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Northeast L.A. Riverfront

The NELA Riverfront District Vision and Economic Development Plan was the result of community engagement activities that were aimed at celebrating Northeast Los Angeles’ riverfront neighborhoods: Atwater Village, Cypress Park, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park and Lincoln Heights. From 2013 to 2014, the Plan documented ideas from the community with the goal of improving the NELA Riverfront area and giving recommendations to deliver those improvements to the L.A. River and its surrounding Northeast Los Angeles riverfront neighborhoods. Download the Vision Plan (93.6 MB)

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Community Engagement Toolkit
The Lessons Learned and Community Engagement Toolkit is indended for use in community planning and economic development projects.
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The NELA Riverfront Collaborative is an interdisciplinary project that builds upon the growing momentum of efforts already underway to transform the Los Angeles River into a "riverfront district" and to create a focal point of community revitalization.
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The Northeast L.A. (NELA) Placemaking Design Competition is seeking implementable projects that enhance the neighborhood identity, river revitalization, community health, and public spaces of the NELA river area and its adjacent neighborhoods.
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The aim of this Vision Plan is to continue the revitalization efforts by reconnecting the Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) community with the River, and therefore creating a symbiotic partnership that boasts the values of equitable community and economic deve
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With his portraits, photographer Ricardo Palavecino provides an insight into the daily lives of individuals and communities based around the L.A. River. Short audio snippets and a transcript from informal interviews with the subjects accompany the portrai
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With his portraits, photographer Ricardo Palavecino provides an insight into the daily lives of individuals and communities based around the L.A. River. Short audio snippets and a transcript from informal interviews with the subjects accompany the portra
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With his portraits, photographer Ricardo Palavecino provides an insight into the daily lives of individuals and communities based around the L.A. River. Short audio snippets and a transcript from informal interviews with the subjects accompany the portrai
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With his portraits, photographer Ricardo Palavecino provides an insight into the daily lives of individuals and communities based around the L.A. River. Short audio snippets and a transcript from informal interviews with the subjects accompany the portrai
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With his portraits, photographer Ricardo Palavecino provides an insight into the daily lives of individuals and communities based around the L.A. River. Short audio snippets and a transcript from informal interviews with the subjects accompany the portrai
People of NELA
The photographs aim to showcase the demographics around the L.A. River in Northeast Los Angeles, structured within an online hub of stories, discussions, and engagement activities inspired by life in the NELA communities. 
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While the name was inspired by the Seine River in Paris, the location of The Left Bank comes from a rich familial tradition -- it was once a tool shop run by Goodman-Lean's paternal grandfather for four decades.
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Elysian Valley flowed with life on Saturday morning as more than a hundred community residents, activists, and river enthusiasts gathered for yet another milestone in the ongoing efforts to revitalize the L.A. River.
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