Potluck Honoring Winner, Neighborhood of the Year

The Neighborhood Resource Center invites Long Beach residents to a Neighborhood of the Year Potluck Celebration on Monday, June 11, 2012 from 6 to 7:30 pm at 425 Atlantic Avenue.  Free parking is available behind the building and on the street.  

The California Heights Neighborhood Association (CHNA) won the 2012 Neighborhood of the Year Grand Prize for its California Heights Home and Garden Tour, which raises private funds for ambitious community projects in the California Heights (Cal Heights) Historic District. The Home and Garden Tour also took First Place in the Physical Revitalization Beautification-Single Neighborhood category at the Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) national conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, last month.

Residents are invited to bring food to share and to meet, mingle and eat with individuals and neighborhood groups who make Long Beach a better place to live.  California Heights Neighborhood Association representatives will share their award-winning NUSA presentation at the potluck gathering.

The Home and Garden Tours demonstrate both the intrinsic and financial values of maintaining the neighborhood's character and unique sense of place. The tours have raised over $100,000 to be reinvested in neighborhood projects, activities and support services, including approximately $40,000 allocated to CHNA's lamppost restoration project over the past decade. The signature project replaces the basic lamppost tops with replicas of the original decorative cages, finials and globes that once adorned the historic district neighborhood’s lampposts. In addition, approximately $65,000 in Navy Memorial Heritage Association grants as well as private adoptions will bring the total private investment in Cal Heights' lamppost infrastructure to more than $120,000 by the end of 2012. All this funding is privately raised.

For more information about the potluck, call 562.570.3814.