Residents along East 6th Street – now part of the 6th Street Bike Boulevard – participated in the landscaping design for each of the four traffic circles. Here are some elements that should be going in: native roses in each circle. some but not all will have trees due to underground utilities such as crepe myrtle, gold medallion (seen here) and strawberry tree. Plus drought resistant shrubs and groundcovers.
(Pictured: Power4Youth student shaking hands with Long Beach Mayor Garcia, including Long Beach mentoring programs and council members). Power4Youth is a nonprofit organization that provides site-based academic mentoring for students. We asked Samana Budhathoki, Power4Youth Match Supervisor the following questions: Why is working with your neighborhood important? At the simplest level, mentoring and working with…
EAST 7TH ST. GETS PLANTED: COUNCILWOMAN LOWENTHAL HELPS PLANT NEARLY 100 TREES ON BOULEVARD Saturday April 27th 8am-11am Meet at Dawson and 7th St., Long Beach, CA Long Beach, CA (April 25, 2013)— East 7th St. from Alamitos to Redondo is being planted. The city started this past Monday planting 70 trees from Alamitos to Junipero;…
Teachers and staff at Burbank Elementary took time in their Thursday afternoon meeting to create mosaic hearts with ArtWorksLBC Director, Dawn Mendelson. The idea to bring additional art projects to the school for teachers, staff and students was welcomed by Burbank Elementary Principal, Scott Fleming and the Hearts Across Long Beach project was a perfect…
Rose Park Neighborhood is working with Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to describe the impact of high risk and unsafe situations on our streets and sidewalks. We are requesting the feedback of Rose Park Neighborhood residents to better understand the resident experience when utilizing our high traffic intersections, residential areas, bike boulevards, alleyways and…
Answer just a few questions about your typical grocery purchases. Click here to take the Survey
Retro Row 4th Street BID with Luther Burbank School and Rose Park Neighborhood Association put out the welcome mat (or banner) just in time for this weekend’s Mother’s Day AMGEN race – 12 times through Retro Row – COME ON OUT! The banner is on the south side of the school campus correctly placed for…