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Washington neighborhood residents press council for community center as organizers deliver petition and designs
Summary
Scores of residents and youth urged the council to accelerate funding and construction of a long-sought community center for the Washington neighborhood; organizers say they have gathered more than 400 petition signatures and asked the city to move beyond the feasibility phase to secure construction funding.
Dozens of residents and neighborhood organizations urged the Long Beach City Council on March 18 to accelerate funding and construction of a community center for the Washington neighborhood, telling the council the center is needed for youth programs, violence prevention and neighborhood stability.
Speakers representing Latinos in Action California, Books and Buckets and neighborhood groups described multi-year outreach and planning efforts and asked the city to commit construction funding in addition to previously allocated money for feasibility work.
"We conducted a neighborhood outreach campaign and also got more…
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