Mature Ficus Trees Felled on First and on Westmoreland

The Los Angeles United School District is building a new school on what has historically been the Virgil Middle School playing fields. Those fields were recently relocated to a new site north of the school. The relocation and new construction are parts of a school project that initially proposed removing a great deal of housing [...]

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Great News! Learning Garden Agreement Signed!

On January 20th 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust (BVCLT) signed the joint use agreement that enables a new learning garden at Los Angeles Eco-Village! The site is the currently-vacant lot at the north east corner of the intersection of Bimini Place and White House Place.

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Why do L.A. schools need so much parking?

Some of my earlier posts (here and here) have covered some of Los Angeles Eco-Village’s struggles with the Los Angeles Unified School District. LAUSD plans to build a large surface parking lot in the heart of our neighborhood. We think it’s not a good idea. Though we’ve heard some preliminary rumbles that there’s a compromise in the [...]

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New Design for LAUSD Parking – with Garden!

Check out the new design above, done by architect Ian MacIlvaine of Tierra Sol y Mar, who sits on the board of the Cooperative Resources and Services Project (CRSP) which is the parent non-profit that started Los Angeles Eco-Village.  It shows the existing vacant lot at the northeast corner of Bimini Place and White House [...]

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Zev’s Letter to LAUSD

Here’s a letter sent to the LAUSD by Zev, one of our newest residents.  See this blog entry for more background on eco-village’s negotiations with the LAUSD, and how you can help out.

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Action Alert: Please Write LAUSD to Preserve Our Corner

Many long-time friends of Los Angeles Eco-Village are aware that we’ve struggled with the Los Angeles Unified School District and its plans to demolish homes in our neighborhood to provide additional school space. Some of the past story is on-line here. We worked with the school district recently to modify plans for Central Region Elementary [...]

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