Happy New Year!
With 2011 just around the corner, we wanted to wish all of you the best for the coming year!
~NPNA Board
NPNA Membership Meeting
January 26th at 6:30 pm, location tbd
Membership meetings will now be held every quarter (January, April, June, September) on the 4th Wednesday of the given month at 6:30 pm.
K9 Corner
As we approach Winter and seems like the rain won’t stop, one mightthink the last place they would want to take their pet would be the dog park. And while most dog parks become amudfestwhen it rains, K-9 Corner continues to be the cleanest dog park in the city with it’s combination of faux grass and pebbles. Bring your pooch and come experience it for yourself.
Dog ofthe month:Greta. A 3yr old female rescue.
Shop Local
Second Saturday Downtown Walking Tours
Saturday, January 8 at 11am
Meeting place: Promenade Park
Organized by the Downtown Residential Council (DRC), the tour will highlight the East Village! Come out and meet your neighbors and discover downtown!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162896507082364&ap=1
New Years Eve in Downtown
Friday, December 31 at 6:00pm
Downtown Long Beach * Waterfront 6-9PM * Pine Avenue 9PM-2PM
Ring in the new year in style as Downtown Long Beach features two FREE concerts with Southern California’s urban waterfront playground as a backdrop!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130809990309335&index=1
Downtown Events
For more events, check out http://www.dlba.org/Events
Downtown Project Updates
Draft EIR for Downtown Plan Now Available
The proposed project is the adoption and implementation of the Long Beach Downtown Plan that would replace the existing land use, zoning and planned development districts as the land use and design document for all future development in the proposed Downtown Plan project area.
For more info, visit http://www.dlba.org/residents/DowntownPlan_Page.
Retail Visioning Report and 32 Item Action Plan now available
The final report and action items are now available. The “Shop Local Campaign,” one of the 32 action items, is now in the planning stages. The 3 goals of the campaign are to:
- Get residents out
- Get information / inventory of retail offering to people
- Grow a sense of collaboration between residents and local businesses
Stay tuned for more. The complete report can be viewed here:
http://www.downtownlongbeach.org/uploads//Economic_Development/DLBA%20Retail%20Visioning%20Report%20-%20compressed.pdf
Downtown Construction Updates
Several plans and projects to improve the public space are slated for construction in Downtown Long Beach.
For more info, please visit: http://www.dlba.org/downtownprojects
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NPNA communicates to its members through its monthly enewsletter, periodic e-action alerts, and e-event announcements. We encourage you to invite your neighbors to visit our website and forward our enewsletters to all those who want to stay informed about the downtown.
We will see you in the new year!!
