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Press Releases
“GATEWAY MONUMENT” UNVEILED
Roadway Marker Identifies Communities and Leadership Organizations
Sun Valley, November 21, 2006 – The second of three “gateway” monuments initiated by Sun Valley Beautiful was officially dedicated on November 9, 2006, near the border of Burbank. The gateway monument, an attractively landscaped marble edifice, located near the intersection at Glenoaks Boulevard and Cohasset Street, identifies Sun Valley to passersby. Local elected officials, business representatives, community leaders and neighbors were in attendance at the event.
City Councilmember Wendy Greuel praised the partnership that led to the gateway project stating, “This will stand as a monument to community cooperation. I am proud to join Sun Valley Beautiful in welcoming people to our neighborhood.”
Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas (C.D. 6) praised the partnership involving business and the community stating, “We all have to work together to instill dignity and pride in our neighborhoods and we can’t do that unless leaders and volunteers in our community step forward to support projects like these gateways for Sun Valley.”
Leadership organizations attending the event included the Sun Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Sun Valley, Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council and Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council.
Sun Valley Beautiful and Sun Valley Chamber of Commerce member Vicki Burch, integral to the coordination of the monument project, was enthused. “I think Sun Valley is headed in a great direction,” she said. “More than ever before, we are all coming together to solve problems in this community.”
In addition to significant financial donations from City of Los Angeles Councilmembers Wendy Greuel and Tony Cardenas, and local businessman Art Sweet, donors included: Vulcan Materials, Waste Management, Sun Valley Paper Stock, Industrial Metal Supply Company, Mission Valley Bank, Crown Disposal, the Rotary Club of Sun Valley, A&E Development, Ajemyan Investments and Mission Valley Bank. In-kind contributors of donated goods and services included Graffiti Busters, People in Progress, Sun Valley Equipment Rentals, Vulcan Materials, Angelus Concrete, Sunset Masonry and NativeScape.
Sun Valley Beautiful now is planning to complete a third gateway monument to be placed at Roscoe Blvd. and the 170 Freeway.
About Sun Valley Beautiful
Sun Valley Beautiful, created by Sun Valley business leaders and the Sun Valley Chamber of Commerce in January 2004, has initiated several community and environmental improvement projects as part of its mission to make Sun Valley a better place to live and work. Sun Valley Beautiful developed in part as a response to negative criticisms and portrayals of the area. Participating businesses want to be more visibly active in their economic development, community enhancement and philanthropic work. In addition to this “gateway” program, Sun Valley Beautiful has sponsored annual Earth Day Expos, community planning meetings, and has supported other efforts to improve the quality of life in Sun Valley and the northeast San Fernando Valley.
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