3:35pm | Nine community programs and organizations received a total of $80,000 in grants last week in funding from the Long Beach Community Foundation, as part of the Connected Corridor Phase Three Project to reinvigorate the Central Long Beach and Wrigley Neighborhood areas of Long Beach along Atlantic Avenue.
The funds were provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and dispersed by the Long Beach Community Foundation. The Community Foundation has now raised more than $240,000 in grant funding to assist Atlantic Avenue from top to bottom.
“As we progress along the Atlantic Avenue Corridor, we’re encouraged by how many community members and groups are becoming engaged in this process to connect and collaborate,” said Jim Worsham, President and CEO of the Long Beach Community Foundation. “The impact of the grant projects in Phase 3 will be significant for all who live and work in Central Long Beach and the Wrigley District.”
Recipients of the funding are listed below:
- Art City Tours
- Wrigley Garden
- Long Beach Public Library Foundation
- Weed and Seed Youth Leadership Program
- Jammin’ Music
- Centro CHA
- Dramatic Results
- Pan African Art Gallery and Studio
- Long Beach Central Area Association
“With support from the Connected Corridor, we can increase programs and activities to meet the needs of low-income youth within the individual, school, family, and neighborhood systems,” said Tracy Colunga, director of the Weed and Seed Program.
Click here to visit the Connected Corridor website for more information. The Connected Corridor program to assist Atlantic Avenue is run by Leadership Long Beach.