Dear Friends and Supporters of Leimert Park Village,

 SUPPORT THE LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE PEOPLE’S STREET PLAZA!

CONTRIBUTIONS OF $10, $25, $50, $100 OR WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE!

For several years now the Leimert Park Village and Crenshaw Corridor Stakeholders have been working to improve opportunities for businesses and local residents in the community.

We now have a special opportunity to come together in support of a project that emanated from our 20|20 Vision Initiative Plan:  The Leimert Park Village People’s Street Plaza.  This project closes 43^rd Place between Leimert and Degnan Boulevards to all vehicular traffic and opens up myriad opportunities for special events that will be programmed by the community.  We have already had a few test runs of the concept and it has worked well during our monthly Art Walks and during the recent visit of CiClavia to Leimert Park Village.  Click here to view the growing list of partners and programs.

The formal development of the People Street will involve several components.  The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (DOT) will vacate the street and erect barriers to prevent vehicle intrusion and will paint the street.  Volunteers and stakeholders working under the banner of Kaos Network and Seeds of Carver will develop other physical components of the project including planter boxes. Click here to download the People's Street implementation plan.

Local organizations have stepped up and are participating in the project including implementation management by the Institute for Maximum Human Potential (IMHP), a $2,000 grant from the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council (ECWANDC) and in-kind support from the Greater Leimert Park Village Crenshaw Corridor Business Improvement District (GLPVCCBID).  We also have received great response from local residents to date including a $2,000 pledge from Lee Walker and $720 from Terry Walker, CEO of Community Emergency Preparedness Action Center (CEPAC).  However, despite the contributions from these organizations and residents, we still have a budget shortfall and are asking for contributions from local friends of the project to help close the funding gap.  The implementation budget is $25,000 and so far we have $5,500 on hand.

We are asking our friends and local residents to step up and give the People’s Street a hand.  We will all benefit.   Please make contributions by clicking here: Leimert Park Village People’s Street Fund managed by IMHP or you can sign up to make a pledge below.  Funds will go towards the cost of garden box materials, plants, bar stool chairs, umbrellas, stage apparatus, event seating and tools.  You can also join us on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday January 19^th to help build the Urban Farm Lab in the People's Street.  It’s A Day of Service!  Bring your gloves, tools or something for volunteer workers to eat or drink.  We thank you greatly!

 LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE STAKEHOLDERS 20|20 VISION INITIATIVE

 Clint Rosemond, Co-Chair            Johnny Raines, Jr., Co-Chair

The People's Street will feature:

• Streetbed Surface with High Performance Paint Embossed with the Art Walk Logo and Adinkra Symbols of West Africa
• Urban Farm Lab
• Cafe Seating with Umbrellas
• Staging
• Event Seating

Slated Programs:

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