continues-to-grow/ |website=Palm Springs Life |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419041114/https://www.palmspringslife.com/cathedral-citys-economy-continues-to-grow/ |archive-date= Apr 19, 2024 }}</ref> A new shopping center, Cathedral City Cove, broke ground in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingrassia |first=Jake |date=2023-05-24 |title=Long-awaited shopping center in Cathedral City finally coming to life |url=https://kesq.com/news/top-stories/2023/05/24/long-awaited-shopping-center-in-cathedral-city-finally-coming-to-life/ |website=KESQ |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419041107/https://kesq.com/news/top-stories/2023/05/24/long-awaited-shopping-center-in-cathedral-city-finally-coming-to-life/ |archive-date= Apr 19, 2024 }}</ref>