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YOUR ULTIMATE SOURCE FOR ALL THINGS HOLLYWOOD Vol. VIII No. 8 • APRIl 2009 • www.hollywoodgazette.com IN THIS ISSUE ‘Block 55 THE STARS OF HOLLYWOOD project’ CBS 4 News Shape Up, Hollywood! Reporter Jorge Estevez with continues 2009 Greater Hollywood Free, 12-week Chamber of to move Commerce program set to President Beth forward Kroll of Valley begin April 18 Bank. PAGE 26 with ‘Z-plan’ by Caron Conway Lead Correspondent unveiling The Block 55 Project proposes to transform the blighted site of the former A local fitness expert is on a by Laura Burdick-Sherman Greyhound Bus Station and Town House mission to change the shape Senior Correspondent Apartments in downtown Hollywood into of Hollywood. Shondelle 424 residential units and 70,000 square Solomon-Miles, a personal feet of retail space. trainer and the owner of LOSE THAT SPARE TIRE! Synergize An almost year long Synergize! weight-loss studio participants have been spotted pushing wait ended recently when the to be a willing endorsement,” in Hollywood, has introduced a bus in neutral as a group across the facility’s parking lot mysterious “Mr. Z” strode into a said the quiet, unassuming design Your Best Body Challenge, March 10th meeting at City Hall. heavyweight. a free program that could help The fabled hero, however, did not Upgrading and tweaking hundreds of Hollywood adults SONIA AFTER show up clad in a Spanish cape, the 2004 Master Plan, the 2009 transform their bodies in 12 Andalusian hat, black cowl mask, version and added detail, sub-areas weeks. and flashing a sharpened rapier. labeled ‘Districts’, and boundary Your Best Body Instead, Hollywood’s highly- extensions to include Fillmore Challenge is part of the anticipated architect arrived clad Street on the north, Monroe Street HOLLYWOOD HISTORICAL fitness and weight-loss contest in business suit casual, armed with on the south and 22nd Avenue on phenomenon started by the hit SOCIETY’S ANNUAL HOME TOUR a laser pointer, blueprints, Power the west. The goal of the Master TV show The Biggest Loser. Visitors flocked to Hollywood from as Point presentations, and a team of Plan, according to the Downtown Participants will weigh far north as Palm Beach, and as far south architects. That’s because in this Community Redevelopment in each week at the studio’s as Coral Gables to tour an eclectic range case, “Z” stands not for ‘Zorro’, Agency [CRA] is to establish east Hollywood location and of seven homes in Hollywood, mostly on but for Miami-based architect Adams Street in the Lakes District. new zoning codes for the Young will be provided with a a Bernard Zyscovich, creator of the Circle and North Office/Mixed Use PAGE 18 comprehensive work-out guide Hollywood Young Circle Master Districts. to follow outside of the studio. SONIA BEFORE FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS Plan, most frequently referred to as According to Hollywood “The Saturday work-outs are “The Z Plan”. Downtown CRA Director Neil going to be ‘kick-butt’ at the SLENDER, SEXY AND PROUD: Hollywood If you enjoy this resident Sonia Tigero has shed 112 newspaper and Although the city of Fritz, the CRA worked with the studio with me and my staff,” pounds since she began her training at would like a FREE Hollywood hired Zyscovich city’s office of Planning, and said Solomon-Miles. Synergize! January, 21 2008. subscription mailed to conduct the Hollywood acted as project manager. Fritz The local weight-loss to your home or Commercial Corridor Study of said the Downtown CRA also office, subscribe challenge is open to all “I know that people 441, Hollywood Blvd., Dixie paid $100,000 for the Master online at www. Hollywood residents ages 18 are not really investing in Highway, and Federal Highway, Plan, and an additional $100,000 hollywoodgazette. and older, and ages 15 to 17 personal training or even com or call us at and is creating the Hollywood for the zoning regulations for the with parental participation. gym memberships right now 954-926-6662. Beach CRA Master Plan, the Young Circle Area and the North At the time of press there due to the economy so I am downtown Young Circle Master Downtown District. were over 150 registered really doing this to get people Plan has garnered the greatest The Downtown CRA helmed participants. LOOK! controversy. the Public Forum. CHALLENGE cont. on pg. 27 MONEY-SAVING Zyscovich said Highlights of the presentation OFFERS INSIDE! he was impressed included introducing the concept of by forum attendees’ eliminating density as a means of POSTMASTER: TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL. 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