Long Beach Community Development Block Grant

Councilmembers DeLong & Garcia Travel To Washington DC to Lobby Congress

Long Beach City Councilmembers Gary DeLong and Robert Garcia will travel to Washington, D.C. today to meet with local members of Congress, House and Senate staff, the Army Corps of Engineers and officials in the Obama Administration. The Councilmembers will return to Long Beach on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. DeLong is chair of the Federal [...]

Tree Warriors Set Out to Plant New Trees Along the Atlantic Corridor Tomorrow

Have you ever witnessed your community being revitalized right before your eyes?  Everyone is invited to join Tree Warriors as we plant several new trees along the Atlantic Corridor.  Also, volunteers are needed to help plant trees.  High School students will earn service hours credit for volunteering!  Tree Warriors is a part of the Neighborhood [...]

How is federal housing money spent in Long Beach?

Long Beach residents can learn how federal Housing and Urban Development money is spent in their neighborhood by attending the Anaheim Street Community Police Center’s monthly meeting tonight, Tuesday, May 18, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library Community Room, 1401 E. Anaheim St. Gilberto Contreras from the City of Long [...]

Completion of Arlington storm drain project capped with ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday

The City of Long Beach is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of a new storm drain system that will alleviate flooding in the Arlington neighborhood, which has experienced severe flooding at least seven times during the past 20 years. The ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m., at [...]

DLBA pledges financial support to downtown groups applying for neighborhood grants

The Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) is offering up to $2,500 to support any established Downtown residential association/neighborhood organization’s application for a Neighborhood Partners Program (NPP) grant that is approved by City Council. The NPP is funded through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, which supports neighborhood beautification and improvement projects and encourages productive [...]

What is the Community Development Block Grant and it’s Advisory Commission

The Community Development Advisory Commission (CDAC) is appointed by the Mayor and Long Beach City Council to provide citizen support and advice on matters related to the plans to use Community Development Block Grant funds that come from Housing and Urban Development grants. In 2009, Long Beach received more than $2M of federal funding as part of [...]

1,000th Long Beach business benefits from Neighborhood Investment Program

The City of Long Beach’s Community Development Department will award a $2,000 business start-up grant to their 1,000th new business on Tuesday, November 17. Mayor Bob Foster Councilman and Robert Garcia will present the check to the recipient – Mr. Donell Lampkin, owner of TWINNS Beauty Supply, 301 Atlantic Avenue, Suite A – during a [...]

Long Beach rejects assertion that 14th Street Stake Park Project is ‘stimulus waste’

The City of Long Beach today defended the multiple community benefits of a proposed skate park expansion and rejected a Senator’s assertion that the project is an inappropriate use of Stimulus dollars. Today, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) released a list of 100 projects that he believes are not appropriate uses of Stimulus dollars passed by [...]

Federal Stimulus Bill Funding Could Upgrade Arlington Storm Drain

On June 2 the City Council will consider a proposal to fund the critical Arlington Storm Drain project using the City’s allotment of Community Development Block Grants-Recovery (CDBG-R) funds. Long Beach will receive $2,332,444 for Community Development Block Grants from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Stimulus bill.  [...]