In 1913 over 12,000 children were arrested in New York City for playing. Many kids devoted themselves to healthful natural play, despite the fact that they were playing in what one 1913 newspaper called the most dangerous and degrading playground in the world, the streets of New York City. At the time, NYC streets were […]
We Love to see Play Streets Long Beach spreading block by block around the city of Long Beach. Play Streets Long Beach is a new resident-led initiative that empowers neighbors across Long Beach to temporarily transform their streets into accessible, car-free environments for neighbors of all ages to play safely and freely. It is a […]
We Love LB had our 5th Citywide Breakfast last Saturday with over 30 different hosts in 15 different Long Beach neighbors participate. How beautiful and powerful is that? We Love Long Beach started 12 years ago in Belmont Shore with a neighborhood breakfast. Since then, we have equipped and encouraged over 250 block connectors to […]
I recently had the opportunity to interview my friend Eric Copeland, who lives in the Rose Park neighborhood. Eric was one of five residents who reached out to us to activate a Play Street pilot in his neighborhood. Our hope is that Eric’s experience would excite and encourage you to launch a Play Street in […]
What if there was a simple alternative where every child in Long Beach could walk outside their front door and play safely and freely with their friends? Play Streets Long Beach is a new resident-led initiative that empowers neighbors across Long Beach to temporarily transform their streets into accessible, car-free environments for neighbors of all […]
By Scott Jones What is Hospitality? For many of us today showing hospitality is having friends and family over for a weekend BBQ or for a delicious dinner. It is opening up our homes, and being skilled at entertaining. Others might connect hospitality to the quality of service experienced at a fancy restaurant or a […]
By Scott Jones A few years ago some good friends and I moved to the Willmore City neighborhood across the street from Drake Park. Our new home was a stone’s throw away from the LA River, and next door to the historical Bembridge House. One of the reasons we moved into the neighborhood was to […]
This is community Pumpkin Potluck on the West Side of Long Beach to gather neighbors together. Written by Scott M. Jones, Executive Director of We Love Long Beach What is community? 1. Community as place. 2. Community as relationships 3. Community as discovery 1. Community is centered around living well together in a place. Community […]
We are thrilled to be partnering with the Art Theater Long Beach to show this important documentary SUMMER IN THE FORREST on Sunday, 4/29 at 11:00am at the Art Theater. SUMMER IN THE FORREST is about Jean Vanier, who founded L’Arche in the 1960s as community near Paris that has become home to many men […]
What if everyone in Long Beach wanted to gather together to make a tangible difference in our city? Where would you start? Wouldn’t you start where you live? Wouldn’t you start by teaming up with the neighbors around you who care about your neighborhood too? This seems like the simple, logical first step to making […]