#GoLongBeach City Newsletter

#GOLONGBEACH

Welcome to our City Newsletter!

Greetings!

Summer is approaching and things are definitely looking sunny for Long Beach. We ended May being named one of the best U.S. cities for access to local parks and celebrated the re-opening of the long awaited Colorado Lagoon, an ecological Long Beach gem.

Long Beach also came together for the 34th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade that paid an emotional tribute to the 49 victims of the horrific Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting.

Everyday Long Beach is full of exciting events, development projects, and collaborative initiatives to help create the best City to live in.

Keep up with Long Beach by scrolling below and learn about all the amazing updates!

Long Beach Ranks in Top 25 Out of 100 Largest U.S. Cities for Access to Local Parks

Trust for Public Land’s newest edition of their annual survey was released measuring how accessible parkland is in the country’s 100 most populous cities and Long Beach ranks in the top 25 in the nation! The survey’s rankings are based several factors: median park size; the area of parkland as percentage of a city’s land area as adjusted to exclude purely industrial areas like airports; and public spending on parks, as well as specific park amenities.

Parks Make Life Better

Long Beach Celebrated the Newly Built Entryway

The El Dorado Nature Center entry project provides an enhanced arrival experience and increased functionality as well as improves accessibility to the Nature Center. Improvements includes, a new monument sign visible from Spring Street, a new gateway including a separate entrance for tour groups, Walkways that represent the San Gabriel River watershed that surrounds the Nature Center, i mproved interior signage and more.
Read more

Colorado Lagoon's New North Shore Reopens

On Saturday, May 20, the public and City officials celebrated the ribbon cutting of the recent completion of the latest phase of the Colorado Lagoon Restoration Project. The latest restoration improvements include hydraulic sediment dredging of the lagoon to ensure compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act and to meet the approved Colorado Lagoon sediment and water quality targets, as well as the creation of new sub-tidal and eelgrass habitats.

100 Days of Summer is Here!

Even though the summer officially begins on June 20, many feel like the Memorial Day weekend is the real start of the season lasting all the way through Labor Day. With that in mind, Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine has once again partnered with the Long Beach Convention and Visitor's Bureau to create www.100daysofsummer.org. Check out the lists of hundreds of movies, concerts, Sea Festival events, museum and historic site programs, recreational swimming sessions, El Dorado Regional Park and El Dorado Nature Center activities, recreation classes, and more!

Improvements to Anaheim Corridor

are on the Horizon

On Tuesday, May 30, a public forum took place at the United Cambodian Community, to learn about upcoming safety improvements to the Anaheim Corridor in Midtown, between Junipero Avenue on the west crossing through Cambodia Town to Atlantic Avenue on the east.

Inclusiveness is Part of Long Beach's Development Projects

Innovative Housing Model Offers Increased Independence for People with Special Needs

On Wednesday, May 17, Long Beach's Development Services in partnership with nonprofit, Home Ownership for Personal Empowerment, Incorporated (HOPE), celebrated the grand opening of Banner Homes, a recently rehabilitated multi-family building. These homes provide a unique and affordable housing solution for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Read more

A Solar Powered, All-Electric, Townhome Condominium Community in the East Village Breaks Ground

On Monday, May 24, the City of Long Beach, in partnership with City Ventures, Inc., celebrated the groundbreaking of "Huxton" one of the first single-family condominium housing developments to be built in downtown Long Beach in almost a decade. Read more

New Downtown Long Beach Apartment Communities Break Ground

On Thursday, June 1, the City of Long Beach, in partnership with Sares Regis Group (SRG), Inc., celebrated the groundbreaking of three apartment communities, totaling 348 units, in downtown Long Beach, which includes 17 affordable units. Read more

Congratulations to Long Beach Fire Department Recruit Class 2017 A/B!

On May 27, 2017 the City of Long Beach welcomed 39 new firefighters to the Long Beach Fire Department after 14-weeks of training.

Public Health Matters to Long Beach

Health and Human Services Department Receives March of Dimes Grant

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of five recipients of the 2015 through 2017 March of Dimes California Chapter Community Grant designed to close the health inequities gap and improve infant health by reducing the occurrence of birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. The three-year grant total is $110,430; and the DHHS will be awarded $26,492 in the final year of the grant. Read more

Long Beach Public Health Department Launches Zika Awareness Campaign

As the summer approaches the Long Beach Health and Human Services Department (DHHS) is advising residents to protect themselves by eliminating standing water around their homes and businesses, as well as report day-biting mosquitoes to prevent West Nile Virus (WNV) and Zika virus from spreading in the City. Read more

MHA Wellness and Recovery Center

Breaks Ground!

A new state-of-the-art homeless center, MHA Wellness and Recovery Center, that will feature a health clinic, showers, access to washers and dryers and much more will be coming to Long Beach as soon as July 2018. Oh yes, and Meta World Peace said he will be at the center at least once a month and at the grand opening.

Long Beach Selects New City Clerk

City Council Will Consider a Resolution to Appoint Monique DeLaGarza as City Clerk

Tomorrow, June 6, 2017 at the City Council regular meeting, the Council will consider a resolution to appoint Monique DeLaGarza as City Clerk. An executive recruitment search was conducted and interviews were held in April/May 2017. Along with the City Manager, it is one of two positions the Mayor and City Council hires directly. Read more

Announcements

Long Beach celebrated its 34th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade that paid an emotional tribute to the 49 victims of the horrific Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting.

LAist.com published a fun story, "Ten Things You May Not Know About Long Beach," revealing some historical facts about Long Beach you may not know about. Check it out by clicking here!

For this upcoming summer T-Ball season our participants will have a distinctively different look; Dodger Blue! Thanks to a grant from the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, our youth sports participants will be provided with a complete Dodger Uniform and glove and each program site will receive baseballs, bats, catcher’s gear, and helmets. Our T-ball season will kick off on June 28. We will have over 500 kids participating in this exciting program this Summer. Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine

Long Beach now has its own bitmoji style icons thanks to Long Beach Post Visit Long Beach and Port of Long Beach. Click here to download LBmojis 👉 http://lbmoji.lbpost.com

Long Beach 6th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival is back and will be sponsored by Vice Mayor Rex Richardson and Councilman Roberto Uranga. This year LA's Latin, Hip-hop, funk band Ozomatli will be performing! Click here for more details.

Get in shape with our Downtown Fitness Loop! Check out this 4.8-mile walking/running path bordered by Alamitos Avenue, East Shoreline Drive, Aquarium Road, West Shoreline Drive and Ocean Boulevard. The loop has distance markers that connect fitness equipment stations, allowing exercisers to develop a routine suited for them.

Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine summer catalog is out and offers over 400 classes and programs from June to August. Check out classes and register here today!