The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance staged its monthly meeting Tuesday at the Long Beach Playhouse. Here's the recap they provided for the event:
Dear Friends:
Thanks to everyone who attended our regular monthly meeting this past Tuesday afternoon.
If you were unable to attend, here is a recap of this month's meeting:
We were honored to have President F. King Alexander join us from California State University Long Beach. Dr. Alexander gave a fascinating overview of CSULB. According to Dr. Alexander, with over 35,000 students, CSULB is the second largest university in California - next to UCLA.
Other topics covered by Dr. Alexander:
• There are 71,000 applications for Fall of 2011.
• CSULB is the second safest university in the nation.
• Every dollar spent by CSULB brings back $4.5 dollars to the surrounding community.
• Beginning May 25th, there will be three days of graduations consisting of nine different graduation ceremonies.
• CSULB was voted the 4th Best Public Regional University in the West by US News and World Report
• CSULB is among Kiplinger's "100 Best Values in Public Colleges".
• In 2009-2010, CSULB had the largest, most diverse, most successful graduating class in its history - more than 8,600 students received more than 9,100 degrees.
We were also privileged to have Julie Bartolotto from the Historical Society of Long Beach join us. Julie gave an interesting overview of the Historical Society and discussed their recent Woman, Work, War program that looked at the history of the "Rosie the Riveters" that played an important role in the wartime mobilization efforts in Long Beach during WWII. She also discussed the Historical Society's upcoming look at the many New Deal infrastructure projects that took place during the 1930's.
We were also fortunate to have Officer Claudia Lopez join us from the Long Beach Police East Division. Officer Lopez gave an update on her assignment as Patrol Resource Officer for the area and discussed the increase in auto burglaries within the District. She said that auto burglaries can be prevented my making sure our vehicles are locked and that there is nothing of value visible.
Finally, Armando Vazquez-Ramos from Councilmember Patrick O'Donnell's Office discussed upcoming events within District 4 including the upcoming Chat with Pat and the upcoming Breakwater Awareness Month.
The EASBA Board of Directors once again would like to thank Dr. Alexander, Julie Bartolotto, Officer Lopez and Armando Vazquez-Ramos for their time and informative presentations.
We hope to see you at our next meeting on Tuesday, May 24th when our guest speaker will be George Chapjian, Director of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine.
Be sure to check our website www.EASBA.com for all the latest news and updates. In the meantime, keep your eyes open for all the exciting EASBA improvement projects.
Thank you for your time and your ongoing support.
Sincerely,
Rod Wilson, President
Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc.
Lee Vieira, Vice President
The Mortgage Planning Group
Ken Buck, Treasurer
Joe Jost's
Lorie Stack, Secretary
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Renee Kim
Cookies by Design
Jan Ward
General Contractor
Carl Dene
Vision Design Studio
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