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A New Generation of Volunteers

A New Generation of Volunteers

ByDanielle Potter Dague

In Season 2 of Heart of the Neighborhood podcast, we interview Abigail (pictured above), a Long Beach Poly High School sophomore who volunteered with Rose Park Neighborhood Association in the summer of 2024. Abigail volunteered through The Volunteer Center Impact Makers program, a 12-week program (8 weeks for summer), where high school participants learn about…

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City Budget, Safe Streets, Kidical Mass Bike Ride, Cool Cat Collective & Heart of the Neighborhood Podcast

ByDanielle Potter Dague

CITY OF LONG BEACH BUDGET CONVERSATION The Mayor and City Council are seeking community input on the city’s proposed budget for 2025.  The budget was publicly presented at yesterday’s City Council meeting, and there are opportunities for input at several community meetings.  Click here for more information. Monday, August 19, 6  – 7:30 PM at Billie Jean King Main…

Your thoughts are needed

ByGretchen

RPNA is working with a communications/branding expert – who lives here in Rose Park – to help us communicate important elements of our neighborhood. And we need your thoughts! We have over 22,000 people who reside within our boundaries between 4th to 10th; Redondo to Cherry. We have transit routes and quiet streets, and many…

Attending a Planning Commission Meeting
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Attending a Planning Commission Meeting

ByGretchen

Sometimes being ‘involved’ or engaged means leaving the sofa, traveling to downtown and sitting for a few hours. But if not done we’d never know if/how we made a difference. On Thursday Dennis Herbert, RPNA Vice-President did just that. He had comments prepared after reviewing the recommendations submitted in 2016 by E7th St. Collaboration regarding…