Category Archives: Green and Greener

Posts associated with RPNA’s Green and Greener column

RP Neighbors Create Friendship AT Corner

A blank spot for decades is slowly becoming a place for the neighborhood. The Dawson Lot, as we are calling it, is now under new ownership. Matt Hamilton, the principal of the company is part of a new life not only at the Dawson Lot but for the area just across the street. For us – the neighborhood – we are taking this as an opportunity to connect our communities while building neighborhood.

Here you see Ed, Sylvia, Dawn and Demetrius (behind the camera) clean out a planted area. The group has designated this space as “Friendship Corner”! Couldn’t be better named. This spot is an intersection of many going to/from their cars, the bus stops, to shops. We are in the very early stages. We need volunteers to help execute a cleaning and greening of the space and hopefully more. Please send interest to info@rpna.org – we always respond!

But first things first! We want to acknowledge the commitment of Saturday’s workforce has made towards what will benefit all of us. Thank you Ed, Sylvia, Dawn, Demetrius, Gretchen (with the burritos!)

Envisioning Safe STreets

Volunteers express safer streets through art in the parking lot of Dawson Avenue & 7th Street in Rose Park Neighborhood.

On Monday, August 17th Rose Park residents and volunteers arrived masked and ready to work using chalk and spray paint with stencils to display the feedback of residents and surrounding neighbors for safer, accessible streets and equitable spaces. Thank you to Rose Park resident and artist Cody Lusby for leading the street art action and to the volunteers who participated in the summer heat! We also appreciate Matt Hamilton who provided us with permission to use the parking lot for our street safe art!

On Tuesday, August 25th at 11am, Rose Park Neighborhood Association President Gretchen Swanson will host an online pedestrian safety training workshop for older adults via zoom. Email info@rpna.org to participate.

In September, Rose Park Neighborhood Association will present it’s findings in a report to the city council. These efforts are funded by a grant received from Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). ‘With support from the California Office of Traffic Safety, the Local Community Engagement and Safety Mini-Grants fund projects that build street-level community resiliency and increase the safety of vulnerable street users, including those who depend on biking and walking. ‘

We hope you will stay informed and continue to be a part of making Rose Park Neighborhood streets and surrounding areas safe, accessible & equitable for all! Stay informed & SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter. #ResilientStreets #HealthyStreets #ActiveTransportation #GoHumanSoCal

Volunteers express safer streets through art in the parking lot of Dawson Avenue & 7th Street in Rose Park Neighborhood.
A program of SCAG’s Go Human campaign, the Mini-Grants aim to build street-level community resiliency and increase the safety of vulnerable street users, defined as those who depend on biking and walking.