Creating Vibrant Neighborhoods for
Our Growing Latino Population

Date: November 15, 2003, South Gate, CA

The LGC and its partners are working to develop and foster leadership capacity among Latino/Latina elected officials. This leadership development seminar was the first of 3 regional workshops being held in Southern California that addressed a variety of issues that local government officials are facing as well as provided experts that assisted in advancing the dialogue of those problems while providing practical solutions.

The program featured innovative strategies that local governments and school districts can implement to use schools as educational centers as well as places that parents and children can use as recreational facilities. In addition, we featured the "The Ahwahnee Principles for Smart Economic Development," which are a set of economic development principles that local governments can use and adopt to revitalize their cities. We presented these principles and provided real life examples of what other cities are doing to increase economic development.

On the Agenda

• Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Azusa
• Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Director of Land Use & Transportation Programs, Local Government Commission
• Vince Torres, Recreation Director, City of Paramount

Hosted by

• Mayor Hector de la Torre,City of South Gate

Funded by

• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

In Partnership With

• The Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund
• Latino Issues Forum
• Latino Urban Forum
• Transportation & Land Use Collaborative of Southern California