Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced last week that he intends to build 50 pocket parks in the next two years.

In the past six year, the mayor have overseen the addition of 650 acres of new green spaces, more than in the previous dozen years, according to the LATimes.com.

Construction on several parks in South Los Angeles would…

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Via hike co-sponsor The Children's Nature Institute:

Urban Nature Week is a series of events whose goal is to re-vitalize nature's presence in urban, often under-served, neighborhoods.



Did you know LA has the world’s largest wildland within the boundaries of a major city…

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I had the opportunity to attend the Taste of Soul yesterday and it was buzzing and beautiful!  With my 2-year old strapped to my chest, Kingston and I took in the sights, sounds and tantalizing aromas of the event.

The usual vendors were "in the house" but because I do not eat meat, I kept searching for that one lone tent for us Herbivore's.  You guessed it, there was none.

I was however, handed flyers promoting "wonder" pills that could magically treat prostate cancer, high…

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THE GOAL:  Make Leimert Park Village the "one stop" for all Green news, products, education, etc. for Los Angeles.   There isn't one yet and create a self sustaining village than can also be a base for Emergency Response in times of need.

 

THE MODEL:  Oakland, CA  Green Organizations and Neighborhood improvement making it the Greenest inner city place  in U.S.

 

WHAT WE HAVE;  Free Green Courses on all subjects 3 days a week (and Childrens Afterschool classes),…

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Spring Into Health –

A health, fitness, & Family Fun Festival

10am - 2pm, April 23rd

MLK Rec Center

3916 S. Western Ave.

(213) 847-0878

• Youth Spring Zone

• Egg Hunt

• Arts & Crafts

• Carnival Games

• Face Painting

• Moonbounce

• Community Health Fair

• Free dental,…

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Councilman Bernard Parks tweeted and held a press conference claiming that "Demolition to Begin Shortly" but offered few specifics and no time line. Parks held a press at the Buckingham Place senior apartments saying that "Marlton Square has emerged from bankruptcy, with a final settlement reached on December 29th.

In his Twitlonger post, Parks states that Commercial…

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Cities across the USA are turning unsightly lots into semi-permanent parks while they wait, sometimes years, for development to occur, a story by Nathaniel Popper in the LATimes.com reports.

 

"The lemon: An empty Manhattan lot surrounded by beat-up chain-link fencing. The lemonade: An urban oasis with wildflowers, wooden benches and sculptures in the middle of…

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The 2nd Annual Leimert Park Village African Arts & Music Festival is accepting applications for fine artists and quality craftspeople for our Fine Arts & Crafts Marketplace. Our event will take place over Labor Day Weekend, September 4, 5, 6, 2010 on the Vision Theatre Special Events Lot in Historic Leimert Park Village at 43rd & Degnan in Los Angeles, zip code 90008.



The festival is FREE to… Continue