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Long Beach Solar Tour shines light on local sustainability efforts
The 5th District Solar and Sustainability Taskforce announced that the 2010 Long Beach Solar Tour is returning on Saturday, October 2 to educate the community about the benefits of solar technology. The annual solar tour is also an opportunity to learn about many of the sustainability efforts that are taking place in Long Beach. The [...]
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske Launches Summer Youth Jobs Program in 5th District
Providing some much needed maintenance to alley ways in the 5th Council District are one of Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske’s top priorities this summer and in order to help her get the work done, she has requested that a half dozen Summer Youth Employment Training Program particpants be assigned to the 5th District Council Office. “Long [...]
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske to hold community meeting June 29
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske invites constituents to join her for a community meeting to learn about several infrastructure related projects in the 5th District. Some of the Projects to be discussed: Major Street Repair – Learn about plans to repair Wardlow Road, and Los Coyotes Diagonal. West County Connector Project – Find out how your commute [...]
Solar Task Force meets Monday to learn about green tax credits
The 5th District Solar and Sustainability Energy Taskforce will meet on Monday, June 14 at 7 p.m. to discuss Eco/Green Tax Credits and Incentives. Guest speakers Blake Christian and Nancy Pfeffer will talk about the wide variety of valuable Federal and state income tax credits — 8% to 100% of the equipment costs and up [...]
Long Beach Election Results: District 7 moves to run-off; One newcomer prepares for City Hall
Long Beach residents cast 34,976 ballots in yesterday’s election. In a city where nearly half the population is registered to vote, 14.7% of registered voters chose the leaders. Long Beach election results streamed live over the city’s website throughout the night. Still marked as “unofficial,” these results are accurate as of 3:39 a.m. Long Beach [...]
Noiseless Grand Prix? Long Beach Solar Grand Prix Set for Saturday
For more than three months, 300 students have been working in teams to design and build cars powered by solar energy. It’s all part of the Long Beach Solar Grand Prix, a “noiseless race” that will round the tracks in Good Neighbor Park this weekend. For these kids, the journey started with a brief workshop [...]
Councilwoman Schipske partners with local businesses to raise funds for local library branches
April will be National Library Month and Fifth District Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske is launching her district-based effort to raise funds for Ruth Bach and El Dorado branch libraries. For the fourth year, Councilwoman Schipske will partner with local businesses to display a “Library Round-Up” container to be used in “rounding up” spare change. The change [...]
Spring Street repairs begin using federal stimulus funds
(Reposted from an email sent out by Councilmember Gerrie Schipske to 5th District residents) Long Beach was able to secure federal stimulus dollars to fix infrastructure in several parts of the City. The 5th District is seeing the results of these monies with the wholesale repair of Spring Street from the westside of Long Beach [...]
El Dorado Park lake clean up needs volunteers
Volunteers of all ages and sizes are needed on Saturday, February 13 from 9 a.m. until noon to help make the lake in El Dorado Park Area III litter free. Join the 5th District Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands Taskforce for an El Dorado Park Lake Clean Up Day. Organizers will provide gloves and trash bags to [...]
Gerrie Schipske invites residents to State of the 5th District
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske will hold her Fourth Annual State of the 5th District on Thursday, February 11, 2010 beginning at 7 pm at the Long Beach Water Treatment Plant, 2950 Redondo Ave. (near the corner of Spring St. and Redondo Ave.) Councilwoman Schipske will provide an overview of the 5th District and join key city [...]
