Residents are invited to celebrate Earth Day at a “pop-up party” at the 51st Street Greenbelt on Saturday, April 21 from 9:30am to 11:30am. The 51st Street Greenbelt is located on DeForest Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets, north of Del Amo Boulevard and east of the Los Angeles River.
Attendees will be able to participate in a number of free activities for the entire family. The event will feature Earth Day arts and crafts, face painting and balloon art, and free healthy snacks and giveaways. Local award-winning artist Gregg Young will provide music.
There will be a free bicycle registration, where residents can record data to help identify their bikes, if needed. The Long Beach Health and Human Services Department will host a community crop swap, for residents to bring their homegrown fruits and vegetables, and trade them with their neighbors
Attendees can also preview concepts and provide input for a re-designed 51st Street Greenbelt. The new design will activate the park, which aims to balance open space and activity space, and could include a walking path, adult and youth fitness stations, a youth bicycle education course, shade trees and native drought-tolerant landscaping to complement the adjacent DeForest Wetlands.
“We invite the community to celebrate Earth Day with great activities and resources, while also helping design a new greenbelt that will better serve the neighborhood and add to the more than 40 acres of new green space coming to the Eighth District,” said Councilmember Al Austin, whose office is hosting the event in partnership with the City of Long Beach’s departments of Public Works, Health and Human Services and Parks, Recreation & Marine.
For more information, contact Councilmember Austin’s office at (562) 570-6685 or email district8@longbeach.gov.
Source: Austin’s office
