'GREENPRINT' TO FOCUS ON PARKS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Seeking to have a park or some sort of open space within a quarter-mile of every neighborhood, Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California announced plans on Tuesday to form an alliance with a private foundation to develop a ``greenprint'' for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Hahn said the agreement with the Trust for Public Land will involve taking aerial photos of the city, identifying existing parks and spotting potential areas where new parks New Parks is an area in the city of Leicester, England. It is in the west of the city, close by the county border (west of which is Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Parks area, and to the east is the Newfound Pool area. or open space can be created. ``The National Parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
``Not everyone can have a park like this,'' Hahn said, gesturing toward the 64-acre Valley Plaza Recreation Center behind him as he made the announcement. ``Open space is important to everyone. We want to get to the point where we have some space within walking distance of everyone who lives in this city.'' The program is being funded initially with a $25,000 grant from the Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. . Private funds are being sought for the $150,000 to $175,000 needed to complete the work over the next nine months. Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision. , director of urban programs for the trust, said the program is the first of its kind in the nation. ``This gives us an opportunity to work with the city and private organizations to bring more open space to Los Angeles.'' The city and the trust will identify property - some might be publicly owned - and work with other jurisdictions to expand the amount of green space in L.A. Kaplan disputed contentions it would affect only the inner-city area. ``It is not an entire community. It could be a neighborhood. If you look in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , you have areas with so little open space now. Look at Pacoima and Sylmar, where we need more parks.'' Also, Kaplan said there needs to be a change in thinking of what represents a park. ``Someone once asked me the smallest park I ever developed,'' Kaplan said. ``It was 3,000 square feet. One lot. All we needed was some grass and flowers, a bench and maybe some play equipment and you've got a park.'' |
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