RIGHT NEIGHBORLY; VALLEY'S NEWEST AREA SPRUCES UP.Byline: Peter Hartlaub Daily News Staff Writer A grass-roots effort created Valley Glen. Potting soil, flowers and bushes will make it something special. That was the attitude among residents in the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's newest neighborhood, who gathered Saturday to re-landscape a median along Oxnard Street. Residents in Valley Glen have been fighting to create a community separate from Van Nuys for years. The exact boundaries may not be etched in city books yet, but residents are primping the area anyway. ``It's all dirt and mud now,'' 16-year-old Nathan Mandernach said, digging holes in the median for gazania n. 1. any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers. Noun 1. gazania - any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms flowers. ``Maybe this will give people a nice view, and let people know they are driving through Valley Glen.'' 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. City Councilman Mike Feuer endorsed the creation of the area in February, after persistent lobbying from the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association A neighborhood association is a group of residents, sometimes organized as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, who take on problems or organize activities within a neighborhood. An association may have elected leaders and voluntary or mandatory dues. . A one-square-mile area - bounded by Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. to the north, Woodman Avenue to the west, the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. to the east and Burbank Boulevard to the south - already has been approved for name change. Adjacent areas still can petition to join Valley Glen. City recognition will involve little more than the posting of signs at the area's boundaries. Feuer, who came out Saturday morning to plant flowers, said Valley Glen residents have also worked together to fight graffiti in the area. ``It's good to see a community take charge over how their neighborhood looks,'' Feuer said. Members of the neighborhood's beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau committee knocked on doors and passed out fliers to recruit for the landscaping work. Local nurseries and other businesses donated the plants, potting soil and tools. David Poster, who has lived in the area for 20 years, said the five-block-long median has been ``alternately maintained and orphaned'' over the years. Early Saturday it had a few trees and bushes, but mostly long stretches of weedy untended dirt. Poster said the new neighborhood means residents will have a better chance of keeping it looking nice for decades in a row. ``We've been building up momentum by getting better acquainted,'' he said. ``This wouldn't have happened five or 10 years ago.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO A boy shovels while other children play on a mound of mulch destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for flowers and shrubs. John McCoy/Daily News |
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