March 18, 2011

Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest 24-hour co-ed fitness franchise, has landed within the EASBA District.  Located in the previous Blockbuster Video building, the independently owned and operated fitness center will offer round the clock workout options while emphasizing the company’s “Three C’s”: Convenience, Cleanliness and Culture.

Owner, Sean Cussen, who is already active within the local business community, took some time out of his busy day to talk to EASBA.  “I’m excited to open up shop here on East Anaheim.  The reception I have received from them members of EASBA and Councilmember O’Donnell’s office has been outstanding!” Sean stated.  I’m looking forward to being a business owner within this unique section of Long Beach.  This area has a lot to offer” he added.

Sean described Anytime Fitness as a “boutique fitness and wellness center that offers outstanding service and personal training in a convenient, clean and safe environment.”

With an Anytime Fitness membership, you can workout anytime of the day or night. They will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Talk about no more excuses!

At Anytime Fitness you hold the key, to the member door that is. To access the club, you use your very own key fob. Once inside, you have full use of state-of-the-art strength training equipment and cutting edge cardiovascular equipment.

When it opens its doors in April, Anytime Fitness – East Anaheim – will have over 3,200 square feet of space that will include the latest exercise equipment but also luxuries not found in the larger fitness centers such as private showers, changing areas and bathrooms.

Sean is already supporting local business as we spotted a crew from Paul’s Glass doing the install on the front of his new fitness center.  When asked about the importance of using local businesses, Sean said “It’s absolutely paramount that we all support each other here in the District.  I didn’t give a second thought to having Paul’s install my glass; it’s just the right thing to do.”

Sean is offering early sign-up specials though the end of April.  We can all stand to be in better shape.  Give Sean a call!

March 17, 2011

Contact:            The East Anaheim Street Business Association

562-494-3800

Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell to address East Anaheim Street Business Alliance Monthly Meeting Tuesday, March 22, 2010

Chief to provide updates on the latest news from the LBPD as well as insight into City’s current budget status and its direct effects on the Department

Long Beach, CA – The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance (EASBA), a dynamic Business Improvement District representing nearly 600 businesses, has confirmed Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell to speak at the EASBA regular business meeting, 12 Noon, Tuesday, March 22, 2010 at the historic Long Beach Playhouse. The media is welcome to attend.

Chief McDonnell will give an overview of the Long Beach Police Department and discuss how the current City budget crisis is impacting the Department.

Chief McDonnell was appointed 25th Chief of Police for the Long Beach Police Department in February, 2010. He is responsible for a department consisting of 1,500 employees and a $200 million budget.

“We are excited to have Chief McDonnell address our growing Business Improvement District,” stated Rod Wilson, EASBA President. “The positive changes the Chief has brought to our city in such a short period of time is quite impressive and is a testament to his vast experience and outstanding leadership ability.”

EASBA Business Luncheon Meeting

12 noon, Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Long Beach Playhouse

5021 E. Anaheim Street

Long Beach, CA 90804

(Plenty of free parking available behind the Playhouse)

A delicious buffet lunch (price: $12.00) will be prepared by Moon Dance Catering of Long Beach.

Contact: info@easba.com or (562) 494-3800

About the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance

The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance is multi-faceted economic, business, and community development organization representing nearly 600 businesses. As an official Business Improvement District, its primary mission is to provide a unified voice for local businesses, while creating a more energetic community and prosperous economy along the historic East Anaheim Street corridor of Long Beach. For more information, please visit www.easba.com.

by Allison Jean Eaton
03.18.11
Link: http://www.lbpost.com/news/allison/11280

The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance has announced that Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell will serve as the featured speaker during the business alliance's regular business meeting next Tuesday.

“We are excited to have Chief McDonnell address our growing business improvement district,” said Rod Wilson, EASBA president. “The positive changes the chief has brought to our city in such a short period of time is quite impressive and is a testament to his vast experience and outstanding leadership ability.”

McDonnell will provide an overview of the Long beach Police Department and explain how the department is being affected by the city's financial woes, the alliance's Ken Fisher said.

Appointed as the 25th chief of police for the Long Beach Police Department in February 2010, McDonnell is responsible for a department with a $200 million annual budget consisting of 1,500 employees.

"Long Beach - Many Unique Neighborhoods, One Great City!"

From the Office of the City Manager
News Release

The Second+PCH development project Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is now available for public review. The Recirculated Draft EIR circulation period ends on Monday, April 25, 2011.

The proposed project is a mixed-use development with retail, residential, hotel, restaurant, and entertainment uses. Specifically, the development would include up to 191,475 square feet of retail uses, 325 residential units, a 100-room hotel with 3,510 square feet of meeting space and 4,368 square feet of restaurant space, 21,092 square feet of non-hotel restaurant space, a 99-seat theater, a 4,175-square-foot marine/science learning center, and associated landscaping and open space. Buildings would generally range from two to six stories in height, with one residential tower reaching a maximum of 12 stories (approximately 150 feet). Additionally, the project would develop Marina View Lane, a new roadway that would bisect the southern portion of the project site. On-site parking would be provided via structured parking including one subterranean parking level roughly covering the boundaries of the project site, as well as one at-grade level and one above-grade level, both of which would be limited to the southern end of the project site, for a total of 1,440 on-site parking spaces.

Below is valuable information provided by
Councilmember O’Donnell’s Office.

E-waste Toxic and Trash Round-up Sat., March 26

Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
By Harry Saltzgaver

Another round of public updates has begun as the closure of the I-405/Seventh Street connector inches closer, meaning traffic delays in and around the I-405/I-605/SR22 intersection.

The $159 million project is under the auspices of the Orange County Transportation Authority and is being overseen by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). It is the companion to a $118 million project at the eastern intersection of the 22 and the 405 that has been under construction for nearly a year.

OCTA spokesman Joel Zlotnik said Tuesday that Caltrans engineers and the contractor, Atkinson Construction, still are working out demolition plans and construction schedules, so closure of the Seventh Street Bridge has been postponed until the end of March or the middle of April.

“Once the demolition begins, the contractor has 12 months to get the bridge open,” Zlotnik said. “There are incentives for him to get the job done ahead of schedule, so he naturally wants everything to be in place before starting.”

KRIKORIAN: U.S. women's water polo able to raise $14,000
By Doug Krikorian Columnist
02/21/2011
Link: http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_17446226

A hangout across the decades for cops, fire fighters, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, iron workers, truck drivers, longshoremen, barbers, accountants, building contractors, government bureaucrats, etc., that historic tavern on Anaheim Street, Joe Jost's, on Saturday morphed into a water polo mecca.

Indeed, the back pool room was turned into a memorabilia shrine for the sport, as various items were auctioned off in what turned out to be a stirringly successful fundraiser for the U.S. women's water polo team that trains at the Joint Forces Military Base in Los Alamitos.

A lot of people like local Re/Max mogul Barry Binder - he wrote out a check for $500 - made generous donations. Four large posters featuring that racy ESPN Magazine water polo team photo also fetched immense sums, with one going for $550.

A percentage of Joe Jost's profit as well as proceeds from the sale of all sorts of things - thousands of raffle tickets, dozens of T-shirts and a lot of Super Mex tacos - resulted in the final take from the affair exceeding $14,000.

The old place was filled to capacity as players from Adam Krikorian's No.1 ranked team posed for pictures, signed autographs, gabbed with the clientele and gave pointers to a lot of wide-eyed young water polo-playing girls brought to the function by their parents.

by Ryan ZumMallen
02.09.11

A series of educational workshops about the Anaheim Street corridor of Long Beach will start tomorrow with guest speakers and the presentation of an in-depth survey of the local business community.

The Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Community Engagement are teaming up to host the series of speakers and discussions on the state of businesses along Anaheim Street. The first will be held on Thursday from 11:30am-1:00pm at Taco Loco at 1465 Magnolia Avenue.

Guest speakers include Seyed Jalali of the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency and Margaret Madden of the Neighborhood Resource Center. Also in attendance will be Commander Josef Levy of the Long Beach Police Department to discuss local crime statistics, Cathy Alvarez-Ortiz of the Internal Revenue Service to discuss tools to succeed and Jay Torres of United Healthcare to discuss employee health benefits.

The following two events in the series will be held Thursday, February 17 and Thursday, February 24 at the same time and place.

The RHCC and CSULB recently completed a comprehensive survey of Anaheim Street corridor businesses to determine current issues and needs, developing the speaker series program based on their findings. The goal is to increase collaboration between government entities and the local business community.

Call (562) 212-2889 to RSVP, or e-mail info@regionalhispaniccc.org.

Link: http://www.lbpost.com/news/ryan/11056

LONG BEACH: Business and city leaders look at the needs of Anaheim Street entrepreneurs.
By Karen Robes Meeks, Staff Writer
02/14/2011

LONG BEACH - Business and city leaders hope their new focus on Latino businesses along and near Anaheim Street will help raise the area's economic profile.

The Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - along with Cal State Long Beach's Center for Community Engagement and City Councilman Robert Garcia's office - has been contacting more than 130 Latino merchants along the corridor from Atlantic Avenue to the Long Beach (710) Freeway in an effort to survey and improve the area.

A $15,000 grant from the Verizon and the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Foundation was the catalyst for the economic project.

The funding allowed the chamber through its educational arm, the Regional Hispanic Institute, to conduct a needs survey of the area.

Security issues, graffiti, improving the look of the street, the need for marketing support and access to capital were among the concerns identified by area business owners.

Anaheim Street Alliance meets Tuesday
02/17/2011

The monthly meeting of the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance will be held at noon Tuesday at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St.

Speakers will be Steve Goodling, president and chief executive officer of the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau; Anthony Kim, president of the Cambodian American Business Association; and Officers Steven Costa and Chanel Kirk of the Long Beach Police Department Security Camera Detail.

Buffet lunch is $12. RSVP by e-mail at info@easba.com or by calling 562-494-3800.

Link: http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_17417481

01/18/2011 10:43:22 PM PST

LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Taxpayers Association will hear from an economics and political expert at its Thursday meeting.

Alfred Balitzer will speak on the current economic conditions in California, the outlook for the future, and the fundamentals needed to return local and state government to prosperity. Balitzer is chairman of Pacific Research & Strategies Inc.

The Taxpayers Association meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Wagner Kitchen and Design, 1800 Palo Verde Ave., Suite E. The business is at the corner of Palo Verde and Atherton Street, above FedEx/Kinko's. The event is free and open to the public.

Dear Friends,

Reflecting on the challenges that remain in Long Beach and on East Anaheim Street, we look forward to working with you in the coming year.  Thank you for your commitment to improving communication and working relations along East Anaheim Street.

On behalf of the Board of Directors for the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance, we wish you and yours a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Respectfully,

East Anaheim Street Business Alliance - Board of Directors:

P.S. If you have yet to do so, please keep up to date with EASBA activities by following our twitter feed at http://twitter.com/easba

10/22/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    PRESS RELEASE #2010

Subject :    LBPD TO USE CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY TO LOCATE MISSING PERSONS
Contact :    Media Relations Detail    (562) 570-5273

The Long Beach Police Department is proud to announce Safe Reunion/Long Beach, a program in partnership with EmFinders, to help locate missing loved ones. The program was designed especially for those prone to wander due to cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and dementia.  

The LBPD receives and investigates missing person reports on a daily basis, and timing is crucial in these investigations. While most missing-person cases have a happy ending with the person quickly located and returned to loved ones, some do not, and in some rare cases the missing person is never located. Typically, the chance of the person being located safely decreases the longer that person remains missing. The “EmSeeQ emergency locator system” by EmFinders will assist Police with these often time-consuming investigations, and  help locate and return the missing to their loved ones likely faster than before.

9/17/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    PRESS RELEASE #2010

Subject :    L.B.P.D. LAUNCHES ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TO REPORT CRIME
Contact :    Media Relations Detail    (562) 570-5273

The Long Beach Police Department is pleased to announce the implementation of an anonymous crime tip reporting system, which uses a common cell phone texting or internet-based platform.

TIPSOFT is an application which allows a tipster to provide information to the L.B.P.D. and remain completely anonymous through one of two methods. The first option is through Short Message Service (SMS), more commonly known as a text message, which can be used by virtually any cell phone user. The second option is to submit a "Web Tip" using any computer in the world equipped with Internet service.  Police Chief Jim McDonnell said, “In light of the serious budget constraints that we continue to face daily, we must take full advantage of what technology has to offer to help us improve our effectiveness to solve crime.”

11/13/2010

Link: http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_16598464

LONG BEACH - The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance monthly meeting will be held Tuesday at noon at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St.

Featured are updates from David Malmuth, developer of the Second Street and Pacific Coast Highway property; Phil Jennings of Long Beach's Neighborhood Services Bureau; the Long Beach Police Department; and Councilman Patrick O'Donnell's office.

Buffet luncheon is $12 per person. To RSVP, calling 562-494-3800.

For more information about the business alliance, visit www.easba.com.

11/11/2010 08:20:36 PM

Link: http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_16587944

LONG BEACH - David Malmuth, developer of the Second Street and Pacific Coast Highway project, will speak at the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance monthly luncheon Tuesday at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St.

There will also be updates from Phil Jennings of the city's Neighborhood Services, the Long Beach Police Department and Councilman Patrick O'Donnell's office.

Buffet luncheon is $12 per person. The event is at noon at 5021 E. Anaheim St.

For reservations or information, call 562-494-3800 or e-mail info@easba.com.

10/21/2010
 
Long Beach Fire Deputy Chief Mike Sarjeant and Blair Cohn, executive director of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association, will be the guest speakers at Tuesday's monthly East Anaheim Street Business Association meeting.
 
A $12 buffet lunch will be prepared by Moon Dance Catering of Long Beach.
 
RSVP at info@easba.com or 562-494-3800. The event will be at noon at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St.

Link to complete article: http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_16399238 
 

October 22, 2010

The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance (EASBA) will host a post-election roundtable at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., on Thursday, Nov. 4 from 6:30pm to 8pm. Confirmed panelists include: Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster; Long Beach Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal; Fourth District Councilmember Patrick O’Donnell; Third District Councilmember Gary DeLong; Long Beach City Manager Pat West and others.

“Many political pundits believe this could be one of the most significant elections in our nation’s history,” said Rod Wilson, EASBA president. “We look forward to these timely discussions and what the elections mean to Long Beach, the county, the state and the nation. It’s going to be an exciting evening, no doubt full of lively exchange of ideas.”

Admission is $20 in advance; $25 at the door (cash or check only). The event will include catering provided by Moon Dance Catering of Long Beach. Seating is limited to 200. RSVP by Oct. 29 at (562) 494-1014.

Link to complete article: http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/archives/8095

City Manager News Release: Residents Invited to ‘Residential/Commercial Robbery Prevention’ Meeting on Oct. 19

The community is invited to learn about residential and commercial robbery prevention on Tuesday, October 19, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library Community Room, 1401 E. Anaheim St.

The workshop is presented as part of the Anaheim Street Community Police Center's monthly meeting. Long Beach Police Lt. Kenneth Schack (Ret.) will share how proper practices and observations help people:

October 7, 2010
By Darcy Leigh Richardson

Landscaping, street banners, a mosaic mural, and a neighborhood monument all were recipients of a second round of grants distributed through the city’s Neighborhood Partners Program (NPP).

Tuesday evening, City Council approved a total of $47,484.23 to support 10 neighborhood beautification and improvement projects. Angela Reynolds, manager of Long Beach’s Neighborhood Services Bureau, said the money is federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars.

“This is the second round for fiscal year (2010),” Reynolds said. “It’s a little unusual for there to be two rounds of grants (in a year) but the community was requesting them. This time we received more applications than ever before.”

Reynolds said 15 neighborhood groups or community organizations applied after the requests for proposals (RFP) were sent out to 1,400 entities on July 9. A Community Development Advisory Commission (CDAC) committee reviewed and ranked each application based on pre-established criteria.

Two of the applications received were from the Eastman and Westside Boys & Girls Clubs, but the clubs were outside the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG boundaries, Reynolds said.

Another benefit provided by the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance.

Thank you for your continued support of our Business Improvement District.
We are proud to announce that the hydro-blasting (sidewalk cleaning) project along the East Anaheim Street business corridor has been completed. We are very proud that we use local businesses to provide goods and services that we all benefit from. Clean sidewalks and an improved appearance helps us all, maintains our property values and makes this a more desirable place to visit and shop on Anaheim Street. As we get ready to enter into the holiday season, it is very nice to see such clean sidewalks which help attract more people to our area.

Satellite Mobile Grime Busters cleaned the sidewalks in front of over 600 businesses from the Los Altos Plaza area (PCH and E. Anaheim) all the way to Junipero Avenue.

Based on extensive feedback from business owners and that “cleaner streets and sidewalks” was one of the top responses on our EASBA business survey, the EASBA Board made this much-needed service a top priority.

August 11, 2010
Fr: Rod Wilson
Re: East Anaheim Street Sidewalk Cleaning

We are proud to announce that it’s day number two of hydro-blasting (sidewalk cleaning) along the East Anaheim Street business corridor and the project is moving along at a very good pace.

Jim Simon and his crew at Satellite Mobile Grime Busters began cleaning the sidewalks in front of businesses in the Los Altos Plaza area on Monday and are working their way west toward Junipero Avenue. 

The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance paid Jane Kelleher at Sav-On Signs who printed up six-foot banners that read “Community Services Provided by The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance”; they are attached to the side of Jim’s truck.

Coffee with the Long Beach Police Department East Division Commander will take place July 21 at 6 p.m. at Polly's Gourmet Coffee, 4606 E. 2nd St.

Residents can join in a cup of freshly roasted Polly's coffee as they meet the East Division's new commander, Lisa Lopez.

This month's topic will be "Terrorism Awareness."

Call the East Division at 562-570-5880 for information.

Mid Year Economic Outlook