The Downtown Residential Council (DRC) will hold its first “Egg Rock ‘N Roll” event at Lincoln Park in the Civic Center on First Street and Pacific Avenue on Saturday, April 19 from 11am to 2pm.
The event, with games and prizes for young children, is being co-sponsored with the Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine Department and the Office of 2nd District Long Beach Councilmember Suja Lowenthal. It is free and open to the public.
Egg hunts, sack races, face painting, sidewalk-chalk drawings and a moon bounce will be featured. The Long Beach Public Library will have a story -telling area, the Long Beach Fire Department will provide a fire truck from noon to 1pm, and the Long Beach Police Officers Association will grill hot dogs as prizes for children who complete the round of games and activities. Josh Fischel and the Riot Stage Players will provide music.
The activities at Lincoln Park, adjacent to city hall and the downtown public library, are part of a series of events planned to help make the park more accessible to the general public. Local merchants, individual contributors, the Downtown Long Beach Associates and the Convention and Visitors Bureau have all provided funding, prizes and materials.
Adults interested in volunteering to help, or needing more information, may contact Allison Kripp, event coordinator at (310) 488-5154 or allison@densalonlb.com.
“The Downtown Residential Council has representatives from a cross-section of residents within our affiliated neighborhood organization members,” said DRC President Joe Ganem. “We share a common goal and passion for helping to make our urban neighborhoods a desirable and fun place to live and work. The Egg Rock ‘N Roll activities at Lincoln Park represent an important opportunity to re-introduce this vital downtown landscape and adjacent dog park to our residents.”
Source: DRC
