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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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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.
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Join the Public Meetings of the Oakridge Estate Park Advisory Board
Community members are encouraged and invited to attend the monthly public meetings of the newly formed Oakridge Estate Park Advisory Board (PAB). Help shape the future of this community treasure! The Oakridge Estate PAB will meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at Fire Station #87, 10124 Balboa Blvd., …
Read More »LA’s budget cuts threaten the survival of residents’ organizations
From The Los Angeles Daily News The city’s grand experiment in neighborhood activism is about to take a big hit this year, and some advocates are worried if its spirit will survive. Under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s latest budget plan, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will be folded into another city …
Read More »Northridge West Volunteer Day
Come and join us at our next Neighborhood Council meeting April 13, 2010 @ Beckford Elementary School @ 7PM
Read More »Neighborhood Councils Fear Impact Of Consolidation
From The Los Angeles Daily News The decision by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday to merge the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment into another city agency has raised concern over the future of the city’s decade-old experiment with grass-roots democracy. To Villaraigosa and many city and neighborhood council leaders, the proposal …
Read More »DONE’s General Manager Bong Hwan Kim Steps Down
The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will be merged with the Community Development Department (CDD). Mr. Kim has resigned as the General Manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) for the City of Los Angeles. BongHwan (BH) Kim has been actively involved in advancing social, political and economic development in …
Read More »U.S. Census Bureau Releases Snapshot of San Fernando Valley
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman D-Sherman Oaks released the U.S. Census Bureau´s latest San Fernando Valley Census Report. At his request, the Census Bureau updated the report using detailed data from the 2008 American Community Survey ACS. The first-ever Valley Census Report was released in December 2006, also at …
Read More »Mayor Villaraigosa Announces Launch Of Interactive Budget Survey
New survey is designed to garner feedback and educate residents on the challenges of balancing the City’s Budget LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced the launch of the ‘Los Angeles Budget Challenge’, an interactive online budget survey that allows Angelenos to provide input on real budget issues the …
Read More »New Northridge West Website
Welcome to the New Northridge West Neighborhood Council Website! This new site incorporates the latest new media technology to help us reach the people of the Northridge West Community. If you have any suggestions about how to improve the website, please email info@northridgewest.org.
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