Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council (ECWA) Business Meeting

10:00 am to 10:25 am

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Leimert Park Village: 2020, Today, 2030 & Beyond!

10:30 am to 11:30 am

20|20 Vision Initiative Recap: The Foundational Accomplishments

Leimert Park Village Today: Cultural Venues, Merchants, Events and Micro-Enterprises

20|30 & Beyond: Sharing Our Visions, Catalyzing the Opportunities, Preserving Our Legacies

Preserve Leimert Park Homeowners Committee (“PLP”)

11:45 am to 12:00 pm

The Preserve Leimert Park Homeowners’ Committee organized to educate the community and empower property owners to make an informed decision about whether they support or oppose a nomination to place Leimert Park on the National Register of Historic Places

Metro TEAMSUN Visionary Seed Fund Leimert Park Village Micro-Entrepreneur and Station Promotion Activation

12:05 pm to 12:25 pm

Leimert Park Village, Inc. and Metro have been awarded a contract to:

1) Develop and implement a culturally centered eco-tourism marketing and management plan designed to attract visitors to Leimert Park Village via Metro Station, 2) Develop, design and implement the Leimert Park Village Metro Plaza pop-up micro-entrepreneur kiosk management and operations plan, and 3) Work in partnership with Shared Mobility Center and Community Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) to research and collect data from each Visionary Seed Fund (VSF) TEAMSUN station to prepare evidence-based reports documenting the impact of eco-tourism and entrepreneurship activities on Metro ridership.

TEAMSUN: Transit Entrepreneurship Arts Mobility & Safety Uplift Network

SankofaCity Zero Emissions Shuttle and Multi-Modal Study

12:30 pm to 12:55 pm

The SankofaCity Advanced Micro-Transit Ecosystem project is a pilot initiative that socializes Advanced Driving System (ADS) technologies with pathfinder communities, in a grassroots effort to develop regional driverless micro transit networks, each with a branded identity that honors the cultural heritage of the unique neighborhoods they service.

A core component of the SankofaCity project is regional job creation via local manufacturing, skills training, and the incremental implementation of mobility services, both passenger and delivery, within the Greater Leimert Park Village Crenshaw Corridor Business Improvement District (GLPVCCBID) Advanced Micro Transit Ecosystem.

Stocker Street Creative Retail Concepts, Creative Industry Jobs and Cultural Programming

1:00 pm to 1:25 pm

Stocker Street Creative is being developed on 5.5 acres on Stocker between San Rosalia and Don Felipe. Stocker Street Creative is a new construction state-of-the-art creative campus being developed for studio and sound stage production, creative industry office spaces and business and technology incubation. The studios will serve as a hub for creative industry job and business development within a collaborative ecosystem designed to catalyze legacy and new venture economic development.

Salon I: Collaborative Cultural Eco-Tourism Preservation, Programming, Events and Branding Strategies

Location: Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center

4305 Degnan Boulevard

Conversations will Explore Uplifting our Cultural & Economic Value, Promoting Our Cultural Venues, Events and Historic Places, Leveraging Our Brands, Collaboratively Implementing Our Marketing Strategies, Strategically Controlling the Messaging Narrative, Enhancing Our Infrastructure and Built Environment and Collaborating with Cultural and Tourism Partners for Ultimate Positioning on Regional Tourism Opportunities

Salon II: A Roundtable Conversation Days of Dialogue

Location: Aziz Gallery

3343 W. 43rd Street

Days of Dialogue works with various host organizations to design and conduct facilitated dialogues on often-sensitive or contentious topics of interest to the organization or community. Dialogue planning can be initiated by host organizations or other interested parties.