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The Los Angeles River Fun Run / Walk is coming up on May 6, 2012 starting at 7:30 am. Registration and bib pick-ups are on: May 4 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm May 5 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, at A Runner’s Circle Running Shop in Atwater Village Race-day registration is from 6:15 […]
This month is the annual Friends of the Los Angeles River’s (FoLAR) 23rd Annual La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp! The community, family-friendly event is on April 28, 2012 from 9:00 am to noon. To entice you a little more, there will be gift giveaways, raffle prizes, entertainment and refreshments at each […]
by Peter Lassen The triangle-shaped property located at the southeast corner of Glendale Blvd. and Montana St., bordered on the east by Lakeshore Ave., presents some unique design constraints. Formerly a Union Oil gas station, it is relatively small, it has a high visibility, both to the Echo Park community and to through traffic on […]
by Christine Peters After many months of deliberations the L.A. City redistricting Commission turned in (with some relief it is assumed), their final draft map for the City Council approval of the proposed new boundaries for the 15 districts that comprise our City Council. The Echo Park/Elysian Park area, had initially survived unscathed with no […]
Meeting reminder: Updates on the SR2 Freeway Terminus Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will present an update of their activities on the SR2/Glendale Freeway Terminus Project at the Thursday, April 5, 2012, meeting of the Echo Park Improvement Association (EPIA). It has been 18 months since Metro last informed the community of its actions. Although members […]
by Josh Post I recently teamed up with urban planner James Rojas and EchoPark.Patch.com to organize a community workshop to “Rethink Glendale Blvd.” The workshop followed a neighborhood clean-up I spearheaded with Echo Park Improvement Association in November to raise awareness for the need to beautify Glendale Blvd., a car-clogged corridor one block from my […]
Muddy lake attracts shorebirds as lake regulars take flight by Judy Raskin With no water in the lake – or very little of it – regular migrants like Mallards, Canada geese and American wigeons, were seen sparingly at Echo Park Lake on Monday, January 2, the day of Echo Park Lake’s Christmas Bird Count. But […]
by Christine Peters After many weeks of deliberating and holding public hearings, the volunteer Redistricting Commission has revealed its recommendation for the new boundaries for our city’s 15 Council Districts. The Commission is tasked every ten years with redrawing the boundaries to balance population and demographics amongst the 15 Districts. In the last Census cycle, […]
The February – March 2012 EPIAn Ways is ready for download! To download a hi-res PDF, click here. To view a version in your browser without downloading a PDF, click here.
ECHO PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Neighborhood Issues Committee Agenda Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 7 pm Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way Introductions and sign in Approve Minutes Schools: Van De Kamps/LACC-LACCD New Items Land Use: Barlow Hospital-Proposed Entitlements and Development Morton Village complex Filming Committee Bertco Property Montana/Glendale/Lakeshore Restaurant Fix Beer & Wine Community Plan […]
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