Northridge Vision 2025

When homeless families arrive at the new  San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission  in Northridge, they are greeted by cheerful original artworks on the walls, cozy club chairs and stylish accessories. See the rest of this article by Lisa Boone at the  LA Times .

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley had a soft opening for their Mid Century Modern Show a couple of weeks ago.  The museum has been presenting shows of increasing interest and professionalism, from the Ken Twitchell Michael Jackson Mural Show to the new mid century modern exhibition, with an emphasis on the way modernism influenced the middle class experience of the San Fernando Valley in the 1950's. Many of us grew up with Neutra, Knoll and Russell Wright influences in furniture, dishware, lighting and textiles.  Some were originals, some knock offs, but all honoring the design aesthetic of the 50's, not to mention all the unnamed blond wood and teak furniture of Scandinavian design that we ate from or lounged about on.  For many of our parents or grandparents, W & J Sloane was the arbiter of good, simple modern design.  Nothing too far out, but well made and built to last.  Much of it is still in use two or three generations later. The mid ce...

Students from the incoming freshman class joined with CSUN campus organizations, local officials, neighbors, and with Northridge Sparkle, under the direction of Don Larson, for a day of service to the community.  The first major town and gown collaboration on a neighborhood clean up was a resounding success.  The first of many yearly traditions for our newest campus members. https://youtu.be/ig0WUfFLv5Q

On any third Wednesday of the month, in the conference room at Council District Twelve in Chatsworth, your can find a group of like-minded individuals giving up their time, enthusiasm and unique skills to work to build a better Northridge.   Northridge Vision was founded to counter a series of negatives:   growing suburban blight, uncontrolled and unsustainable growth, outdated zoning models, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction by the citizen stakeholders with the institutions that surrounded them: economic, political and social.   Clearly, no one was engaged in a purposeful conversation about the problems that beset everyday life.   Several projects along the Northridge Corridor were built out of scale with the neighborhood, bringing questions about the development and planning processes, the participation of the local neighborhood councils, and the importance of citizen participation in every step of the planning process.   A turning point i...

The weekend of October 17 th , officials from the City of Los Angeles, joined by local state officials, took to the streets to share information on constituent services and to take the pulse of the local community.   Intended as an opportunity to showcase the many services available to local stakeholders, the visit to the Reseda Blvd Great Street and the surrounding areas, including the streets adjacent to Calf State Northridge heralded a new and more successful relationship between agency and citizen. Mayor Eric Garcetti, introduced by MC Kevin James, President of the City Board of Public Works, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at CSUN, and reminded them that he had promised to walk each council district, each year, to both learn and to share information with his constituents. The mayor, joined by Councilman Mitch Englander, Assemblyman Matt Dababneh, and Captain Robert Mariano of Devonshire Division Station visited various business on the Reseda Blvd corridor between Gre...

  [RE]visit[RE]seda Blvd ‘s Halloween themed event Trick or T[RE]at [RE]seda Blvd, scheduled for for October 31 st , will include participation from CSUN’s ACASOLA, noted a cappella singing group. They will be performing a number of musical offerings from their popular Halloween themed concert.    ACASOLA,   one of the few collegiate a cappella groups in the United States, was founded in 2006.   They will be appearing on the street from 2:00 to 6:00 pm on Halloween Day, October 31 st .   More than a dozen local merchants are participating in the event, and will be giving out candy or other goodies.    Sharkey's, one of the newest merchants to open on the corner of Nordhoff and the Reseda Great Street at 18426 Nordhoff, will be giving free kid’s meal to any child 13 and under, who is registered for the costume contest and is in costume, between 2:00 and 6:00.   Thanks to Sharkey’s for their generosity.   Please thank them with yo...