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EHNC's Next Meeting, November 16!
HNN-TV To Present Media Exposure for Community Issues
The next monthly meeting of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council will be on Monday, November 16, 7 p.m. at Kingsley Manor Retirement Community, 1055 Kingsley Dr (at Santa Monica Blvd). Click here for map of location.
The meeting will be at the Council Room on the 4th Floor.
This month, we will feature HNN-TV, who will make a presentation on what they are doing and how they can help communities get media exposure for issues affecting their neighborhoods.
We will also have reports from our LAPD Senior Lead Officers, as well as our representative from Council President Eric Garcetti's district office, plus a meeting of the EHNC's
Governing Board, where important decisions regarding our neighborhood
will be made. Community stakeholders will also have the chance to make
announcements on upcoming events or voice their opinions on important
issues in the neighborhood.
The EHNC meets on the third Monday of each month.
Visit our EHNC Monthly Meeting Website to download the meeting agenda and to get more information on the meeting.
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Community Members Invited to 'Imagine East Hollywood'
Stakeholders Asked To Express Their Concerns, Vision For Neighborhood
The
East Hollywood Neighborhood Council has undertaken perhaps the most ambitious
community outreach and envisioning project ever attempted by a Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council. The "Imagine East Hollywood" project will attempt to
gather individual responses from a wide range of East
Hollywood stakeholders about what they would like to see as the
future of East Hollywood, and in doing so will
bridge the gap between the neighborhood council and the community it
represents.
The
responses will be collected through a variety of media, including video and
audio interviews, essays, poems, stories, illustrations; Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube, just to name a few. Cindy Marie Jenkins, the director for the project,
explains that "We are really trying to reach out to all the different
demographics in as many different ways we can. The more we collect, the better."
The final collection of responses will be displayed at the Barnsdall Art
Park/Gallery Fluxus exhibit from February through April, 2010.
Cindy
further comments that "Residents are ecstatic about the fact that they're being
asked. When they do bring up issues, they are then asked to help figure out
solutions. It's not venting, it's trying to figure out how we can solve
problems and bring cultural groups together."
Jennifer
Moran, a board member of the EHNC, explains how the project helps her to be a
better representative, "I usually only interact with Neighborhood Council
people, people involved in committees. These people are off the streets. This
provides an opportunity to really listen to people. It seems like an excellent
way to make the role of a Neighborhood Council member truly relevant, rather
than just being part of a board that doesn't have a lot of first hand knowledge
about what the man or woman on the street thinks."
The
EHNC President, David Bell, has already seen strong excitement generated from
volunteers about the project, even in its early stages. "We are already getting
a lot of insight and involvement from the community that we wouldn't have had. It's
a way to get the people who live in the community involved in creating their
own community. Its potential is unlimited."
But
that potential depends on how many people actually participate in the project.
If you can find a way to participate, you can have a hand in the future of East Hollywood.
To
participate, contact Cindy Marie Jenkins at 323.552.3333, ImagineEastHwood@gmail.com,
or visit the website at www.easthollywood.net/imagine.
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Attention Local Businesses: Find Out How To Pay Less State, Federal Taxes!
November 19 Business Fair To Provide Resources, Information
 Are you a business interested in paying less State and Federal taxes? Learn about City, State and Federal incentives from our panel of Government Experts. Are you a State Enterprise Zone Business? The Hiring Tax Credit Program offers up to $37,440 over a
5-year period per each qualified employee.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power offers a 5 year
discount on your electric bill.
The City-wide business loan program has funds available.
Public Sector Buyers will be available to discuss upcoming business
opportunities.
Find out more at the Los Angeles City Community Development Department's Business Resource Fair, Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, on
3663 Wilshire Blvd (between Normandie and Western).
For more information, and to register, please visit: http://www.wilshirecenter.com/business/
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Around The Block: Community News Bits
 Farmer's Market Is Back: Have you heard? The Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center Farmer's Market is back. The weekly market, which takes place on the street-level parking lot on Hollywood Blvd every Wednesday from 12 to 6 p.m., now features fruits and vegetables currently in-season for the Fall. The market is now run by Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles (SEE-LA), who also run the large Hollywood Farmers Market on Sundays. Community Cleans Up, Gets Informed: A Community Clean Up and Resource Fair at Madison West Park, on Middlebury St. brought out neighbors and other community partners on November 7. Volunteers cleaned up the streets near the park and along Vermont Avenue, and the resource fair brought out various City of Los Angeles departments and institutions like Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Children's Bureau of Los Angeles to give out information and resources for members of the community. The event was organized by the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council and the Office of Council President Eric Garcetti. |
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