 The E-News of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council • March 2008 |
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This Month: •Hollywood Community To Discuss Solutions at Parking, Planning and Transportation Town Hall, March 13 |
EHNC's Next Meeting, Monday March 17
The next monthly meeting of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council will be on Monday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m.
at the Hollywood Youth and Family Center, 607 N. Vermont Avenue, between Melrose and Clinton (pictured above). Visit our EHNC Monthly Meeting Website for more information on the meeting.
Hollywood Community To Discuss Solutions at Parking, Planning and Transportation Town Hall, March 13
The Hollywood Coalition of Neighborhood Councils, made up of the EHNC and the other five neighborhood councils in the Hollywood area, is organizing a Parking, Planning and Transportation Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 13 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mears Center, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, 1760 N. Gower St. (at Carlos Ave.). Food and refreshments will be provided. Spanish translation services available. Each of the six Hollywood area neighborhood councils will present their individual visions for parking, planning and transportation issues, and Invited guest speakers will include representatives from Council President Eric Garcetti's 13th District office, Councilman Tom LaBonge's 4th District office, City of Los Angeles Department of Planning, Department of Transportation, Community Redevelopment Agency, CalTrans, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Hollywood Entertainment District BID. Free parking is available on the church's lot on Carlos and Labaig avenues, and the Mears Center is located one block north of the 180, 181, and 217 Metro bus lines on Hollywood Blvd.and is also a four block walk northeast of the Metro Red Line Hollywood/Vine station. The Parking, Planning and Transportation Town Hall is organized by the Hollywood Coalition of Neighborhood Councils, which is comprised of the Central Hollywood, East Hollywood, Greater Griffith Park, Hollywood Hills West, Hollywood Studio District and Hollywood United neighborhood councils, whose combined boundaries encompass an area stretching from Laurel Canyon Blvd on the west to the Los Angeles River on the east and from Griffith Park on the north to Melrose Ave. on the south. For more information, please visit www.hollywoodcoalition.com.
EHNC Governing Board To Retreat, March 15 The EHNC's Governing Board will have their first-ever retreat on Saturday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park to plan its overall vision and function and engage in team-building exercises. Guests from the community are welcome to attend, however there is extremely limited space in the Hollyhock House. It is recommended that community members planning to attend do so with the intent of learning more about the neighborhood council's specific functions, duties and responsibilities.
Plant A Tree With The EHNC, March 22! Join the EHNC, TreePeople and neighborhood resident Cassandra Pruett as we plant over 20 new trees along Edgemont Street between Fountain Avenue and Sunset Boulevard on Saturday, March 22 for the EHNC's first-ever tree planting event. All volunteers will be treated to a free Thai and Armenian cuisine lunch following the tree planting, plus a live entertainment program.
Our Outreach Committee will have its next meet meeting on Tuesday, April 1 at Dvin Restaurant, 5125 W. Sunset Blvd. at 7 p.m. to discuss publicity strategy, events and activities in the coming months, including a community festival in July and an outreach booth at the Thai New Year Festival on April 13. The EHNC's Planning and Beautification Committee's next meeting will be on Monday, April 7, 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Youth and Family Center, 607 N. Vermont Ave (between Melrose and Clinton). The EHNC's Planning & Beautification Committee is the functioning body of the neighborhood council that deals with planning/land use management, beautification, environmental and multi-modal transportation issues. Anyone who has an interest in those topics are welcome to attend. The EHNC has new committees forming! Our Public Safety Committee will deal with issues regarding crime/LAPD, fire safety/LAFD, disaster preparedness and overall safety concerns in our community. If you are interested in joining this committee, please contact Public Safery Committee co-chair Sam Lanni. We are also looking for interested community stakeholders to join our Youth and Education Committee, which will deal with needs and concerns regarding our community's LAUSD and private schools, youth activities as well as LA City College and other adult education resources. If you are interested in joining or learning more about this committee, please contact Youth & Education Committee co-chair John Harris. Each of the EHNC's committees perform the important task of dealing directly with releevant concerns in the community and recommend items for the Governing Board to vote on at our meetings.
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