What’s next for the SR-710 Study? Help shape the future of transportation and mobility in your community. Thursday, March 1, 2012 6pm – 8pm Presentation at 6:30pm Ramona Hall Community Center 4580 N. Figueroa St, LA 90065 Saturday, March 3, … Continue reading
Big Business Reigns Again … as it crushes the tittle guy Last year, Galco’s Soda Pop Stop sold 60,000 bottles of Dublin Dr. Pepper. Next year, they will not sell a single bottle. On January 12, 2012 Dr. Pepper / … Continue reading
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council – Get Involved! The Historic Highland Park NC will host a mini forum in response to the preliminary draft of the new Los Angeles City Council districts. A guest speaker representing the City of Los … Continue reading
Abode Communities Teams with LAUSD on Landmark Project that Combines Living and Learning WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Rio Vista Apartments 3000 Verdugo Road Glassell Park, CA 90065 WHAT: Abode Communities, LAUSD, Los … Continue reading
Jan, 17, 2012 – Eagle Rock, CA – Allen Compton tells about the Colorado Boulevard Median Pilot Project at the Eagle Rock Historical Society Meeting
The January 17 meeting of the Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society was an unusual one, as custom of looking at Eagle Rock’s past was foregone for the present, and future of Eagle Rock. The meeting billed as “What Now?” was a play on the “Then and Now” mantra of historians and featured presentations from the leaders of various efforts to improve the community, and “…continue our history of innovation and activism,” as the pre-meeting announcement read.
First up was Allen Compton, who is working on the Median Planting Committee sponsored by Councilman Huizar. They are working on a pilot project on Colorado Blvd. The Historical Society members got to hear and see what types of plants and landscaping design the committee has recommended for the Median between Hermosa Avenue and Argus Drive. They have suggested drought resistant plants and a oak and sycamore trees as well as well as special drainage strategies to make use of stormwater.
Bob Keith of Occidental College talked about the desire of Occidental College to develop relationships with the local Historical Societies, and talked about a couple of projects that they are working on. The preservation and digitization of the collection of old community newspapers from Eagle Rock and Highland Park is in progress. They had accepted the offer of Kirken Alanakian of the big ugly orange senior housing development to store these old newspapers and to work on converting them into an electronic format.
Another interesting effort already underway related to the “WayBack” machine, the Internet archive project that saves and provides access to everything that has been on the world wide web. They purchased a subscription that will search out and specifically archive everything relating to the local communities history on the internet and Occidental College’s as well. He also talked about a Google “History Pin,” which is a virtual place where people come together to share their historical pictures and stories and allows visitors to explore Google Maps through an extra dimension which is time. Locations show up on a google map going back into time. Fascinating. I need to look into that a bit more.
Next we heard from Bob Gotham, President of TERA, the Eagle Rock Association. He told about the progress of the Take Back the Boulevard effort, and invited all to come to the formal meeting on the subject this Thursday at 7:00 p.m., also at the Center for the Arts.
Finally, Carmen Castillo, who has accepted the responsibility of leading the organization founded by John Stillion, the Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful. She talked about their progress and latest plans for the beautification of Eagle Rock, including the median and parkway plantings on Eagle Rock Boulevard. Also given was an update of the 4.5 acres of wilderness that the Eagle Rock Canyon Trail is on. A fun video of the trail including the directions of how to reach it was shown as well.
Carmen finished with a plea for volunteers and donations from community members.
President Eric Warren finished the meeting by announcing the meetings to follow this week, the High Speed Rail presentation organized by the ERCPR group on Wednesday at Eagle Rock City Hall, and the Take Back the Boulevard workshops to be held Thursday right back at the Ce nter for the Arts Eagle Rock.
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Like cities and states across the country, Los Angeles continues to face significant economic challenges. While the City has made progress in recent years towards cutting costs and operating more efficiently, additional steps must be taken to achieve long-term financial sustainability. The Mayor’s Office and the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates believe that the input and participation of local communities and Neighborhood Councils in the budget development process is critical to the adoption of a spending plan that reflects the needs and priorities of Los Angeles’ diverse communities.
In each of the last six budget cycles, the Mayor’s Office, with help from the Budget Advocates, has facilitated a structured process for gathering budget input, primarily through an annual community budget survey. This year the budget survey will be released by January 15. In order to get input from all Angelinos and Neighborhood Councils. The Mayor’s Budget Survey will be available for input between January 15 – February 15. Survey hardcopies will also be available in English and Spanish. The deadline for submission of survey responses is February 22.
The Mayor’s Office would like to hear from as many stakeholders in our local communities as possible. Once the survey is released, please help share the opportunity to participate with your neighbors. The survey will be hosted on the city’s website at: LACity.org Look for the Mayor’s Budget Survey link.
A Budget Forum is also being planned for NELA on Monday, January 30th, 6pm, location to be determined.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Joseph Hari, Neighborhood and Community Services, at joseph.hari@lacity.org, or Heinrich Keifer, Neighborhood Budget Advocate for the East Area at Hkeifer101@sbcglobal.net or call 323-385-4935.
ARTIST-ON-THE-JOB NAMES DOG PARK SCULPTURE “HERMON ON THE BALL” December 29, 2011 — Local artist Jolino Beserra has named his sculptural mascot for Hermon Dog Park appropriately and cleverly, “Hermon on the Ball.” Over the last decade the small, historic … Continue reading
The DWP’s intends to raise Water and Sewer prices again and continue to do so over a ten year period, if we do not try and stop it. If you are a DWP customer, you must get involved. Sewer Rates … Continue reading
President’s Message Hi, Fellow Northeast Democrats! I want to thank the club for reelecting me and the Board to another term. We are looking forward to a productive year as your team. The holiday party, food drive, and fundraiser were … Continue reading
La Vida Loca galeria Multicultural Community Center, 5050 York Blvd H.P., has evolved, now going into our 2nd year. We would like to thank Veronica Ruiz, MFT for assisting in the success of our November Holiday Food Fund drive for … Continue reading
1. ERNC meeting attendance- 2. Agenda-Executive Comm. Mtg. 12-26-11 Dear Board members and other interested parties, 1. The underwhelming response to my email survey of board members appears statistically very insignificant and so, in the absence of any clear showing … Continue reading
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by Tom Topping The weather is something I rarely report on because a very local focus is something I constantly strive for. The weather is a regional issue, so I let the regional news outlets like the daily papers and … Continue reading
Dollar$ and Cents-Tennial Community Yard Sale The Hermon neighborhood of Los Angeles is having a community-wide yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, January 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for their 2012 Centennial celebration of joining the City. The large … Continue reading