Each year the DLANC Sustainability Committee hosts a series of community meetings to develop goals for the upcoming year – and projects that might help us meet our objectives for a more livable, affordable, and efficient urban center.

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Green alleys for Downtown

The Harlem Place Project is an initiative by the DLANC Sustainability Committee to understand and promote the utililization of our alleys as urban green space. With more than more than 900 miles of alleys in Los Angeles, these spaces could have a significant cumulative impact on the quality of our

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Park[ing] Day LA – an event for green space Downtown

Park[ing] Day LA 2010 is Friday, Sept. 17 This is the fourth year for Park[ing] Day LA - an international, city-wide event highlighting the importance of parks and open space in our urban neighborhood. By taking over a parking spot, community members build small parks-for-a-day with their own vision of the future. More

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How to build a “green” parking lot?

... with your partnership We are looking for community partners who can help us work with the DTLAYCC to develop a strategy for converting this open lot, adjacent to the Youth Center, into a functional and  environmentally-responsible open space and parking lot. We are looking for people with expertise in soils, civil engineering,

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Green Pockets Project - Parking Lot Pilot

What is a "green" parking lot and how could it be used by the youth of our community?

Green Pockets Project – Parking Lot Pilot

We are working to help the Downtown Los Angeles Youth & Cultural Center bring a more sustainable solution to meet their parking needs. Meeting: Thursday, July 21 at 7:00pm Join us as we meet at the DTLAYCC (132 S. Beaudry Avenue) to review our next steps and discuss how we will approach

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DTLAYCC - Building a better solution - Meeting recap

DTLAYCC – Building a better solution – Meeting recap

On Thursday, July 15, several community members met at the DTLAYCC to discuss the project of converting the vacant lot into a functional, revenue-generating parking lot that is not only practical but environmentally-friendly. Valerie Watson, a newly-elected member of the DLANC Board, brought a document to help outline some important issues.

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ORCO Block helps us understand permeable pavers

ORCO Block helps us understand permeable pavers

Erick Young of ORCO Block, a Southern Californian company that fabricates concrete permeable pavers, attended our recent May meeting and was very helpful in giving us additional understanding of the challenges we face, the building technology available to help us address the issues of the site, and the opportunity for a

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Recap on the Harlem Place Project

Community presentation by graduate student team from UCSB-Bren School for Environmental Studies & Management

Recap on the Harlem Place Project

At a community presentation of the Harlem Place Project, the graduate student team from the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management discussed the impacts of transforming small-scale open space on both a local and regional level. With more than 900 miles of alleys and many park-poor neighborhoods throughout

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