URBAN GREENING PROJECTS
Greener Streets,
Cool Shade
Access to green space boosts our physical and mental health, and makes it easier to enjoy recreation even on warm days. We have several projects designed to make our neighborhoods greener and our sidewalks shadier.
2,000 new trees offering the sweet relief of sidewalk shade.
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Los Angeles Conservation Corps is planting 2,000 new street trees along major walking routes in our neighborhoods, focused on creating shade for commercial and residential areas.
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More space to play and relax with family and friends.
Renovate David M. Gonzalez Park
The park is getting a boost! Trust for Public Land is adding:
- 95 shade trees
- Drought-tolerant shrubs, grasses and vines
- Areas to capture stormwater and let it seep back into our groundwater
- A learning garden with native plants
- New walking paths
New Community Resiliency Center
This will be a place where you can learn about all the improvements happening in your community, and also see eco-friendly features in action. To create this Community Resiliency Center, we’ll upgrade the David M. Gonzales Recreation Center with:
- Solar panels
- Energy storage
- Electric vehicle charging stations
Renovate Bradley Green Alley and Plaza
A crumbling, neglected alley became a vibrant community space for children and families. Trust for Public Land completed this renovation at the intersection of Bradley Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard.
It included:
- 800 linear feet of alley and street improvement
- 6 street lights
- 5 seating fixtures
- A shade structure
- 46 trees
- 1,000 vines and shrubs
- A system to capture stormwater
The more we track air pollution, the more we can fight it.
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Help us learn more about our air quality by keeping a monitor at your home. Pacoima Beautiful is recruiting people to participate in an Air Quality and Temperature Monitoring Program in partnership with the University of Southern California (USC) Division of Environmental Health and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Luskin Center for Innovation.
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We can expect more droughts and water shortages. So let’s capture the water that falls from the sky!
Fernangeles Park Stormwater Capture + Baseball Field Upgrades
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is equipping Fernangeles Park with the ability to capture stormwater and use it to supplement the water supply for the City of Los Angeles.
Plus, they’re upgrading 2 baseball fields with new:
- Dugouts
- Back-stops
- Batting cages
- Benches
- Sports lighting
- Irrigation systems
Van Nuys - Glenoaks Green Streets
The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation is installing stormwater infrastructure as part of the Van Nuys-Glenoaks Green Streets Project, which is surrounded by Glenoaks Blvd, Filmore St, Paxton Ave, and Foothill Blvd. They’ll also add more vegetation and trees.
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