MANGO in Santa Monica: Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway Workshop
For more information, check out the city’s official press release.
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Pop Up MANGo Meeting
By Damien Newton |
With the potential to be LA’s first neighborhood greenway, the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway represents an excellent opportunity for Santa Monica to create a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica. This would allow Pico neighborhood kids to get to the new Tongva Park and the beach, would help create a […]
Santa Monica: This Weekend Tour da Arts Vol. 5 & Spoke Meets To Talk Michigan Avenue Greenway
By Gary Kavanagh |
This Sunday is the 5th edition of the annual Tour da Arts (11am to 5pm at Bergamot Station), put on by the Santa Monica Museum of Art. If you are unfamiliar with the event, it is the premiere mass bike ride meets arts, music and dance event of the year in Santa Monica. If you […]
Santa Monica Planning Commission Hears Michigan Neighborhood Greenway Presentation
By Damien Newton |
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Monica will discuss the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway project. Staff will make a presentation and the Commission will provide direction and guidance. Public comment will be allowed, so please come and participate if you are interested. The meeting is held at 7:00 pm in the City […]
Pop-Up MANGo Demonstrates Street Treatments & Greenery On Michigan Ave. in Santa Monica
By Damien Newton |
This Sunday was the city’s Pop-Up MANGo event to demo and solicit input for possible neighborhood greenway proposals in the Michigan Ave. corridor of the Pico Neighborhood. It was well attended throughout the 11-3 event, by supporters, by detractors of certain ideas under consideration, and locals wanting to check out the ideas and give input. […]
Santa Monica: Public Process Begins For Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway
By Gary Kavanagh |
This past Saturday marked the beginning of the public process for a proposed Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway in Santa Monica (a video of the concept for the unfamiliar). This is one of the more high profile projects called for in the early scope of Santa Monica’s Bike Action Plan, although the greenway concept goes far […]
Santa Monica City Council Approves Plans for Greenway, Safe Routes to Samohi
By Lindsey Miller |
The Santa Monica City Council took a historic vote last night to approve the conceptual design for the city’s first greenway on Michigan Avenue. The goal for the Michigan Ave. Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) is to reduce and slow car traffic primarily through street design changes, making biking and walking through the neighborhood a safer and […]