Spring Garden Tour 2018 Recap

 

I had the awesome pleasure of attending the 2018 Spring Garden Tour “Blooms With A View” hosted by View Park, Windsor Hills, and View Heights residents.  The tour showcased beautiful gardens and a wonderful vendor fair filled with art, crafts, plants and more.  The Spring Garden Tour is a bi-annual event that first began 19 years ago in efforts showcase the luxurious gardens right here in our own backyards, literally.  I would like to thank all the participants for opening their yards and sharing them with us.  See you guys again in 2020!  Check some of the Vendors below.

Inspired Garden Artistry

Vendors

Cultural Interiors – 323.292.1500

Floral Visions – floralvisions@sbcglobal.net – 310.667.1113

GreenArt Landscape Designs – 323.939.9281

Kersey Girl Creations – 323.792.4243

La Placita – 12710 Washington Blvd, 90066 – 310.350.7110

MB Landscaping & Nursery – 310.619.4170

Ricardo’s Nursery – 562-428-7252

Enkone Art That Breathes – Enkone@ymail.com

Wine Down Wednesday

Check out Wine Down Wednesday, Windsor Hills own night of fun, comedy, and wine.  The show was moved from the Hollywood area to Windsor Hills because of a desire to bring local “go to” premier  entertainment spot to our area without all of the hassle that comes with going to Hollywood.

This week’s show is hosted by Kalea McNeill and features London Brown (Fat Reggie in HBO’s Ballers), Tacarra Williams (Kevin Hart’s Next Level), and more! We create a vibe, complimentary wine is provided (early arrival suggested). Personal Chef, “Color Me Creole” will be preparing her famous Cinnamon Fried Chicken with Red Beans & Rice. Vegan options available as well. Music will be provided by DJ Young Free of the Dru League.

Wine Down Wednesday is located at Cultural Interiors, a boutique in the Slauson Overhill area where you can find gifts, artifacts, and art from ancient African, Indian, and Asian cultures.  Feel free to explore while you enjoy the show!

4421 W. Slauson Ave

8:00 Doors Open

8:30 Showtime

$5 presale, tix avail instore or online at winedownw.eventbrite.com

$10 at the door

Spring Garden Tour & Vendor Fair

“Blooms With a View”

View Park*Windsor Hills*View Heights*Ladera Heights

May 6th, 2018 10am-5pm

 Vendor Fair at Monteith Park 4616 S. Mullen Ave L.A. 90043

This unique experience gives a private showing of several backyard gardens.  Our tour takes you through one of the most diverse landscapes in the Southern California.  Each home has its own signature appeal and unique radiance.  With all of the homes in a 3 mile radius this gives our participants an opportunity to make friends, shop at the vendor park and enjoy a beautiful community.

Visit all backyards or just a few.  Rain or shine

 

Spring Garden Tour

Purchase Tickets Here

Slauson Corridor Plans Coming Into Fruition

Last we checked in on the progress of the portion of the Slauson Corridor set to be transformed into the Towne Center to the Ladera Heights, Windsor Hills, View Park residents Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas was trying to collect input from the community on the name of the area and it should be designed.  Well plans are in and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’s website had the following to say:

• Streetscape Improvements: After additional community feedback and analysis, it was decided that the three travel lanes in each direction on Slauson Avenue will remain. This will allow meaningful improvements to be done quickly and cost-effectively, while minimizing traffic impacts. Substantial improvements, including a bicycle route, raised landscaped medians, pedestrian lighting, and improvements to the parkway including benches and landscaping, will be made in order to improve the public right-of-way and create a pedestrian-friendly environment.  Public Works has selected a consultant, KOA Corporation, to design the project and will hold a meeting in early 2014 to obtain input from the community regarding the style and types of parkway improvements.
• Community Business Revitalization Program: More than half a million dollars have been allocated Community Business Revitalization Program for small business owners on the south side of the street to make improvements to their facades. The businesses will receive new paint, window and awning replacement, extra lighting and improved signage. While the opportunity was offered to the business owners on the north side of the street, they declined to participate. The program is entirely funded with grants, and the improvements are set to begin early next year.

Slauson Corridor Project gaining momentum

TODAY! “What Do We Tell Our Sons?”

In light of the Trayvon Martin case, Atty. Jaaye Person-Lynn will moderate a panel tonight: What Do We Tell Our Sons? Please don’t miss this forum from the legal perspective! Don’t let your sons and daughters navigate Los Angeles without these details! Sponsored by Black Women Lawyers, Inc., and N.A.N.

Today! Thursday, August 15, from 5-8pm, (light refreshments from 5-6pm and discussion from 6-8pm), at First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., LA, CA 90018, our legal community will communicate the law as it relates to the Zimmerman verdict in Florida and racial profiling in California.

This is forum is your legal community in action, doing our part to ensure that Trayvon Martin’s, Kendrick McDade’s, Oscar Grant’s, and the many others unnecessary deaths will not be in vein.  Knowledge is Power and gives Confidence.  This is literally the type of knowledge that saves lives! I look forward to seeing you.

How Do I Get There?

New Music School In Ladera Heights

Founded by Dr. Tanitra Flenaugh, the Ladera Heights Music Academy opend shop on 4912 West Slauson Ave, LA 90056 last April.  Dr. Flenaugh wanted make sure the communities of Ladera Heights, Inglewood, Windsor Hills & Baldwin Hills communities had access to affordable and excellent music classes.  “Every week, the academy is adding more classes to accommodate new students,” stated by an academy spokesperson.  The academy offers piano, violin, drums, voice, and guitar classes for students ranging from three years old to senior citizens. Parents can also sign up for MusicTogether classes with their infants.  I’m so glad that individuals are taking it upon themselves to make sure the youth of today still access to music that seems to be slowly by taking out of inner city schools.

Ladera Heights Music Academy

Mark Your Calendar’s, SouthLA Is Starting The Year Off Right!

 Pull out those red pens and mark your calendar, we got some meetings to attend.  The Coalition For An Active South Los Angeles is starting the year off right, with meetings.  Doesn’t sound so great but people we’re planning our own, our kids, and our grandkids future here so please try to attend what can.  Well between The Coalition For An Active South Los Angeles and Community Health Council its looking like January is going to be busy.  Events and Meetings are as follow:

Coaliton For An Active South Los Angeles Meeting

January 23, 10am – 12pm

Community Health Councils

3731 Stocker Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90008

 

Food Policy Roundtable, Making SouthLA Healthier

January 24, 10am – 12pm

Community Health Councils

3731 Stocker Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90008

 

The Weight Of The Nation

(Screening for a New HBO Documenterary)

February 2, 10am – 12pm

Childrens Collective

915 West Manchester Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90044

 

and don’t forget 

Call To Action January 15th

Open House and Public Hearing for the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5pm-9pm

 Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

4718 West Washington Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90016

 

 

2013 Fruit Tree Giveaway

The Social Justice Institute, along with Inglewood Unified School District and Tree People are sponsoring a free Fruit Tree at the 2013 Fruit Tree Giveaway Festival Saturday, January 26th, 2013 from 10:00am – 4:00pm.  The Friut Tree Giveaway Festival will be held at Morningside High School (10500 Yukon Ave. Inglewood, CA 90303) .  Be sure to apply for your free friut tree http://www.sjli-cp.org/FTDP, call 323.952.3466 or email dsteele@sjli-cp.org to reserve your tree TODAY!

Interrogate LA’s Future Mayor For A Hour

The annual Empowerment Congress Summit this year will feature a mayoral debate jointly hosted by the Empowerment Congress and the Second Supervisorial District.  Residents are encouraged to not only attend but submit questions for candidates.  I have been to couple politcal and community open houses and I’m kind of glad questions have to be submitted in advance, because the things some people ask, you swear they just like to hear themselves on the mic. The candidates forum will take place at 9 am on January 19, 2013, at the University of Southern California’s Bovard Auditorium. All are welcome to and encouraged to attend.  Five of the best questions will be posted on Chairmen Mark Ridley-Thomas website for us to vote, (Chairmen Ridley-Thomas is really exercising our democratic right with all this voting, but I like it!)  and the top vote-getter will be provided to the moderator for possible inclusion in the mayoral debate. If you would like to attend the Summit in person, click here to register or you can stream the debate also from Chairmen Ridley-Thomas’s site. Can someone thro Ridley-Thomas a Gatorade, this man is putting in work! Keep Up The Good Work!

Call To Action!! West Adams-Leimert Park-Baldwin Hills January 15th!!

Open House and Public Hearing for the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park

 It is CRITICAL that your voice is heard at the hearing!

As you may have heard, the EIR Draft Report on the West Adams-Leimert Park-Baldwin Hills Community plan, and I’m not sure if everyone is happy about what the Los Angeles Department of City Planning has come up with.  LA City Planning has been working on updated version of the community EIR for the past 5 years which will guide development and growth for decades to come. In the fall, the Draft West-Adams-Leimert Park-Baldwin Hills New Community Plan (NCP) was released and encompasses wide-ranging recommendations including issues identified by the community as priorities: healthy food access and healthy and safe places to live, work, and play.

The City of Los Angeles is quickly finalizing the plan that proposes significant changes that will determine future development and the type of available food, access to open space, and transportation. The City is holding an open house and public hearing on January 15^th to get your response to the plan.  

Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Location: Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

(Pictured Above)

4718 West Washington Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90016

 

Time: 5PM-7PM Open House

7PM-9PM Public Hearing

For this reason, we call on all South Los Angeles leaders and neighborhood groups to support a strong, enforceable, and healthy community plan.