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FLTS proud to be part of Verde Coalition
The Verde Coalition is a diverse coalition of environmental, community and labor organizations working to create new parks and open spaces to serve our Los Angeles’ low income neighborhoods that have the most residents and fewest parks.
Verde Coalition Members: Coalition LA, Acla, Audubon Center at Debs Park, Collective SPACE, Environmental Defense, From Lot to Spot, SEIU Local 721, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Los Angeles Community Garden Council, North East Trees, People for Parks, Progressive Christians Uniting, TreePeople, Steve Cancian, Jessica Hall, Alex Kenefick, David Marquez, Gary Phillips, Misty Sanford, Carrie Sutkin
Our Mission Statement
From Lot to Spot’s (FLTS) mission is to stimulate and contribute to community economic development in blighted communities by facilitating the creation of accessible green and open spaces. We promote social and economic revitalization through beautification through the creation of park spaces from vacant, blighted lots. FLTS strives to address the need and inequity of park/green space in underserved and blighted neighborhoods in the greater Los Angeles area.
From Lot to Spot, through its vision of empowering neighborhoods one vacant lot at a time, works to empower residents by ensuring community participation and collaboration in every step of the decision-making process involved in creating these spaces and improving their neighborhoods.
Press - Read about FLTS's Bicentennial Project!
Fri, 01/15/2010 - 10:59am — vivianaClick on the link below to read how FLTS is engageing the community to participate in the redevelopment of Bicentennial Park!
Bicentennial Park Conceptual Plans are in!
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:22pm — vivianaOur intense and comprehensive community design workshops are over and now its time to hear from the community on the first drafts of the conceptual plans for Bicentennial Park!
The workshops were very enlightening not only from a planning perspective but from cultural and social perspectives as well.
Community members were very excited to be part of a project where their voices were not only heard, but sought. It was true community planning at its core. The most popular amenities community members expressed they wanted in the park were a basketball court, a walking trail, playground and lots of vegetation and landscape features. Fencing , proper lighting and recycle receptacles were also popular features.
The following are three plans created by the Trust for Public land based purely on community input.
Please provide your comments, ideas, suggestions to Viviana@fromlottospot.org or on www.fromlottospot.org, under “Contact”.
Thank you so much and we look forward to presenting a final design concept within the coming weeks!
Spaces of Blight Map Fall 2009
Mon, 12/07/2009 - 12:52pm — vivianaHere is the latest map from From Lot to Spot’s Spaces of Blight Fall 2009 class!
This semester students have been learning about the urban form, the built environment, local government, community economic development, land use and how all these factors affect their everyday lives. As part of the Spaces of Blight project, students were assigned to identify a space of blight , or SOB, in their community, take a picture and describe why it is a space of blight. The students defined a space of blight as a visually unpleasing, economically depressed space.
The following map documents the students SOBs in their communities. Students documented SOB's from the neighborhoods in South LA to Gardena to Compton.
Click on “placemarks” to see pictures and descriptions of SOBs in their communities. (Note: you may need to zoom out to view all placemarks)
Needless to say, they were not hard to find and some students went beyond the minimum requirements.
Students living in urban areas often traverse these types of spaces while on their way to school, home, friend’s houses, etc. These types of environments are not conducive to learning, to growing or creating a healthy quality of life. We teach students that in order to change this reality, their reality, they must be part of the solution.
It is interesting to see what they identify as blight and their perspective about the built environment; I invite you to read their comments on what makes their identified SOB, a space of blight.
This spring 2010 students will be working on greening a portion of the Dominguez Channel - stay tuned!
View FLTS Spaces of Blight - Fall 2009 in a larger map
Bicentennial Park Community Engagement
Wed, 10/28/2009 - 8:07am — vivianaFrom Lot to Spot is excited to be working with the Trust for Public Land and the City of Hawthorne to revitalize Bicentennial Park in the City of Hawthorne!
This weekend we walked door to door to invite residents to attend a series of community workshops where we will hear from them as to what they want in their community.
We have embarked on this community planning journey and are excited to be working hand in hand with community members to create a space that serves their needs.
Bicentennial was originally built in the 70’s to provide recreational opportunities in the form of tennis courts. However as the City grew and the demographics of the community changed, the park was underutilized. Over time, as most underutilized spaces in densely urban neighborhoods do, it became a drug haven and a place for vandalism. The City locked the gates a year ago and the park sat empty.
We are excited, and so is the community based on positive feedback we received this weekend, to begin the process to change the identity of this park.
We look forward to listen, to document ideas, and to start the process to collaboratively create a public space for all to enjoy.
Join us the Saturday, October 31st, 10am -12pm at the All Saints Anglican Church
3801 W. 132nd Street, Hawthorne, CA, 90250 for the first in a series of community design workshops.
