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"In this start of my third term, I recommit to serving you with the drive and tenacity I see everyday in the Angelenos working to keep the American Dream alive for the next generation," said Council President Garcetti.

From Amelia Fitzwater

Hello Friends of Amelia Fitzwater:

After four amazing years of running Amelia Fitzwater it is with a heavy heart that I announce the closing of the store. The decision was not an easy one to make however with the slow economy,loss of a partnership,low sales and now with the much anticiapted arrival of my first child,it seems like the time was right for a change.

I wanted to take this time to personally thank all you for all the support you have given Amelia Fitzwater as well as myself throughout the many years at both locations. I’ve enjoyed meeting all of you whether it was the first time shopper or the frequent shopper. You’ve all made my business possible and a positive experience . I and my family greatly apprecaite all of it. I look forward to continuing the friendships I've made through the store and the wonderful Atwater Community.

The doors will closing July 27th. So we’ll be having our Final Sale July 7th-26th. This will be a store wide sale. EVERYTHING in the shop from all merchandise to fixtures, tables and bookshelves  , everything is for sale! 25%-50% off. Bring cash and you never know what extra deals might be made!

Please note: The store will be closed June 29-July 6th as we prepare for the closure and BIG sale! Hope to see you all there.

XOXO
Imara
Amelia Fitzwater
3129 1/2 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039

We will also be giving a presentation for emergency preparedness. 

We look forward to seeing you!!

Ginger

blahblahginger3@gmail.com

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce, I am happy to announce to you the first “Summer Nights on The Boulevard” event.

Slated for Thursday, July 23rd, this Summer Night is an opportunity for all restaurants, galleries, stores and boutiques to showcase what you’re all about to Atwater Village and beyond.  We encourage all businesses to stay open until at least 9PM on July 23rd in order to give everyone the opportunity to wine, dine, and shop Atwater Village.

More in-depth details will follow shortly, but start spreading the word now to your fellow merchants, friends, family, your entire mailing list, and beyond.

Mark Newman-Kuzel
Chamber President

A Vibrant Village - Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce

Creating a positive and successful business environment in Atwater Village

P.O. Box 39754
Los Angeles, CA  90039
(323) 634-2535
mnkuzel@pacbell.net

www.atwaterchamber.org

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Have a happy and save 4th of July!

 

Featuring  “A Taste of Glendale Boulevard” by select local restaurants.

Canelé - Mediterranean
Tacos Villa Corona - Mexican
Viet Noodle Bar - Vietnamese
Baracoa - Cuban
Michelangelo Restorante - Italian
Sweets for the Soul - American

The Monthly Community Police Advisory Board (CPAB) Meeting will be held on Monday June 22, 2009 from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Eagle Rock CITIY HALL/Council District !4 Field OfficE (Community Meeting Room) located at 2035 East Colorado Boulevard in the Community of Eagle Rock.  Updates on Crime Stats, Crime Activity, and potential problem areas in the Northeast will be provided by the Captain with additional commentary from the Northeast LAPD Senior Lead Officers, the LA City Attorney's Office, Guest Speakers, and Community Members.

 

Photo of Atwater Public Library, Circa 1950's

Photo of 3229 Glendale Blvd before renovations, photo by Atwater Village Newbie

The historic old “Library Building” at 3229 Glendale Blvd is getting a much needed facelift after many years of neglect. The building housed Atwater’s public library for 36 years from 1953 to 1989 until it relocated to a larger building at the corner of Glendale Boulevard and Revere.  The most recent occupant of the original building was Thousand Fabrics, which also relocated about a year and a half ago.  Since that time, the building has stood empty and had fallen into disrepair.

Jeff Gardner, above

The old “Library Building” was recently purchased by Amesbury Partners, LLC of which Jeff Gardner is a partner. Mr. Gardner currently serves on the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council as a business representative. He also owns another commercial property on Glendale Blvd, the Town Medical Center at 3161 Glendale Blvd.

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The L.A. City Council voted to deny the hardship exemption applications for three (3) Atwater Village marijuana dispensaries. The marijuana dispensaries that got their applications denied include L.A. Collective (3401 Glendale Boulevard - CF 05-0872-S215), Friendly Collective (3405 Glendale Boulevard - CF 05-0872-S170) and Global Meds Collective (3425 Glendale Boulevard - CF 05-0872-S282).

The remaining two (2) marijuana dispensaries, A.A.C.C (3106 Glendale Boulevard - CF 05-0872-S435) and Accurate Services Medical Dispensary (3429 Glendale Boulevard - CF 05-0872-S462), withdrew their hardship exemption applications prior to the City Council vote.

With their hardship applications either denied or withdrawn the Department of Building & Safety will now refer all five cases to the City Attorney's office for prosecution to force their closure.

 

As the buildings finally rise on the site of the former Van de Kamps (VdK) bakery, we are asking how the almost $71 million dollars of tax payer funding to build a Los Angeles Community College (LACC) North East Satellite Campus turned into 2/3rds of a campus, and a collection of tenants, among them a possible charter school, but without accredited college level classes.

With Prop AA, we specifically voted for an adult education facility.  What we are getting is a charter school with a fence decorated with symbols of baked goods, in the words of LACCD “the baking heritage of the community”.  Or, as Coalition to Save Van de Kamp’s co founder Netty Carr put it, “it looks like now all we’re getting for $70 million in taxpayer dollars are the cupcake fence and the crumbs.”  Mighty pricey crumbs.

The original pre-bond plans included a third building being built through a $20 million dollar fund raising drive.  With the Prop AA Bond funded project, we were promised a third building – a multipurpose auditorium that would have facilitated large lectures, movies, and theatrical uses to the benefit of both campus students and the local community.

The two building campus we now have was originally budgeted without the need of ANY bond funding.  Who is standing to be accountable for $20 million dollars of value squandered?
The “team” of LACCD players now making the rounds are saying that it’s only the bad economy and budget cuts are to blame.  The real story is not so simple and not so innocent.  Some members of that team are far from innocent players who deliberately set out to stall the campus into what it is now buildings being leased out by the district to obtain funds from a collection of tenants – not an LACC satellite campus.

Our campus has fallen prey to infighting and politics at the city, LACC, LACCD and the Board of Trustees.  Had it been completed at any of the promised completion dates from 2005, 2006 or late 2007 we would have a functioning LACC satellite campus. Period.

First the city tried to hand off the site to developers but the VdK Coalition, and then State Senator Richard Polanco stopped that.  Polanco found $3 million in seed money and got the campus construction funded through $61 million in Prop AA bonds that we voted for.

Then the internal LACC and LACCD politics started, resulting in fatal stalling through studies of the already completed studies, and revisions of revisions. The internal foes of this project held it up in every way possible, stalling with make work, expensive studies of studies and endless pointless plan revisions. They know the system well and they knew how to use it, they ran the clock out while building costs escalated and operating funds diminished. They knew full well what they were doing; they knew that every day of delay diminished the chances of the satellite campus ever opening. 

Now we are in the final rounds. The Coalition has asked for a complete accounting of all money spent on the project. We’ve been told that will be coming in 2 weeks. Public record act requests are being prepared to get to the bottom of this. LACCD officials are racing to sign contracts with paying tenants and the community is struggling for the promised higher education that is much needed. The VDK Coalition remains fully committed that a viable adult community college with adult educational components goes into that site. We are currently working on a web site that will have a full account of names, timeline, and materials collected over the past 10 years. To be place on our email list, sign up for actions alerts, or to let us hear your thoughts, please email us at vdkcoalition@gmail.com