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Our final South Robertson Great Streets plan was built from the ground up by the community. After months of meetings, surveys, working sessions, events, and one-on-one conversations, we landed on solutions that promote walking, encourage business activity, and tame traffic. We’ll plant trees and create spots along the street to sit and relax. We won’t remove traffic …
In early 2017, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced South Robertson as the recipient of a GREAT STREETS grant, with specific focus on the area between Cadillac and Kincardine, just south of Hamilton High School. South Robertson was one of only three submitted projects to win a BUILD grant. The opportunity for change on South Robertson is …
After many months of surveys, conversations, workshops, dot exercises and design charrettes, we have finally arrived at a plan for the street! We invite you to come and join us for our final community meeting to see the plans and find out what’s next. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday September 27th from 7-9pm at Shenandoah …
We have been a little overdue in posting an update. Between the summer slow-down and plenty of behind-the-scenes work, we realize we owed the blog an update. So here it is. Our second community workshop back at the end of June was a big success. About 100 people attended, and we split into four groups …
Not everyone is an urban planner. In fact, it’s safe to say that very few of us are. So what do we need to learn to understand what bulb-outs, parklets, people plazas and more actually mean? What do they look like in the real world? We were confused too, so we set out around town …
Our second Great Streets workshop will be held on Sunday 25 June from 1-4pm. This will be our final community working session. You don’t need to have attended our first workshop, but for those who did, this will build on the work done so far and narrow down to identify specific solutions. This is the meeting …
We’ve had a whirlwind couple of weeks on the GREAT STREETS project. A catch-up post was long overdue! We’ve now had three major rounds of community input on the project so far–from the initial community survey, from the first workshop, and from the SoRo Festival. In addition, we’ve summarized some of what we’d heard from …
Although it’s not part of the Great Streets project, a new effort to reconfigure all four I-10 Freeway ramps at Robertson will have a dramatic impact on the future of the neighborhood. Currently, the ramps are located to the immediate south of the Great Streets area. One, the westbound exit ramp, is located directly across from …
We are counting the hours until we get to see you at our kickoff workshop for Great Streets South Robertson! Our first meeting is on Sunday and we’re going to have some fun! Where/When? Great Streets Kickoff Meeting and Workshop #1 Sunday, 21 May: 1-4pm Simon Wiesenthal Center, Third Floor 1399 S. Roxbury Drive, Los …
You bowled us over with your submissions for the initial Great Streets survey! Hundreds and hundreds of you weighed in and we’re so grateful for your enthusiasm for this project! The initial survey is now closed. Your input will shape the next step on the journey, the community workshop on Sunday 21st May from 1-4pm. What’s next? Come out and participate in …
If you’re a business owner along South Robertson, we are especially interested in hearing from you. Since you’re right there along Robertson, what you have to share will have tremendous impact. We’ve created a separate survey just for you. It will take you less than 5 minutes to complete. We can’t wait to hear your …