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People get info,plants,and paletas at PARKing Day 2010 We’ll host our second PARKing Day on Friday,September 16 from 10am-5pm outside of the Pacoima Branch Library. Come out and enjoy the fun! We’ll have treats,music,information,and shady places to sit. We’ll also have fun activities where you can make seed bombs . . . →Read More:Get Ready:PARK(ing) Day 2011 New plants for the pathway Over 108 residents,students,and community members came out to the Pacoima Wash on April 30th to participate in the Mayor’s Day of Service. The focus of this year’s day of service was the Los Angeles River Watershed,with projects focused on improving the river and its tributaries happening . . . →Read More:Mayor’s Day of Service a Success! Our Members Taking it to the Streets! A HUGE thank you to everyone who made our bridge and tunnel improvements possible this weekend,despite the scary weather! That means thanks to Assemblymember Fuentes and his staff,to Ackley Padilla in the office of Councilmember Alarcon (CD 7),to over 40 students from San Fernando . . . →Read More:Haddon Bridge Improvements a Success! Pacoima cyclist picks up a Ciudad de Luces guide at PARK(ing) Day There has been great coverage recently around some of the barriers and risks faced by Los Angeles’“invisible”cyclists –that is,Latino immigrant cyclists in communities like Westlake/MacArthur Park,South LA,and the Northeast San Fernando Valley. The City Fix and . . . →Read More:“Invisible”Cyclists and the Oct. 2 Bike Plan Meeting Three generations of volunteers at the Kermes We had a busy –and wonderful –weekend with Friday’s PARK(ing) Day event and Saturday’s AMAZING Kermes Grassroots Fundraiser! Friday we made a temporary park outside of the Pacoima Library and talked to between 50-75 people over about 3 hours –handing out treats and bike . . . →Read More:Park(ing) Day and Kermes Wrap-up This Friday afternoon we are having a Park(ing) Day celebration,the only one of its kind in the North East San Fernando Valley! We’ll set up with some places to rest and relax,have a paleta (popsicle),and grab some bike and pedestrian info (thanks to the amazing Ciudad de Luces and Bike Metro!). Park(ing) . . . →Read More:Two Parties:Park(ing) Day and Kermes/Grassroots Fundraiser! Planting a Tree Cleaning Up Saturday,dozens of youth joined staff from Tree People and Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes’office to green and clean-up Glenoaks Boulevard. YUTEP hosted the community event,with San Fernando High School,Vaughn HS,Arleta HS,Sylmar HS,Polly HS and Maclay Middle School in attendance. This clean-up helped create . . . →Read More:PB Youth,Tree People and Assemblymember Fuentes’s Office Partner for a Greener Community Imelda and Youth at Charrette We had two very successful charrettes yesterday at San Fernando High School! Dozens of students attended,as well as many adult residents,to give their input on a new pocket park and improvements to a local overpass. Fox Park is a planned pocket park project led by the LA . . . →Read More:Fox Park and PLACE Bridge Improvements Charrettes Truck Drivers'Forum This winter,we hosted a forum for over 30 local diesel truck drivers to let them know about new and existing California Air Resources Board regulations and available SoCal Air Quality Management District funds to retrofit or purchase new vehicles. Connecting drivers to this information is key in the fight to reduce . . . →Read More:Diesel Truck Drivers’Forum | ||||
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