Local activists and city officials were on hand over the weekend to display plans for a new expansion of the Long Beach Poly High School campus. Formerly a Jiffy Lube that was acquired by the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency and demolished, the site will break ground in a few weeks and will feature a large open space incorporating with Poly’s current landscape to increase the school’s aesthetics and “green” elements.
Lillian Parker, Bill Baker, Poly Principal Shawn Ashley, Congresswoman Laura Richardson, Councilman Dee Andrews, LBUSD Board President Felton Williams, Pat Paris-Appleby, Diane Arnold, Annie Greenfeld-Wisner and P.G. Hermann
“The landscape concept transforms a vacant lot into a community amenity that communicates a rich, multi-layered story of environmental renewal and sustainability,” reads the proposed rendering.
The $100,000 project is expected to be completed sometime this summer, when a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held.