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FREE Back to School Immunization Program

Monday, August 10th, 2009

immunizations

Get your child’s shots for the new school year BEFORE summer is over! Please bring your Yellow Card with you.

August 14th (1 pm – 5 pm)
Ted Watkins Park
1335 E. 103rd St.

August 18th (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Compton
130 E. Compton Blvd.

August 26th (1 pm – 5 pm)
G.W. Carver Park
1400 E. 118th St.

August 28th (1 pm -5 pm)
Campanella Park
14812 S. Stanford Ave.

September 1st (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Florence
501 E. Florence Ave.

September 2nd (2 pm – 5 pm)
WIC – Lynwood
3811 M.L. King, Jr. Blvd.

More information (Spanish)

Second District Contains Most Of L.A.’s Youngest Neighborhoods

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The L.A. Times’ Mapping Project “found that L.A. neighborhoods with the lowest median ages tend to be in working-class area of South L.A. In fact, 9 of the top 10 youngest neighborhoods listed below are in the Second Supervisorial District:

Watts (Median Age = 21)
Central Alameda (22)
University Park (23)
South Park (23)
Florence (23)
Historic South-Central (23)
Broadway-Manchester (23)
Wilmington (24)
Vermont Vista (24)
Vermont Knolls (24)

$2.3 Million In Economic Stimulus Transportation Funds Announced

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Los Angeles County Supervisors Don Knabe (4th District), Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Gloria Molina (1st District), Vice Chair of the Board and Ridley-Thomas (2nd District), jointly announce approval of $2.3 million in Federal Economic Stimulus projects in the County’s unincorporated areas in the First, Second and Fourth Districts. These projects are part of the first group of projects in the region to be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and include resurfacing and improvements on:

Hooper Avenue from Firestone Boulevard to south of 58th Drive, Florence-Firestone (Second District)

Public Works will deliver 19 transportation infrastructure projects throughout the County using over $46 million of ARRA funds. Public Works is actively seeking small businesses and community based enterprises to bid on contracts for this and future ARRA Stimulus projects.

County businesses seeking more information regarding these and future ARRA Stimulus projects may visit the Public Works Business Outreach website at http://dpw.lacounty.gov/PRG/business/.

This project will be advertised for construction bids early next month.

Florence And Compton Festival

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

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Friday, May 15th: 6pm-10pm
Saturday, May 16th: 2pm-10pm
Sunday, May 17th: 2pm-10pm

Second District Calendar

Friday, April 17th, 2009

All visitors to the Second District website are encouraged to regularly check out the Calendar which can be accessed at the right end of the navigational bar above. We regularly post activities, meetings, conferences and events to the Calendar. For example, look at the many Second District Calendar items for tomorrow:

Hawthorne Library Spring Book Sale

Florence-Firestone Get Hip – Go Green Fest ‘09

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Grand Opening

4th Annual South L.A. Earth Fest at Leimert Park Village

STD Awareness Event

All Star Talent Auditions Sponsored By St. John’s Well Child

Get out and enjoy your Saturday!

Get Hip – Go Green Fest ‘09 In Florence-Firestone

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The County of Los Angeles, Supervisors Gloria Molina and Mark Ridley-Thomas and the Department of Public Works invite you to the Florence/Firestone “Get Hip – Go Green Fest ‘09″ on Saturday, April 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us for:

-Household hazardous waste collection event
-Utility discounts
-Environmental workshops
-Money saving programs
-Giveaways
-Chance to win: gas & grocery gift cards
-FREE food (while supplies last)
-Games, music and more…

Franklin D. Roosevelt Park
7600 Graham Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90001

For more information see flyer or call (888) CLEAN LA.


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