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Home > Community > Bellflower

TOP STORY - NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Community Leaders Gather For Dedication Of Bellflower Bike Trail Pedestrian Path

Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe joined community leaders on Monday, November 30 in the City of Bellflower for the ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony of the new Bike Trail and Pedestrian Path.

The new 2.3-mile path, which runs along an abandoned rail Right-of-Way from Lakewood Boulevard to Caruthers Park, is now open to walkers and bicycles. Horses and motorized vehicles are not permitted.

The project budget was over $2 million, and Los Angeles County was able to help out with a large portion of that – with $400,000 coming from Proposition A funds and an additional $100,000 coming from Supervisor Knabe’s Competitive Grant Program.

“I’m so pleased to have been part of the project that encourages fitness and strengthens the community,” said Supervisor Knabe. “I want to encourage other cities to add on to it to increase access for bike paths and connectivity with the San Gabriel and Los Angeles River Bike Paths.”

 

 

View the press release.

 

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Useful Bellflower Links

City of Bellflower

Bellflower Chamber of Commerce

Bellflower Unified School District

Clifton M. Brakensiek Library

Lakewood Sheriff’s Station

Bellflower Sheriff’s Substation

Bellflower Courthouse                     

Bellflower DMV Office

Supervisor Knabe reads a book to children at Mayne Street Preschool in Bellflower. The Bring Me A Book Foundation and Southern California Edison donated bookshelves filled with children's books to two preschools in Bellflower.

Related Bellflower Stories

11/03/09 Knabe To Announce $9.2 Million In Long Beach Area Projects

09/01/09 Irrigation Overhaul Planned At Los Amigos Golf Course

06/09/09 Anti-Gang Program Will Continue In The Cities Of Bellflower And Paramount

04/07/09 Opera Tales Returns To Fourth District Libraries

01/20/09 Local Students To Be Treated To 'Inkheart' Movie As Part of Operation Read Program

     

Contact:

Erin Stibal

Field Deputy

10025 E. Flower Street
Bellflower, CA 90706

estibal@lacbos.org
Tel: (562) 804-8208
Fax: (562) 804-2746

 

 

Don Knabe. Working for bellflower.

Bellflower Accomplishments

2009

 

Continuing Anti-Gang Program
The Board of Supervisors has authorized a one-year agreement between the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and the City of Bellflower for the continuance of a successful gang abatement program in the city. The Strategies Against Gang Environments (SAGE) Program decreases street gang violence and narcotics-related activities by utilizing civil injunctions and other procedures to enhance a city’s efforts to reduce gang violence and graffiti problems.

Providing Opera for Children at the Clifton Brakensiek Library

The highly-acclaimed Opera Tales program returned to Fourth District County Libraries. Opera Tales is a LA Opera program that introduces children and families to the world of opera at local libraries. Supervisor Knabe established the partnership between the LA Opera and the County of Los Angeles Public Library, and provided funding to bring Opera Tales to libraries in the Fourth District.
 

Treating Students to Movie as Part of Operation Read Program
About 300 Los Angeles County schoolchildren were treated to a special screening of the new Warner Bros. movie ‘Inkheart’ at the Norwalk AMC, as part of Supervisor Don Knabe’s Operation Read Program. The 7th and 8th grade students, from the Bellflower Unified School District, also received a free copy of ‘Inkheart’.

2007

 

New Funding for Park Projects
Supervisor Knabe dedicated $1.7 million in Proposition A Park funds to be used for various projects across the Fourth District. In Bellflower, a portion of the money will be used for the construction of asphalt bicycle and pedestrian trails, trail signage, landscaping, irrigation and a drinking fountain.
 

Bellflower Celebrates Safe Surrender
Safe Surrender #48 occurs in the City of Bellflower when a baby boy is handed over at Kaiser Permanente on January 17.


Synchronizing Traffic in Local Cities

A new Traffic Signal Synchronization Project has been approved for the cities of Bellflower, Cerritos, La Mirada, Long Beach, Norwalk and Whittier. The project will synchronize 35 traffic signals on Artesia Boulevard between Alameda Street and Valley View Avenue; 15 traffic signals on Central Avenue between El Segundo Boulevard and Victoria Street; and 36 traffic signals located on Whittier Boulevard between Paramount Boulevard and Valley Home Avenue. This project is part of the County’s ongoing program to enhance traffic flow and safety for drivers and pedestrians.

 

Bellflower Celebrates Safe Surrender
Safe Surrender #54 occurs in the City of Bellflower when a baby girl is handed over at Kaiser Permanente on March 26.

 

Bellflower Celebrates Safe Surrender
Safe Surrender #58 occurs in the City of Bellflower when a baby girl is handed over at Kaiser Permanente on April 29.

2006

 

Supports various community-based organizations including: Bellflower Noon Lions Club, Soroptimist International of Bellflower, Bellflower Kiwanis Club, Bellflower Rotary Club, Bellflower Symphony Association, Bellflower Volunteer Center, Caring Connections.

2005

 

 

 

Funded expansion of the Lakewood Regional Sheriff’s Station, which services the City of Bellflower.

 

Somerset Storm Drain Project.


Bellflower/Alondra Traffic light synchronization Project.


Supported the City’s BRAVO Awards.


Provided gang prevention funding to Bellflower Unified School District for a Deputy Sheriff.

2003

 

Clifton M. Brakensiek Library Renovation Project.

2002

 

Sponsored the Bellflower “Reach Out and Read” program at the Bellflower Health Center.

2001

 

Provided Prop A Park funds towards general park renovations throughout the City – basketball court rehab, playground equipment and murals.

2000

 

Sponsored the Artesia-Cerritos Community Christmas Program – Provides food and toys for 400+ needy families.

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