Message from Michael
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
Happy New Year! the quote found above is powerful and I would like to take a moment to encourage you as an important stakeholder in our community to "SHOW UP AND BE PRESENT."
Did you know that knowledge is the new currency! You need to keep abreast of what is going on and ask questions so that you can can make intelligent decisons about what goes on in our community.
Please take a look at this infogram and pick and choose opportunities for you to SHOW UP AND BE PRESENT!
BLESSINGS,
MICHAEL
Consider Membership in the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce
Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce
Empowering Business and Promoting Commerce Through Electronic Economic Development
Established in 1933, the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce has been a viable presence in the Crenshaw area for 79 years. It represents the Crenshaw Corridor, which is bounded by Washington Blvd. on the north, Western Avenue on the east, La Cienega Blvd. on the west and Florence Blvd. on the south.
THE BENEFITS OF JOINING
• Business Mixers – are organized to help members connect and build business.
• Referral - through a roster or directory held on our chamber website for business- to-business referral and customer based referral.
• New Member Receptions - provide new members the opportunity to meet with fellow members, receive the new member certificate, and to spotlight their business to the full membership body.
• Special Events - are planned each year to provide a high level of marketing and networking for business growth.
• Guest Speaker Forums/Seminars and Workshops - are held to enhance the quality of service and trade provided to you the business owner and the service provider. You can use this as a means to do new product or service promotion.
• Political Access - is promoted through a network of informed leaders in our community with established political connections that our business owners can build on.
• Business Infrastructure Building - through established collaborative efforts with instructional organizations (SBA, Urban League).
• Marketing - some of the tools offered are limited web space for advertisements on our official website, and limited space for product and literature display at our business mixers.
• Electronic Economic Development – utilizing the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce website www.crenshawchamber.com to promote and optimize your business locally and on-line through: member coupons, advertising pages, your created chamber company websites, links to your existing company website, categorical business directories (including location search by Google maps), submitted events, e-blasts, and a whole lot more are all included in your annual membership price.
Please click on the link below for our complete electronic brochure.
http://www.chamberorganizer.com/crenshawchamber/docs/2012%20CRENSHAW%20CHAMBER%20OF%20COMMERCE%20E%20BROCHURE%20FINAL.pdf
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COME OUT AND MEET OUR NEW CCC MEMBER
URS DRAGADOS FLATRON DESIGN BUILD TEAM
A Once-in-a-Decade Opportunity
Dear Friends,
Over the past few weeks, I have been discussing a very important city process that will significantly affect your voting power and how you will be represented in City Hall for the next decade.
Every 10 years, a map of Los Angeles is drawn that divides the City into 15 districts of equal population. The residents of those districts will, every four years, nominate candidates from the district, and elect one to serve as their representative on the City Council.
Although this may seem like a pretty straightforward process, it is anything but.
Many competing special interests will seek districts that establish a political advantage for their particular candidate, party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create their desired electoral results. To find out more about how this is done, read my blog post on BernardParks.com.
In an attempt to make this process fairer and less political, in 2000, the voters of Los Angeles adopted a new city charter that took the responsibility of drawing districts away from the City Council and gave it to a citizen's commission. This Commission has held community meetings throughout Los Angeles, to give the public an opportunity to weigh in and share their opinions.
Thanks to you, the meeting in the Eighth District that was one of the most well-attended in the city. Numerous residents gave public comment to the Commission and about 95% had the same message: "I like my district; keep it intact." I couldn't agree more, which is why I endorsed a set of maps proposed by the group Coalition for Fairness in Redistricting that do just that.
Tomorrow we will find out if the Commission heard you and listened to you, when they release their first draft map of the new council districts. That map will be available for the public to view through this link. I urge you to stay engaged in this process by attending tomorrow's meeting, and speaking before the Commission to let them know what you think of their proposal.
Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission
Wednesday, Jan 25 - 4:00 PM
Van Nuys City Hall
14410 Sylvan Street
Van Nuys, CA 91401
I recognize this not the most convenient time or location for many of you, so I have arranged to have the John Ferraro Council Chamber open, with live video of the meeting in Van Nuys up on the monotors. Members of the public in the Council Chamber will be able to speak to the commission through a live video link.
Los Angeles City Hall
John Ferraro Council Chamber
200 N. Spring Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
If you are unable to make either meeting in person, I ask that you send us an email - Councilmember.Parks@lacity.org, write a comment on our Facebook event page, or Tweet your comments to @BernardCParks, and I will share them with the Commission.
Also, please be sure to share this message with your friends and neighbors through social media, by clicking on one of these links:
Respectfully,
BERNARD C. PARKS
Councilmember
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