Summer Mixer At
Barnsdall Park Tomorrow Evening
The Hollywood Chamber’s Health Care Committee
and the East Hollywood Business Improvement
District invite members of the Chamber, and the
community, to enjoy a special evening at
Barnsdall Art Park. Summer in the Park, which
will highlight business resources of the East
Hollywood area, is co-sponsored by the Los
Angeles Association of Health Underwriters, the
Ramada Hotel of Hollywood, Children’s Hospital,
Kaiser Permanente, and Hollywood Presbyterian
Medical Center; BREATHE California, Hollywood
Famous Dental Care, the Saban Free Clinic and
Wilshire Pacific Investors. Additional
exhibitors include the California’s Department
of Managed Health Care HMO Help Center, Office
of the Patient Advocate, and the Medical Board
of California, as well as Queens Care Family
Clinics and the US Department of Labor EBSA.Summer
in the Park will be held on Wednesday August 20th
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Barnsdall Art
Park, located at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard. Self
parking is available in both upper and lower
lots. Note: there are multi levels of steps
from lower lot to reach event location! There
is no charge to attend, however advanced
reservations are required. RSVP to
Vivian@hollywoodchamber.net.
Improvements Underway in the East Hollywood BID
 The
Board of the East Hollywood Business Improvement
District (BID) met last week to discuss progress
being made on numerous fronts in East
Hollywood. In addition to its on-going cleaning
and maintenance of the BID, The Hollywood
Beautification Team (HBT) will be working over
the next few weeks to begin planting over 100
new trees within the BID. You will now be able
to easily identify the HBT crews at work in
their distinctive new blue East Hollywood BID
T-Shirts!
Additionally, the Board has approved funding for
the streetlight painting project that will soon
be underway in the BID. HBT will be working
with the Office of Public Works to finalize
logistics and painting specifications. Over 250
streetlights will be painted during the project.
The East
Hollywood BID is a cosponsor of tomorrow’s
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce mixer at Barnsdall
Park from 5-7:30 p.m. The mixer will highlight
the Health Resources available in Hollywood and
will include the East Hollywood BID property
owners. The event is free to attend.
The next
meeting of the BID is set for November 12th at
10:30 a.m. at the Ramada Hollywood Hotel. All
meetings are open to the public. For further
information on the East Hollywood Business
Improvement District please contact the
Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy,
Nicole Shahenian at
Nicole@hollywoodchamber.net.
City Council
Approves Long-Awaited Parking Garage
The Los Angeles
City Council approved plans last Friday for a
long-awaited parking garage to be built on Vine
Street in Hollywood. Nicole Shahenian, the
Hollywood Chamber’s Vice President of Public
Policy, was on hand to show the Chamber’s
continued support for the project. The
$21-million project will include a 457-space
parking structure with a 2,600-sq.ft. ground
floor retail component. It will be built
adjacent to the Ricardo Montalban Theatre. The
concept and design were originally approved by
the City in 2002, but financial issues kept the
project from moving forward. The Department of
Transportation is contributing $15.2-million
from the City’s Special Parking Revenue Fund for
the project. The Community Redevelopment Agency
has agreed to kick in an additional $4-million
to close the funding gap. Construction is
expected to begin by next spring. The Chamber
expresses appreciation to Council President Eric
Garcetti, to the Mayor’s Business Team and to
the Community Redevelopment Agency for helping
to resolve the funding issues. The garage is
expected to help alleviate a severe parking
shortage along the Cahuenga corridor and help
replace parking lost by the construction of
several developments in the area.
Hollywood’s
First Permanent Supportive Housing Project
Approved by City
Last week the
City Council unanimously approved the Community
Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) proposed Villas at
Gower permanent supportive housing project. The
LEED-Gold certified project envisions
construction of a four-story, 70-unit housing
complex which will bring homes to those in the
Hollywood community who are most in need -
single adults, families with children, and
transitional age youth who were homeless,
including a portion having special needs. The
Villas at Gower will respond to the unique needs
of these Hollywood residents by providing
essential services including intensive case
management that will connect residents to the
full range of support services they need to gain
increased independence and remain stably housed.
On August 7th, the Chamber’s vice president of
public policy, Nicole Shahenian spoke before the
Community Redevelopment Agency in support of the
proposed Villas at Gower project. Shahenian
testified that the Villas at Gower are an
important step in the right direction for
addressing homelessness in the Hollywood
community. As part of the Chamber’s ongoing
work to address homelessness in Hollywood, the
Chamber has joined with a coalition of Hollywood
business and community leaders to find
innovative approaches to combat homelessness in
Hollywood, known as the Hollywood Business
Roundtable on Homelessness. For further
information on the Villas at Gower project or
how to get involved the Hollywood Business
Roundtable on Homelessness please contact the
Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy,
Nicole Shahenian at
Nicole@hollywoodchamber.net or at
323-468-1373.
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The Feel Good Film Festival Announces Debut at
the Egyptian Theatre This Friday
The Feel Good Film Festival (FGFF) is set to
premiere Friday, August 22 at the Egyptian
Theatre in Hollywood and will run through
Sunday, August 24.. The three-day festival will
feature 53 films, including 15 features, 31
shorts, and 7 student films. The Feel Good Film
Festival lineup will represent seven countries,
including the U.S, U.K., Spain, Australia,
Netherlands, Finland and Canada. Festival passes
and tickets are available for purchase on
www.fgff.org.
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Free
business counseling at the Hollywood Chamber
Offered by the Service Corps of Retired
Executives (SCORE)
Richard Krelstein, a retired business
turn-around specialist
Consulting services will be available most
Fridays 9:30 - 11:30am
To schedule an
appointment, call Vivian at (323)469-8311.
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