| | Federal Transportation Grant Funds Help Leimert Park Village Become Model Community (3/24/99) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | LOS ANGELESLeimert Park Village, one of eight communities that benefitted from $5.1 million in federal grants for "streetscape" improvements after civil unrest in Los Angeles in 1992, now is a model of progress and community involvement, according to Gloria Jeff, deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. |
 | | She characterized Leimert Park Village as a model illustrating how to get involvement from everyone, not just the government, but also the people who live and work in a community. |
 | | LANI has set up a process whereby each project area creates and is guided by what it terms a "Recognized Community Organization," or "RCO," which is composed of local residents, business and property owners and representatives from community organizations. |
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