Featuring Los Angeles . . . one neighborhood at a time . . in the Historic West Adams section of Los Angeles

We think it's wonderful that the various neighborhoods around LA are finding ways to reach out to community members by using the internet. As more and more residents are connected on the web this will become even more important. In addition many areas have e-groups, similar to the one we have at LACP, where individuals can quickly communicate information about local issues. EDITOR'S NOTE: For more about these please see the article about our LACP e-group.

A community website can be a big boon to an area, serving as a one stop arena for all kinds of news and contact information, all readily accessible to anyone who cares to stop by. Community events, newsletters, listings of local businesses, emergency phone numbers and more are only a click or two away.

We thought we'd begin to feature such community websites as examples of how neighborhoods are using the internet.

Van Buren Place - This website is sponsored by the Van Buren Place Community Restoration Association of Los Angeles, California. The association, which was founded in 1980, is a volunteer block club in the heart of the historic West Adams district, just south and west of downtown, near the University of Southern California.

West Adams is a section of the inner city with a great history. At one and the same time it is a unique neighborhood of stately old homes that recall an earlier century, and a core community in the new ethnic diversity that is reshaping Los Angeles. It's a small town in the big city where everyone knows their neighbors, and a marketplace of cultural exchange where the largest ethnic groups are Latino and African-American.

We hope you enjoy the site.

Please let its webmaster, Leslie Evans, know what you think:

email Leslie at:
vanburen-assoc@westadams-normandie.com

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Van Buren Place
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in the Historic West Adams section of Los Angeles		The webmaster of the Van Buren Place website, Leslie Evans, reports that the effort really began to take off with the inclusion of his local news and calendar sections. It has a restaurant guide, lists of local craftspeople, and some history of West Adams. Web address: www.WestAdams-Normandie.com Thomas Guide coordinate: page 634, A7

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Park 2 Park LA
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covers the geographic area from Griffith Park to Echo Park		Kurt Rademaekers, the webmaster of the Park2Park LA site, has done a wonderful job. One feature announces new headlines via a Headlines to Your Inbox program on the first and the fifteenth of each month. Actual articles or news updates may be posted at any time. Web address: www.Park2ParkLA.com Thomas Guide coordinate: page 594

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Sierra Madre News
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covers the Sierra Madre area		The webmaster of the Sierra Madre site, Bill Coburn, has chosen a format that makes the openning page feel like a newspaper. But don't let that fool you. There are layers and layers to this evergrowing grasssroots effort, all constantly updated. Web address: www.SierraMadreNews.net Thomas Guide coordinates: page 569, A4

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My Valley Village
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covers the Valley Village area		Webmaster Chick Ciccarelli has done a fabulous job, and deserves a lot of credit. There's obviously been a lot of attention to detail, clarity and ease of use. Please feel free to visit this site. Perhaps it will give you some ideas for your community. Web address: www.MyValleyVillage.com Thomas Guide coordinates: page 562, F3

If you'd like us to feature your neighborhood's website just send us an email through the link below, and tell us a little about it. We'll need the website's internet address (it's URL) and the contact info for the webmaster (email address and phone number) ... and a Thomas Guide coordinate would be appreciated.

We'll keep a running list of all the neighborhood sites we're sent!