Tag: LVNA
Merchants and neighbors generate support for small playground in Village
Larchmont Village merchants and shoppers always welcome more parking for the street. It has been this way since the Los Angeles Railway Company’s Yellow Car trolley “3 Line” stopped running up the Boulevard from Third Street to Melrose Avenue in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The contemporary desire for additional parking notwithstanding, there usually […]
Larchmont Village hosts 2017 block party
More than 200 neighbors gathered one sunny Saturday afternoon last month on N. Bronson Ave. for the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) block party. Partygoers mingled over tables of free food and drinks while jamming out to classic rock music courtesy of The Encroachments, a band made up of local Realtors, including Bruce Walker, one […]
Mixed-use project divides Larchmont Village neighbors
Several neighbors expressed dissatisfaction during a May 9 Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) semi-annual meeting in regards to both a new mixed-use development working its way through the planning process, and the support the neighborhood association gave to the project. The frustrated residents allege the development was “rubber-stamped” by the LVNA board without the neighborhood […]
Larchmont Village and La Brea-Hancock residents cheer Planning Dept.
If there were one theme that predominated at the recent Dept. of City Planning open house and public hearing regarding several residential neighborhoods, including Larchmont Village and La Brea-Hancock, it was constituent appreciation for the inclusive work and effective outreach of the city planning staff. At the Claude Pepper Senior Center on La Cienega Blvd. […]
Neighborhood association shows off new website
The Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association has leapt into the 21st century with the creation of its very own website. The new website (www.lvna.info) makes it easier for residents living within Larchmont Village neighborhood boundaries (Beverly to Melrose, Arden to Wilton Pl.) to discover promotions at their favorite stores and restaurants, as well as keep up […]
Join LVNA, get perks from area businesses
For the past year, Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association board member Amy Vangsgard has passed out welcome bags to new area residents. “It’s my Midwestern roots,” she said with a laugh. “My parents were meeters and greeters and so am I.” Vangsgard was brainstorming with other LVNA members about ways to increase membership to the 250-person […]
