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Wetlands Vigil Friday March 27
Neighborhoods First is urging its members to attend the vigil at Studebaker and Loynes this Friday. See below: Dear Friend of the Los Cerritos Wetlands, Above is just one of the many birds and animals that can no … Continue reading
Press-Telegram Coverage of Schroeder Hall Homeless Center
Paul Eakins with the Press-Telegram wrote a story about our efforts to get the Long Beach City Council to change direction on the proposed Mentally Ill Homeless Center related to the Schroeder Hall Army Reserve property. Read the Eakins/Press Telegram Story … Continue reading
Community Meeting for Parking Impacted Areas
Councilman Patrick O’Donnell’s office is sponsoring a community meeting to discuss parking and traffic impacted areas. The Long Beach Public Works staff will be on hand to listen and discuss the communities concerns. The meeting will take place Thursday May … Continue reading
Councilwomen Schipske to hold South East Long Beach SEADIP meeting
The following notice has come from Councilwomen Schipskes’ office about a SEADIP meeting being held Monday April 7th, 2008: Councilwoman Gerrie SchipskeLast Chance for SEADIP COMMENTS Greetings!This is the last chance to submit comments on the South East Area Development Improvement Plan … Continue reading
CITY SEADIP (South East Long Beach Area) SURVEY
I received the following email from Mary Parsell, President Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust concerning an online survey the City of Long Beach is conducting regarding updating the zoning plans for South East Long Beach. Mary and the rest of the Los Cerritos … Continue reading
Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust Volunteer Evening
Few grassroots organizations can say they fought City Hall and one of the nations biggest retailers…and won! Long Beach’s own grassroots environmental group the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust is looking for potential volunteers to continue the needed work to “save … Continue reading
Neighborhoods First Meeting
Our next monthly meeting is this Wednesday, February 6 at El Torito Restaurant, 3301 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach (just north of the 405 freeway) beginning at 7PM. This month we will hear from John Morris, owner of Smooth’s downtown and … Continue reading
Neighborhoods First supports Schipske’s Proposals
At tonight’s City Council meeting, Gerrie Schipske is proposing that the Port pay more for its impacts to Long Beach and its residents. She wants the Council to place a measure on the June 3 ballot which would increase the … Continue reading
New Year News for January
Happy New Year everyone. 2008 promises to bring change to our city. Let’s work to bring change for the better. A more immediate need is a discussion about the proposed Homeless Center in the 5th District (Press-Telegram story linked here.) What … Continue reading
Thanksgiving, and a New Beginning
We hope you had a good Thanksgiving Holiday. Family, friends and good food are very comforting at this time of year. The Neighborhoods First website team spent this holiday weekend to change to a new format. Our front page features a … Continue reading