Featured Blog Posts – May 2011 Archive (5)

Proposed Train station at Vernon and Crenshaw.

I am sharing this email received from Mark Riddley Thomas office. I can't make it to this meeting.  They are proposing tunnel under Leimert Park.  I have attached the flyers. Let me know if you have problems downloading I can send via email. 

Crystal Johnson

 

Dear Empowerment Congress Members:



There is a major vote with the MTA Board of Directors that will have lasting effect on the Crenshaw Community. Please see the flyers attached for more details…
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Added by Crystal on May 14, 2011 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Confessions of an Unrepentant Hood Rat

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

 

Some have advised me to maintain a strict journalistic public persona. They said that if I begin to indulge my passion for music and poetry that I wouldn’t be taken seriously as a journalist. Well, I’ve decided to take that chance,…
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Added by Eric L. Wattree on May 11, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Mormon Helping Hands & Bernard Parks Spring Cleaing

*SPRING CLEANING IN THE 8TH



Via Councilman Parks: "Last Saturday, Councilmember Parks and 8th District staff joined 135 volunteers - some as young as 8 years old - to clean up areas throughout the Great 8th! Our Spring Cleaning was a huge success! Special thanks goes to Morman Helping Hands, Public Works, Community Volunteers, Neighborhood Development…

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Added by enhager on May 7, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

HGTV is coming to Leimert Park; looking for homeowners/contestants

HGTV’s renovation show "Professional Grade" is searching for homeowners in the Leimert Park, DIYers who think they can renovate a room cheaper and better than a contractor. 

 

For the show, homeowners remodel a room, doing as much of the work themselves as possible and…

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Added by enhager on May 4, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Turn in your gas mower for cordless electric; Save money and the planet

The Electric Lawn Mower Exchange Program allows residents to turn in their working gas-powered lawn mower and purchase a new cordless rechargeable electric mower at a discounted price. Using a typical gas mower for one…

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Added by enhager on May 3, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

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