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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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This is an open call for placemaking projects, proposals that create and enhance public space in Northeast Los Angeles.
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Regional planners came together to share the progress on their planning, best practices, and spur on conversations on how to implement their visionary ideas for their communities.
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They are currently seeking proposals for co-location at the 135,000 square-foot former Kmart, which will be transformed into a community amenity a one-stop shop for what seems to be everything a community needs to thrive.
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This Vision Plan aims to celebrate the existing Northeast Los Angeles River landscape by creating a plan for a continuous, linear, recreational experience, connecting some of Los Angeles' most interesting ecological assets to the communities that surro...
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When cities and neighborhoods have thriving public spaces, residents have a strong sense of community. This happens through the process of placemaking. Placemaking is an inclusive and creative group process of developing a neighborhood's social, econom...
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A summer community engagement workshop focused on on sustainable economic development, specific to potential riverfront projects the community and the funding mechanisms to realize them.
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It is often said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. If so, then Super King certainly has their sights set firmly on every man's heart with its dizzying array of ethnic foods from all corners of the globe.
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It is easy to imagine, walking down the streets of Cypress Park or Lincoln Heights, a much earlier, simpler time when one could walk to a corner store for a carton of milk, greeting neighbors and friends along the way
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Media play a key role in creating common interests, issues, and events that are specific to the neighborhood, and can foster a shared sense of identity among residents.
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Frogtown's Artwalk has a distinctly neighborhood feeling, as many of its galleries and performances operate out of resident garages, in resident driveways, or on street curbs.
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Social media has allowed the NELA RC interns to not only capture, but to share their experiences of canvassing Atwater Village, Cypress Park, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park, and Lincoln Heights.
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Sipping coffee along the L.A. River is now a reality as RAC Design Build and Cafecito Orgánico have teamed up to hold a pop-up coffee shop along the river's pedestrian and bike path in Elysian Valley.
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