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Friday, January 10th, 2014 |
A sign points to Little Armenia
Rep. Schiff Joins with Obama at White House to Help Announce Los
Angeles Promise Zone
WASHINGTON - Representative Adam Schiff on Thursday joined President
Barack Obama to help announce the first five `Promise Zones,' which
will include one located in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of
Hollywood, East Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake and Pico Union. The
Little Armenia neighborhood in Hollywood falls within this program's
borders.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is scheduled to hosted a press
conference on Friday at City Hall to announce the initiative and
detailed the impact this will have in advancing the needs of the city
and neighborhoods that have been included in the program.
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
in Washington, D.C.
First announced by the President during last year's State of the Union
Address, the Promise Zone Initiative is a way to partner with local
communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security,
expand access to educational opportunities and quality, affordable
housing and improve public safety.
The Hollywood Central Park project, which Schiff has worked on for
years, will be located within the Los Angeles Promise Zone. The
project would build a 44 acre urban park over the Hollywood Freeway
that will create more than 40,000 jobs, create long-term economic
stimulus, and provide the community with open green space for
generations to come. This is a major step forward for this
highly-anticipated project.
`By investing in these key communities in the country, we will not
only create jobs and educational opportunity for our young people, but
we will return hope to some areas that have lost much in the Great
Recession,' said Schiff. `Every child must have a good chance at
success - no matter where you're from - and this new Promise Zone will
help keep the promise that hard work and determination in America can
and will pay off.'
This new Los Angeles Promise Zone is focused on five primary goals:
Increasing housing affordability by preserving existing affordable
housing and partnering with housing developers to increase the supply
of affordable new housing to prevent displacement.
Ensuring all youth have access to a high-quality education, and are
prepared for college and careers through its Promise Neighborhoods
initiative, by partnering with the Youth Policy Institute and L.A.
Unified School District to expand its Full Service Community Schools
model from 7 schools to all 45 Promise Zone schools by 2019.
A map of the Promise Zone that encompases Little Armenia
Ensuring youth and adult residents have access to high-quality career
and technical training opportunities that prepare them for careers in
high-growth industries through partnerships with career and technical
training schools and the Los Angeles Community College District.
Investing in transit infrastructure including bus rapid transit lines
and bike lanes, and promoting transit-oriented development (TOD) that
attracts new businesses and creates jobs.
Charging its Promise Zone Director and Advisory Board with eliminating
wasteful and duplicative government programs
President Barak Obama announces the Promise Zone with Los Angeles
Mayor Eric Garcetti in the audience
Schiff advocated directly with the White House and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to select Hollywood as one of the first
zones in a letter in November 2013, saying: `The Los Angeles Promise
Zone seeks to attract private investment, improve affordable housing
and educational opportunities, create jobs, reduce serious and violent
crime, and assist local leaders in navigating federal programs and
cutting through red tape in the targeted Central Los Angeles
community. The City of Los Angeles has worked tirelessly for more than
a decade to develop innovative partnerships and best practices to
support this model.'
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/118250/little-armenia-part-of-obama%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98promise-zone%E2%80%99-program/
Friday, January 10th, 2014 |
A sign points to Little Armenia
Rep. Schiff Joins with Obama at White House to Help Announce Los
Angeles Promise Zone
WASHINGTON - Representative Adam Schiff on Thursday joined President
Barack Obama to help announce the first five `Promise Zones,' which
will include one located in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of
Hollywood, East Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake and Pico Union. The
Little Armenia neighborhood in Hollywood falls within this program's
borders.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is scheduled to hosted a press
conference on Friday at City Hall to announce the initiative and
detailed the impact this will have in advancing the needs of the city
and neighborhoods that have been included in the program.
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
in Washington, D.C.
First announced by the President during last year's State of the Union
Address, the Promise Zone Initiative is a way to partner with local
communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security,
expand access to educational opportunities and quality, affordable
housing and improve public safety.
The Hollywood Central Park project, which Schiff has worked on for
years, will be located within the Los Angeles Promise Zone. The
project would build a 44 acre urban park over the Hollywood Freeway
that will create more than 40,000 jobs, create long-term economic
stimulus, and provide the community with open green space for
generations to come. This is a major step forward for this
highly-anticipated project.
`By investing in these key communities in the country, we will not
only create jobs and educational opportunity for our young people, but
we will return hope to some areas that have lost much in the Great
Recession,' said Schiff. `Every child must have a good chance at
success - no matter where you're from - and this new Promise Zone will
help keep the promise that hard work and determination in America can
and will pay off.'
This new Los Angeles Promise Zone is focused on five primary goals:
Increasing housing affordability by preserving existing affordable
housing and partnering with housing developers to increase the supply
of affordable new housing to prevent displacement.
Ensuring all youth have access to a high-quality education, and are
prepared for college and careers through its Promise Neighborhoods
initiative, by partnering with the Youth Policy Institute and L.A.
Unified School District to expand its Full Service Community Schools
model from 7 schools to all 45 Promise Zone schools by 2019.
A map of the Promise Zone that encompases Little Armenia
Ensuring youth and adult residents have access to high-quality career
and technical training opportunities that prepare them for careers in
high-growth industries through partnerships with career and technical
training schools and the Los Angeles Community College District.
Investing in transit infrastructure including bus rapid transit lines
and bike lanes, and promoting transit-oriented development (TOD) that
attracts new businesses and creates jobs.
Charging its Promise Zone Director and Advisory Board with eliminating
wasteful and duplicative government programs
President Barak Obama announces the Promise Zone with Los Angeles
Mayor Eric Garcetti in the audience
Schiff advocated directly with the White House and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to select Hollywood as one of the first
zones in a letter in November 2013, saying: `The Los Angeles Promise
Zone seeks to attract private investment, improve affordable housing
and educational opportunities, create jobs, reduce serious and violent
crime, and assist local leaders in navigating federal programs and
cutting through red tape in the targeted Central Los Angeles
community. The City of Los Angeles has worked tirelessly for more than
a decade to develop innovative partnerships and best practices to
support this model.'
From: Baghdasarian