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Don't Let the Glassell Pool Drown, Gear up For Town Hall
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1. Help the Glassell Pool Remain Open in Perpetuity
For the first time in more than a decade, the Glassell Pool at the Glassell Park Rec Center will close after June 2014 and reopen only in June the following year. To help keep it open in perpetuity, not least because many kids from Highland Park use the pool, Friends of Glassell Pool have launched a $470,000 fundraising effort. Any funds raised will be used to supplement and enhance the shrinking budget of the Department of Recreation and Parks. To contribute, write checks in the name of L.A. Parks Foundation (www.lapf.org) and mail them to the L.A. Parks Foundation, 11973 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Earmark checks "For the Glassell Pool." For more information, call or write Ronnie Solman at (323) 246-5653 and solm2@aol.com.
Correction: The above item has been amended since it was initially posted, with a piece of wrong information that gave the impression that Glassell Pool would be closed after Labor Day this year and reopen in June 2014. Click here to read about that miscommunication.
2. Cedillo Town Hall in Mount Washington
Council District 1's recently elected representative in City Hall, Gil Cedillo, is holding a district-wide "listening tour" whose very first stop is in Mount Washington. (No date has been confirmed yet, but there will be separate town hall for—and in—Highland Park). On Tuesday, July 30, Cedillo will host a town hall from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Multipurpose Room of Mount Washington Elementary School, 3981 San Rafael Ave., (323) 225-8320.
3. "Fig Pro" Food Truck Tuesday
From Lomo Arigato and Mandoline Grill to The Beignet Truck and Cool Cow Dessert Bar, more than two-dozen of L.A.'s roving food trucks gather every Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the former Figueroa Produce landmark near the 99 Cents store on the northeast side of Figueroa Street and York Boulevard. While only a handful of the players are regulars—India Jones and Frankens, the 100-percent plant-based mobile cuisine, to name two.—almost all of them are on Twitter and/or Facebook, where, however, they don't always announce their plans. 6312 N. Figueroa St.
4. Join the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
For the first time in more than a decade, the Glassell Pool at the Glassell Park Rec Center will close after June 2014 and reopen only in June the following year. To help keep it open in perpetuity, not least because many kids from Highland Park use the pool, Friends of Glassell Pool have launched a $470,000 fundraising effort. Any funds raised will be used to supplement and enhance the shrinking budget of the Department of Recreation and Parks. To contribute, write checks in the name of L.A. Parks Foundation (www.lapf.org) and mail them to the L.A. Parks Foundation, 11973 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Earmark checks "For the Glassell Pool." For more information, call or write Ronnie Solman at (323) 246-5653 and solm2@aol.com.
Correction: The above item has been amended since it was initially posted, with a piece of wrong information that gave the impression that Glassell Pool would be closed after Labor Day this year and reopen in June 2014. Click here to read about that miscommunication.
2. Cedillo Town Hall in Mount Washington
Council District 1's recently elected representative in City Hall, Gil Cedillo, is holding a district-wide "listening tour" whose very first stop is in Mount Washington. (No date has been confirmed yet, but there will be separate town hall for—and in—Highland Park). On Tuesday, July 30, Cedillo will host a town hall from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Multipurpose Room of Mount Washington Elementary School, 3981 San Rafael Ave., (323) 225-8320.
3. "Fig Pro" Food Truck Tuesday
From Lomo Arigato and Mandoline Grill to The Beignet Truck and Cool Cow Dessert Bar, more than two-dozen of L.A.'s roving food trucks gather every Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the former Figueroa Produce landmark near the 99 Cents store on the northeast side of Figueroa Street and York Boulevard. While only a handful of the players are regulars—India Jones and Frankens, the 100-percent plant-based mobile cuisine, to name two.—almost all of them are on Twitter and/or Facebook, where, however, they don't always announce their plans. 6312 N. Figueroa St.
4. Join the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Wednesday, July 31, is the deadline for open application period for candidates who wish to volunteer as At-Large Directors on the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council. Ideal candidates are those that have the drive and desire to represent the neighborhood to City Hall and to make the community a better place. For more information about the HHPNC, applicant qualifications and the selection process, call HHPNC President Monica Alcaraz at (323) 445-5865 or write her at monica.alcaraz@highlandparknc.com.
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