Fall Community Meeting still in planning – working to have Safe Streets here in November!
October 16th – Housing Forum 6:30-9pm at First Congregational, 241 Cedar Ave LB
November 15th – Parking Lot at 668 Obispo – Skate Jam and How to make a Zine plus all the popcorn you can eat.
ArtWorksLBC – to host November’s workshop at Franklin Middle School. Would you like to volunteer ? It will be on November 23 – please email info@rpna.org for details. Want to see latest workshop results? @ArtWorksLBC on Instagram
We are preparing for the annual dressing up of the middle bedroom at the Bembridge House….sipping a beverage and imagining life at the turn of the century in a Victorian….that’s a holiday package! The Victorian Christmas. We need a couple of volunteers to make the hand made fabric roses to decorate the room’s tree. Want to help? please reach out to info@rpna.org
We are just reviewing the terrific response we had at the recent Cleaner7th street action! Fabulous partners! Thank you Council Member Pearce for coming out and doing California Clean Air PSA in Rose Park! Our grant partners and our shopkeepers! 3-days with guerrilla art, giveaway bags, handing out ‘helping hands’, youtube video reminds us all we can do this. AND did we mention we were on Spectrum One News – Go Rose Park!
RPNA junior ambassador just before he got the street action team 1/2 doz. freshly made donuts
RPNA is engaging at many levels on a couple of fronts:
Locally – application to develop the NW corner at E7th & Temple for a 24 hour convenience store with a beer/wine off site license, aka “7-11”. RPNA has had 2 inform sessions, received dozens of letters and now we are moving into the next phase. To kick it off – meeting with our Council Member! And then others who’ve experienced this incursion into their neighborhood. It’s not just how it looks on the outside – it’s all the stuff that is sold on the inside that causes residents and stakeholders alarming concerns.
What residents and stakeholders are learning is that we have little or no part of the approval process UNLESS we come up with strategic and immediate alternatives such as other offers for purchase and development suitable for neighborhood, as well as, having key city departments weigh in on one-more 7-11. Think health department and office of sustainability. The impact of increased traffic activity – where the extremely heavy neighborhood sign has been taken down twice in collisions – at the corner must be studied. The environmental impact of increased sale of products with single-use packaging, plastics that cause increased trash, more litter and non-recyclable items in the environment – first stop is our beach!
Think of this as a long-term challenge, sort of like a chess game! We have 10 years of organizing and information about what our neighborhood needs in a location such as E7th & Temple. So keep those thoughts coming info@rpna.org
This could happen – email infor@rpna.org
Global Climate Action – our very next action Oct. 2nd “Clean Air Day” starts at E7th & Temple! Please participate! We start first thing in the morning! Why because that is when 10’s of thousands of cars and others transit our historic boulevard.
Day #1 – Wednesday October 2nd Theme: “Trees and Me” 8am – meet up with comfy shoes and your organization’s t-shirt! Start at 8am at E7th and Temple –
ends 9:30am Walk the Walk with Trees and Me bags Guerilla Art and clean-up at E7th and
Temple 9:30-10am and meet Council Member Pearce at the ‘Flower Wall’- 10am
Day #2 – Thursday October 3rd Theme: “Keep It Parked” 8:30am – meet up with comfy shoes and your organization’s t-shirt! Start Thursday Morning: 8:30am meet at Junipero ends at 9:30 E7th Walk the Walk with Message Placards (think street protest or rally format – we provide the placards) (At the same time…Hospitality greeting
by CD2with ‘Keep it Parked’ bags at major transit stops)
Day #3 – Oct. 4 Friday
afternoon: Tree-keeping action at special places along E7th – contact info@rpna.org for details if
you’d like to join in!
In the meantime, sign up at Take the Pledge at Clean Air California!
Rose Park meets on the street!
The historic Rose Park neighborhood is located in the City of Long Beach, California
