Longbeachize

• Bicycling

June 13, 2019

Meet the disabled combat veteran bringing e-bikes to Long Beach

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

After opening its flagship shop in Brooklyn, one of the nation's leading e-bike developers has opened a second location in Long Beach.

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• broadway corridor

June 12, 2019

Less street sweeping, more parking: Changes announced for Broadway

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The city is attempting to alleviate concerns over the lack of parking and changes that have altered the Broadway corridor.

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Out & About

• sponsored by Leadership Long Beach

June 7, 2019

Leadership Long Beach shines bright heading into its 30th year

by Long Beach Post Partner    in Out & About

A generation of local leadership and civic engagement will be in the spotlight Saturday night as Leadership Long Beach celebrates its 30th anniversary.

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• Affordable Housing

June 7, 2019

Workers break ground on 102-unit affordable housing project in Central Long Beach

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The Las Ventanas project has officially broken ground to begin construction on a project that is set to house 102 affordable apartment units.

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• Downtown Long Beach

June 6, 2019

Construction continues on 20-unit apartment complex in Downtown’s The Streets

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Construction has moved forward on a four-story, 20-unit luxury apartment complex inside The Streets complex (formerly City Place) in an ambitious design led designed by Urban Architecture Lab over a year after the project initially broke ground.

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• Blue Line

June 6, 2019

Why travel time will be reduced for Metro riders on Long Beach’s stretch of Blue Line

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The Long Beach stretch of the Blue Line hits signal after signal, adding on minute after minute for thousands of daily commuters.

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• Downtown Long Beach

June 3, 2019

Plans for massive Broadway Block development continue to inch forward

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The $195M Broadway Block project, a multi-faceted development in Downtown Long Beach, continues to inch toward tangibility.

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• Blue Line

May 28, 2019

Blue Line to resume service in Long Beach, but closure continues farther north

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Metro has announced that it will soon complete construction improvements along the southern portion of the Blue Line—which has been closed since January 26—and begin work on its northern portion come Saturday, June 1.

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• Parks

May 23, 2019

Long Beach ranks No. 18 on national park-space index, but there’s work to do

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The Trust for Public Land has released its annual ParkScore list, ranking the nation's most populous cities on providing their citizens with easy access to green space, and Long Beach officially cracked the Top 20.

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• Housing Long Beach

May 22, 2019

Longtime advocate Josh Butler to step down as executive director of Housing Long Beach

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

After serving for four years as its leader and executive director, Josh Butler has decided to step down from his post at Housing Long Beach.

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