Get great gifts for friends and family by shopping local
If you haven’t already purchased gifts for all the important people in your life, here are a few places you might want to check out as you complete your holiday shopping. [continue reading]
Deadline extended to vote for tunnel boring machine name
In order to allow for more community participation during the holiday season, the deadline to vote for the #CrenshawTBM name and artwork has been extended to Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9 a.m. local time! Cast your vote TODAY for a chance to make history and help Metro choose the TBM artwork [continue reading]
Metro's Eat Shop Play Local campaign awards prizes to 9 lucky winners
Metro’s Eat Shop Play Local campaign awarded a total of $5,250 to winners of its October Quarterly Drawing contest on the Regional Connector, Crenshaw/LAX and Purple Line Extension Projects. The drawings are [continue reading]
Cast your vote to name the Crenshaw/LAX tunnel boring machine
More than 200 entries have been received since Metro announced the tunnel boring machine naming contest in June, and now we’re down to just 10 finalists. Which name will end [continue reading]
Be part of the artwork along the Crenshaw/LAX line
The public is invited to participate in a photo shoot with artist Kenturah Davis on Sunday, November 8, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Davis is one of 14 artists [continue reading]
Photos: Taste of Soul 2015
Taste of Soul 2015 was a successful event this past Saturday, Oct. 17. More than 350,000 people from all over Southern California enjoyed the music, food and festive ambiance of the family festival, now on its 10th anniversary. One of the most convenient ways to get to the event was from [continue reading]
Metro reaches $1 million milestone in grants to small businesses impacted by rail construction
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9yIOCqxTt0] Here’s the press release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Business Interruption Fund (BIF) pilot project has exceeded the $1 million mark in the award of 62 grants to “mom & pop” businesses directly impacted by construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. BIF began operations [continue reading]
Eat Shop Play: where to go for the month of September
The Eat Shop Play campaign supports and promotes local businesses located in project areas impacted by construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Purple Line Extension and the Regional Connector. This month’s Eat Shop Play business spotlight proves [continue reading]
Community Leadership Council meets tonight at Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ Exposition Park office
The Community Leadership Council will have its first meeting tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Supervisor Ridley-Thomas’ Exposition district office. Details below:
Upcoming weekends closures to install steel piles on Crenshaw Boulevard at Vernon Avenue
UPDATE: THIS WEEKEND’S CLOSURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. The latest from the folks at the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project: Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) will begin installing steel beams and relocating utilities on Crenshaw Boulevard at Vernon Avenue for five consecutive weekends beginning this Friday, Aug. 28. A full street closure will [continue reading]