Welcome!
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 17:15.Welcome to The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council website. Your presence shows a commitment to your neighborhood and your city. Our regular Board Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every other month. The next meeting will be on January 14, 2009 (7:00 p.m., at the Wilshire Ebell, at Wilshire & Lucerne). All are welcome to attend. If you have an item you would like placed on our agenda, please contact info@greaterwilshire.org or (424) 901-1409, at least two weeks before the meeting.
Town Hall Meeting
Submitted by lizfuller on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:24.Please join Councilmember Tom LaBonge at a Town Hall Meeting to meet the personnel of the New Los Angeles Police Departments Olympic Station.
This new station will be providing service your area.
Also on the agenda, obtaining feed back on possible capital improvement projects in the area.
DATE: DECEMBER 3RD, 2008
TIME: WEDNESDAY EVENING – 7:00 PM
WHERE: WILSHIRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
300 S. Western Avenue Los Angeles, California 90020
Southwest corner of 3rd & Western Ave.
PARKING: In the Lot AT 3RD & OXFORD
(Be sure not to park behind cars and block others)
Wilshire Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Community Meetings
Submitted by lizfuller on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 14:29.The City of Los Angeles, Metro, and the County of Los Angeles are considering the feasibility of implementing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project on Wilshire Boulevard. This project will examine the potential for dedicated curbside bus lanes during the morning and evening rush hours. There will be 4 community meetings held throughout the project area to learn about and comment on the project.
Please join us at any of the 4 meetings (The same content will be presented at all meetings)
Wednesday, November 12th, 6-8 p.m.
Wilshire United Methodist Church
4350 Wilshire Bl
Connect with SurveyLA through the GWNC!
Submitted by lizfuller on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 16:52.SurveyLA, the Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey – http://preservation.lacity.org/survey - is Los Angeles' first-ever comprehensive program to identify significant historic resources throughout our city. The survey marks a coming-of-age for Los Angeles' historic preservation movement, and will serve as a centerpiece for the City’s first truly comprehensive preservation program.
Agenda for November 12 GWNC Board Meeting
Submitted by lizfuller on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 15:49.PUBLIC Comment: The public is requested to fill out a” Speaker Card” to address the Board on anyitem on the agenda. Comments from the public on the agenda items will be heard only when that item is being considered. Comments from the public on other matters, not appearing on the agenda but within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction, will be heard during the Public Comment period. Public comment is limited to two (2) minutes per speaker, unless waived by the presiding officer of the Board.
1 Call to order (Charles Dougherty)
2 Roll call (Elizabeth Fuller)
Agenda for November 11 GWNC Ad Hoc Land Use Committee Meeting
Submitted by lizfuller on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 11:23.GWNC Ad Hoc Land Use Committee
November 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Wilshire United Methodist Church (corner of Wilshire & Plymouth) - Fellowship Hall
(Please note room change: the Fellowship Hall is the large room just inside the entrance from the main Wilshire Blvd. parking lot)
1. Call to Order
2. New Business:
- Yummy Foods – 180 S. La Brea (Steve Kramer, et al.)
- Church – 4270 W. 6th St. (Kiyoshi Graves)
- Cuvee Wine Lounge – 322 S. La Brea (Bill Bergstrom, et. al.)
- Condos – Wilshire & Rimpau (Nancy Reinisch?)
Department of Transportation Announces Safety Guidelines for Trick-or-Treaters
Submitted by lizfuller on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 13:50.October, 27, 2008
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) wants to remind parents that Halloween is a good time to teach children about pedestrian and traffic safety.
LADOT has issued simple guidelines that will help safeguard children on Halloween night and whenever they walk in their neighborhoods at night.
● Adults should accompany children to make sure safety rules are followed.
● Cross streets only at intersections and look both ways before crossing a street.
● Walk within crosswalks.
● Wear white or reflective clothing.
City of L.A. Department of City Planning Public Outreach Training
Submitted by lizfuller on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 09:14.Discover the wealth of information that the Department of City Planning has made available through the Internet.
Learn the dynamics of the various information systems accessible to the public with the intent of assisting and guiding you through the Planning process. Training topics include:
* Using ZIMAS to view2 property information and generate vareious maps, reports and mailing labels.
* Using our website to view Community Plans, Specific Plans, Historic Preservation resources, Planning Entitlement process, Hearings, Meetings and Agendas.
Public Input for new Cultural Master Plan
Submitted by lizfuller on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 11:54.The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs wants to hear from you!
We are developing a new Cultural Master Plan to provide a vision for the future of arts and culture in Los Angeles.
We want to hear from each community in Los Angeles. Your input will guide the future mission of the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Grand Opening of the New Robert Burns Park Play Area
Submitted by lizfuller on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 12:50.The collaboration of hard work on behalf of the Council District 4, Recreation and Parks Department, Neighbors, Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council and Windsor Square Home Owners Association has reached its first goal, the Grand Opening of the Play Structure.
Please help us spread the word.
Councilmember Tom LaBonge
Invites you to the grand opening of the play area at Robert Burns Park
September 29, 2008
9:00-10:00 a.m.
4900 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Please R.S.V.P. to (213) 978-2616
For more information, contact Nikki Ezhari
