The Willows Senior Center has been undergoing an extensive makeover during the past few months, including gardening and the restoration of the center’s street sign.

But first the best news … the Multi-Purpose Auditorium has reopened after last summer’s fire. The room is open and sporting fancy new Christmas decorations — just in time for the rest of the facility to close for installation of new carpeting and flooring.

Other changes have been underway, too. While a few other parks and facilities have been getting completely new signs, Willows simply spruced-up their old one last month … with bright white paint and some much-appreciated landscaping underneath.

WGx stopped by to take a picture recently, and learned that the freshly bright sign hasn’t increased the center’s visibility very much, at least not enough to stem the tide of speeders along Lincoln Avenue. It’s a 25 MPH zone out front, and caught in action behind the new sign is one of SJPD’s finest, using his radar gun to catch drivers going much faster.