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5. Acknowledgements

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Community Partner Institutions by Neighborhood

Arts District Cornfield Arroyo Seco Grand Central Market Arts District Business Amigos de los Rios Grand Park Improvement District Center Theatre Group Higgins Building Homeowners Arts District Community Council Cornfield Farm Lab Association (ADCC/LA) EVOQ Properties Inc. Historic Downtown Cause Connect Business Improvement District FAMCO Investments Central City East Association (CCEA) Los Angeles Area Chamber Forest City West - Chinatown Los Angeles River and Arts Business of Commerce Friends of the Los Angeles River Association (LARABA) Los Angeles Conservancy Greater Cypress Park Mura Homeowner Association Los Angeles County Law Library Neighborhood Council Rothenberg Sawasy Architects (RSA) Los Angeles Police Department Homeboy Industries Savoy Homeowner Association Los Angeles Streetcar Inc. Lincoln Heights Chamber Southern California Institute of of Commerce Los Angeles Theater Company & Latino Architecture (SCI-Arc) Theater Company Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council (LHNC) Music Center - Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County Boyle Heights Los Angeles Conservation Corps Promenade West Homeowner Alliance for a Better Community Los Angeles County Arts Commission Association Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles River Revitalization Ramon C. Cortines School for Visual Boyle Heights Historical Society Corporation (RRC) and Performing Arts Boyle Heights Neighborhood San Antonio Winery Council (BHNC) Young Nak Outreach El Pueblo Building a Healthy Boyle Transformation (YNOT) California Endowment Foundation Heights Collaborative William Mead CASA 0101 Theater Camacho’s Inc. East Los Angeles Civic Center Community Corporation El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Bringing Back Libros Schmibros Monument Commission Bunker Hill Tower Condo Association Mictlán Murals Historic Cultural Neighborhood Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Council (HCNC) Priméra Taza Central City Association (CCA) Italian American Museum of White Memorial Medical Center Colburn School of Music Los Angeles Cornfield Arroyo Seco City of Los Angeles Project Restore La Placita Church Amigos de los Rios Downtown Center Business Los Angeles Plaza de Cultura y Artes Center Theatre Group Improvement District (BID) Metropolitan Water District of Cornfield Farm Lab Neighborhood Southern California EVOQ Properties Inc. Council (DLANC) Merchants Association FAMCO Investments First 5 LA Park 101 Forest City West - Chinatown Friends of Park 101 Friends of the Los Angeles River Grand and Museum Towers

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Community Partner Institutions by Neighborhood

Chinatown Little Tokyo Asian Pacific American Legal Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Center (APALC) Program (API SBP) Castelar Elementary School Japanese American Community and Cathay Manor Cultural Center Cathedral High School Japanese American National Museum Chinatown Service Center Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California Chinatown Business Improvement District (BID) Little Tokyo Business Improvement District Chinatown Library Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC) Chinatown Service Center Little Tokyo Historical Society Chinatown Teen Post Little Tokyo Public Safety Association Chinese American Citizens Alliance Little Tokyo Service Center Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Sharpless Creations Chinese Historical Society of Southeast Asian Community Action So. California (SEACA) Chungking Plaza Association County/Citywide East Wind Foundation Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Evans Community Adult School (LACBC) Jia Apartments Los Angeles Walks Johnson Fain/Blossom Plaza Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10k Committee National Chinese Welfare Council Los Angeles County Phoenix Bakery

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Community Partner Participants

Chris Aihara Oscar Estrada Kim Kawasaki Matt Nolan Victor Torres Doug Aihara Ben Feldmann Jeffrey Kho Mike Okamoto Laura Torres David Alpaugh Jose Fernandez Stella Kim James Okazaki Art Torres Margarita Amador Jay Fernandez David Kipen Fanny Ortiz Don Toy Yoshio Lee Aoki Brenton Fletcher Chris Komai Helen Ota Sissy Trinh Yoshio Aoki Stephen Fong Joe Kong Anthony Perez Lyna Truong Robert Apodaca Frank Frallicciardi Clara Kong Alejandra Perez Alma Valdez Sulema Avalos Reina Fukuda Alan Kumamoto Orozco Mark Vallianatos Darlyn Ayala Kristin Fukushima Joann Kumamoto Joseph Pikiewicz Veronica Vargas Yuval Bar-Zemer Ezia Gale Eric Kurimura Joseph Pitruzzelli Sergio Vasquez Patricia Berman Everardo Gallegos Munson Kwok Cristina Quintero Eddie Velasquez Anthony Bevilacqua Guadalupe Garay Suellen Kwok Garrett Reger Frank Wada Ben Brint Norma Garcia Paul Lam Miranda Rodriguez Bill Watanabe Russell Brown Tony Garcia Mei Lau Roger Rudick Valerie Watson Eric Bruins Bobby Garza Mei-Wah Lau Bill Rumble Andrew Werner Tsilah Burman Felicia Gomez Verdin Martin Lee Christy Sakamoto Erika Wilder Don Luis Camacho Felicia Gonzalez Scott Lee Jennifer Samson Jessica Willumson Andy Camacho Guillermina Gonzalez Mitchell Liday Don Scott Sam Wong Antonia Castaneda Shelby Goss Estela Lopez Lisa See Jayson Yamaguchi Bonnie Chan Peter Gutierrez Frank Lopez James Shaw Hiroshi Yamauchi Joyce Chan Jackie Hadnet David Louie Amy Shimshon-Santo Diana Ybarra Ken Chan Clare Haggarty Sharon Lowe Susan Sing Jennifer Ybarra Jay Chen Terry Handa Miguel Luna Elizabeth Skrzat Thomas Yee Suellen Cheng Valarie Hanley Daisy Ma Kathleen Smith Erik Yesayan Peter Cheong Melissa Hernandez Lynne R. Madden Edmund Soohoo Evelyn Yoshimura Cheuk Choi Brenda Hernandez Emily Martinez Al Soo-Hoo George Yu Ruth Chu Gustavo Herrera Peter Martinez Teresa Soto Gay Yuen Karen Cruz Wing Ho Judi Masuda Donald R. Spivack Maria Zepeda Remy De La Peza Hector Hueso Dean Matsubayashi Ralph Stahlberg Shirley Zhang Carla De Paz Eddie Isaacs John Montgomery Trevor Sterry Evangelique Zhao Susan Dickson Leslie Ito Eugene Moy Howard Stover Maria Zheng Mark Dierking Jonathan Jerald Stephanie Nakata Kathy Swigart Ellen Endo Anne-Marie Jones Theodore Nathanson Wayland Tam Blanca Espinoza Larry Jung Gabrielle Newmark Diana Tarango Stephanie Espinoza Daveed Kapoor Peter Ng Collin Tateishi

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Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Los Angeles County Supervisor for First District – Supervisor Gloria Molina Los Angeles Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Los Angeles City Council Office, District 1 – Councilman Gilbert Cedillo Los Angeles City Council Office, District 14 – Councilman José Huizar California Department of Transportation, District 7 (Caltrans) Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning Connect US TAC reviewing concepts and costs City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning Ņ Urban Design Ņ Policy Ņ Zoning

City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Ņ Bureau of Engineering Ņ Bureau of Sanitation Ņ Bureau of Street Lighting Ņ Bureau of Street Services Ņ Community Beautification

City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation Ņ Active Transportation Ņ Operations Ņ Transportation Planning

City of Los Angeles Asset Management City of Los Angeles Chief Administrative Office City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs El Pueblo Historic Monument Project Restore Updates were provided to the Green Streets Committee

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Project Team

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Jenna Hornstock, Deputy Executive Officer, Countywide Planning and Development Lillian Burkenheim-Silver, Director, Strategic Initiatives Elizabeth Carvajal, Transportation Planning Manager Dolores Roybal-Saltarelli, Transportation Planning Manager, Regional Connector Project Laura Cornejo, Deputy Executive Officer Vincent Gonzalez, Community Relations Manager Ana Vallianatos, Senior Marketing and Communications Officer Aliya Popatia, Transportation Planner Design Consultants CITYWORKS DESIGN (PRIME) Lisa Padilla, Project Director; Michael Nájera PATRICIA SMITH, ASLA, AICP Pat Smith, Principal Designer DEBORAH MURPHY URBAN DESIGN + PLANNING Deborah Murphy, Karen Yamamoto, Bibiana Yung FEHR+PEERS Michael Kennedy, Jeremy Klop 8-80 CITIES Guillermo Penalosa, Emily Munroe ARELLANO ASSOCIATES Chester Britt, Raul Velazquez, Edgar Gutierrez, Kyle Santiago KPFF Tom Gsell, Neha Yadav LENAX CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. Oleg Zeetser, George Elkin GRAPHIC DESIGN Suling Pong Special Thanks Siobhán Burke, Marc Caswell, Linda Hinojos, Tim Homan, Elizabeth Iribe, Jenna Kachour, Ryan Kristan, Alexis Lantz, Lauren Marshall, Jessica Meaney, Jenessia Navarro, Jeannie Olander, Mauricio Ortega, Chava Silver, John Swartz, Kathy Swigart, Mirian Velazquez, Alissa Walker, Thomas Zorilla

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Photography Photos of the study area, public events, and examples were provided by Lisa Padilla, Michael Nájera, Patricia Smith, Deborah Murphy, Jeremy Klop, Raul Velazquez, Edgar Gutierrez and Jeannie Olander. Other photos are from Google Earth Pro or other sources as noted here:

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