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NWNC Operation Clean Sweep – Week 28 Plans

To all Northridge Stakeholders: You are all invited this Saturday 1/22/11 (7AM to 10AM) to join in the trend setting efforts of the Northridge West Neighborhood Councils sponsored Operation Clean Sweep along the west & east sides of Tampa Avenue from Germain Ave to Devonshire Street and along Tampa Avenue medians from Germain to Devonshire Street. This weekend’s mission …

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Operation Clean Sweep Week 27 “Pre-SuperBowl” Scorecard

View more photos from this amazing event by clicking here. AWESOME! Northridge Rocked this weekend with the help of over 100 volunteers ranging from infancy to 80+ years young. I want to thank all the volunteers that showed up Saturday for an outstanding job in helping make the event a …

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Big Sunday Project Applications Are Now Available

Big Sunday Weekend 2011 Project Applications are now available! Could your nonprofit, school or agency benefit from our help on Big Sunday Weekend, May 14 & 15, 2011? Big Sunday’s mission is to build community through community service. With volunteers come from all kinds of neighborhoods, and work in all …

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Northridge West Neighborhood Council Operation Clean Sweep – Week 26

You are all invited this Saturday 1/8/11 (7AM to 10AM) to join in the trend setting efforts of the Northridge West Neighborhood Councils sponsored Operation Clean Sweep along the North and South side of Tunney Avenue between the Tampa and Devonshire Streets. This weekend’s mission will be to trim and clean up many of the overhanging trees/bushes/debris as we prepare the west side of Tampa Avenue, the north side of Devonshire Street (including the section east of the flood control area) along with the north & south sides of Tunney Avenue for the January 15th Pre-Super Bowl Operation Clean Sweep in which Northridge West Neighborhood Council, Councilman Greig Smith and Hope Worldwide will team up to restore these areas to their natural beauty (See attached flyer) So please tell your friends, neighbors or anyone you think that would be interested in helping improve our community to come and join us as we build our team of dedicated volunteers committed to having fun, meeting new people and making Northridge a cleaner, greener and safer place to live, learn and work. Parking will be on Tunney Avenue along the west side of Tampa Avenue. We will be starting around 7AM and meeting on the south-west corner of Tunney & Tampa Avenue to review the playing field over coffee, donuts, and bagels. Please contact me if you have any questions or need directions.

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Northridge West Neigborhood Council Operation Clean Sweep – Week 23 Results

To all Northridge Stakeholders: I want to thank all the volunteers that came out this past weekend in support of the Khris Kringle Clean Sweep Operations along Wilbur Avenue. With your help and that of the elves we were able to clean sweep the east side of Wilbur Avenue from the 118 …

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Mayor’s Community Budget Day Recap

Northridge West NC Treasurer, Pamela Bolin, represented NWNC at Mayor Villaraigosa’s Community Budget Day on October 18, 2010. According to a recent report, the city opened up a $63.7 million budget deficit in the first quarter of this fiscal year over delays to implementing cost-cutting measures, including layoffs. Click here …

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Results of NWNC Sept. 18, 2010 Clean Up Week 12 on Tampa Ave.‏

To all Northridge Stakeholders: Amazing!!! That’s the only way I can describe Saturday’s 9/18/10 Clean Sweep Operation along Tampa Avenue. The entire length of Tampa (East side) from Lassen to Superior Streets were cut, trimmed, swept and blown clean. The Hornets nest at the corner of Tampa & Superior Streets was completely …

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Northridge West Neigborhood Council Operation Clean Sweep – Week 12‏ September 18, 2010 (7AM-10AM)

To All Stakeholders of Northridge: You are all invited this Saturday 9/18/10 (7AM to 10AM) to join in the trend setting efforts of the Northridge West Neighborhood Councils sponsored Operation Clean Sweep along the East side of Tampa Avenue from Superior to Lassen Streets. Saturday’s operations will expand on the …

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City Council Strengthens Neighborhood Council Department

The City Council unanimously approved a motion (.pdf) today to add five positions to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, which oversees the city’s 91 neighborhood councils. This is a budget-neutral move, transferring $1.3 million from the Community Development Department to ensure DONE can continue its important work as a stand-alone …

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Manager’s Position Re-Instated in Neighborhood Council System

Reprinted from the Beverly Press. The Los Angeles City Council re-created the position of general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE), which oversees the city’s neighborhood councils. Bong Hwan Kim had resigned as general manager of the department following Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s announcement that he intended to merge …

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