HOLMBY NEWS
March 18, 2018
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. Seeking New HWPOA Board Members
2. Persian New Year Festival – Street Closures
3. What Goes in Your Blue Recycling Bin
4. Update: Adopt Fire Station #71
5. Paid Summer Internship – L.A. Sanitation
6. Upcoming Community Events
7. HWPOA Communication and Ad Policy
8. Resident Ads
9. HWPOA Contact Information
1. SEEKING NEW HWPOA BOARD MEMBERS
Join the Board of Directors
of
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
The HWPOA Board is seeking Holmby Westwood residents to volunteer to serve as a Director for 1 year. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of every month except for August and December. We ask only that you be a financially current member of the Association for the past 2 years and have an interest in maintaining and improving the quality of life we have all come to know and enjoy.
You will work with many neighbors who serve on the Board, some who have served for many years. This is a way to help your community, to work with city officials and departments, to plan events, and to support the protections in place today.
The Holmby Westwood community is over 80 years old and preservation, livability, and schools are key to its residential value. Serving on our Board of Directors is a way to safeguard one of the largest investments you will make in your lifetime.
We want the next generation to be able to carry on what we have fought to protect for these many years. Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association is a highly respected association throughout the city and, with your involvement, we hope that will continue indefinitely.
Our meetings are held at Belmont Village, Wilshire at Warner Ave., 8–9:30 PM. Our committees include: Security, Traffic, Holmby Park, Architectural Supervising Committee, 4th of July event, Filming (in the neighborhood), WLAPD liaison and more.
You will have an extremely worthwhile experience while giving back to a community that has remained highly desirable for many years. That did not happen accidentally. It happened with a commitment from hundreds of our neighbors over 80 years!
Please, contact Dana Glenn, our Office Manager, and let her know that you want to join our Board. Send an email to hwpoa@aol.com or call (310) 470-1785 to contact Dana. The deadline for submissions is April 9. We look forward to hearing from you!!
Many thanks,
Your HWPOA Board of Directors
2. PERSIAN NEW YEAR FESTIVAL – STREET CLOSURES
The Persian New Year Festival will take place in Westwood, this Sunday, March 25.
Westwood Boulevard will be closed between Ohio and Wilkins beginning at 5:00 am and ending at 7:00 pm. Traffic Control officers will be present to direct traffic. Parking is available at the Federal Building (shuttle bus provided) and at the US Bank parking structure on the east side of Glendon, south of Wilshire.
3. WHAT GOES IN YOUR BLUE RECYCLING BIN
Here’s a quick guide for common recyclable items:
4. UPDATE: ADOPT FIRE STATION #71
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Adopt Fire Station #71 program. This program provides new equipment that makes the station work more safely & efficiently, as well as household items that make the firefighters’ daily lives more comfortable and home-like.
In recent years, Adopt Fire Station #71 has provided:
- Tool Room and tools
- Recliner Chairs
- Bureau to hold supplies and audio/video equipment
- Flat screen TV for training and leisure
- Several Kitchen appliances and repairs for same
- Electrical sub-panel
- Chargers for electric cars as part of going green
- Outdoor BBQ
- Room Dividers for their dorm room sleeping quarters
- Shades
- Door to separate sleeping area from workroom
If you would like to make a donation, please make checks payable to Adopt Fire Station #71 and mail to:
Adopt Fire Station # 71
c/o HWPOA
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
5. PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP – L.A. SANITATION
LA Sanitation has once again partnered with HIRE LA’s Youth and LAUSD to provide paid 6-week internships to high school juniors and seniors. For more details please click here:
LA Sanitation – Summer Internship
6. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Westwood Rec. Center Spring Eggstravaganza – Saturday, March 31 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. To register online, please click here:
Spring Eggstravaganza – Register Online
West Los Angeles Symphony – Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at Royce Hall, on the UCLA Campus. 26th Anniversary Concert! How often does one experience a live performance of a concerto for four guitars and orchestra? The West Los Angeles Symphony brings you this delightful opportunity when Scott Tennant and his friends join the orchestra in performing Rodrigo’s Concierto Andaluz. Considered one of the world’s premiere guitar virtuosos, Mr. Tennant is also a founding member of the Grammy-winning® ensemble, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Winner of the 2017 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, guest conductor, Christopher Allen, also leads the orchestra in a performance of Holst’s charming St. Paul’s Suite and Mozart’s glorious Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter.”
COST: FREE ADMISSION
WEBSITE: www.wlasymphony.com
“100 Dinners” on Race – April 16-20. EmbRACE LA aims to build and strengthen relationships between LA’s communities by fostering open, honest, and meaningful conversations around the dinner table. From April 16-20, 100 dinners will be hosted around Los Angeles to engage 1,000 Angelenos in conversations about race with their neighbors. The hope is to unite neighbors to challenge inequities and develop the transformative policies that will make the City thrive.
Dinners are free to attend, and will be hosted at 100 volunteer homes across all 15 City Council Districts. Delicious meals will be prepared by professional chefs. If you’d like to attend, please click here to apply: EmbRACE LA – 100 Dinners
7. HWPOA COMMUNICATION AND AD POLICY
Please direct all comments, questions or issues regarding the Holmby News to hwpoa@aol.com.
Ads for plumbers, housekeepers, garage sales, etc. will be posted in the weekly News. Emergency situations such as coyote sightings, lost and found pets, traffic alerts and similar situations will continue to be published during the week as received.
When placing an ad, please send to hwpoa@aol.com for the Holmby News moderator to review. Responses to ads should be directed to the ad placer, not to HWPOA.
8. RESIDENT ADS
HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE
Our housekeeper, Aurora Delgado, has worked with us for 20+ years. As our sons are now older (20 and 16), our needs have changed and we are transitioning her to part-time for our family. I would like to help her find additional work in our neighborhood. She is a good cook, extremely hard-working, trustworthy, loyal, and excellent with children of all ages. She drives, knows our neighborhood well, and has excellent English.
If you are interested, please email me at amybaer2@gmail.com. Thank you.
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HELP NEEDED ASAP – NEXT WEEK!
I need help with my two year old granddaughter Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday March 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please contact me at swy333@gmail.com. Thank you.
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HANDYMAN RECOMMENDATION
I have the very best handy man, inside or out:
JUAN MIRANDA
424-222-3332
I can be reached at ohjoey485@icloud.com
9. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
HOLMBY WESTWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-470-1785
Email: hwpoa@aol.com
Web site: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Pay Membership Dues: https://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
You Are Invited . . .
- To attend our monthly Board Meetings*
NEXT MEETING – APRIL 10
- To let us know your concerns about our community and your ideas about how we might work to improve it
- To become involved in our Association.
*Board Meetings are usually held the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.