Get Ready:PARK(ing) Day 2011

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

Clean up Green up Campaign:Community Gathering in Boyle Heights!

PB Member Marcela

Pacoima Beautiful is part of an exciting collaborative effort to Clean up and Green up Los Angeles through smarter land use policy.  The aim is to address the cumulative impacts of pollution combined with other vulnerabilities (such as lack of access to necessary resources like healthcare and education) by preventing and reducing pollution . . . →Read More:Clean up Green up Campaign:Community Gathering in Boyle Heights!

Mayoral Bike Summit

Metro Bike Valet via Mayor Villaraigosa's Flickr

Lauren and Max attended the Mayor’s Bike Summit yesterday,and got featured in the Daily News,along with Joe Linton of LACBC and Jessica Meaney of Safe Routes To Schools!  The story (by Troy Anderson) is here,and excerpted below.

After hearing from more than 100 cyclists . . . →Read More:Mayoral Bike Summit

Fox Park and PLACE Bridge Improvements Charrettes

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