HOLIDAY FUN FOR EVERYONE!
Check out these fun, festive, holiday events in and around the neighborhood!



Let’s rewind. Since last June, June of 2019. We take a look back. While doing so we want to acknowledge all our partners and contributors. And we continue to re-think and respond. . . . Here is Rose Park Neighborhood by the month!
The Community Within: Alleyway Improvement Project is a neighborhood initiative that seeks to improve and transform the physical space of alleyways as usable, welcoming spaces where neighbors can utilize these multi-purpose spaces for walking, biking, conversing, greenery, rolling, and driving. The goal of this project is to gather input from residents about their vision for alleyways…
One of Long Beach’s favorite holiday time traditions, the Daisy Ave Christmas Parade, a.k.a. the Christmas Tree Lane Parade, is celebrating its 60th (yes, sixtieth) anniversary this year. What a remarkable achievement! According to Maria Norvell, longtime chair of the event, “This parade is unique in that it is the only holiday parade of its…
The Holiday Tree Lighting has been going on for a couple of decades. It brings out the good. Good times, good hot cider, great singing. The tree is adorned with homemade ornaments and those that make it from past years are placed on the tree, once again. Several have the word peace or ‘peas’, one…
You might wonder where the expression ‘hearth and home’ comes from? Or the phrase, keep the home fires burning. Our world has changed dramatically since homes were built around a fire pit! But the need of a warm and welcoming place has not. Way, way back in the 1600’s sort of as a forerunner of…
Demitrius Zeigler and Alex Mendelson of Long Beach Farms produced this delightful cooking demonstration for Carrot Top Pesto. This is a perfect recipe for Long Beach Farms subscribers or for those just looking to use up the leftover food in the fridge. Simple, healthy and fun! Learn more about Long Beach Farms HERE and order…