Despite the uncertainty of the future of redevelopment agencies, the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA) is continuing to move ahead with its RDA-funded programs for this fiscal year. The latest project was the installation of new “feature” banners along Atlantic Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard.
“We have Bixby Knolls banners on every light pole from Wardlow to 46th Street to designate the business district,” said BKBIA Executive Director Blair Cohn. “The new banners show the ‘features’ of Bixby Knolls as you drive through the district. Not only do you know you are in Bixby Knolls, but you also get to see what Bixby Knolls has to offer.” Â
Every third light pole has a different image highlighting either shopping, dining, professional services, the Bixby Strollers walking group, the area’s supper club, the literary society, the neighborhood’s bike-friendliness, live theater, or the First Fridays art walk.
“We even created banners for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Historical Society, and Rancho Los Cerritos,” Cohn said. “It’s important to showcase all the assets of the community both business- and neighborhood-related. We are determined to keep the momentum going and make as many improvements to the district as we can. Bixby Knolls is a textbook example of redevelopment dollars at work. We can walk the corridors and literally point to all the changes made in the last few years with the assistance of the RDA.”
