Welcome to Alamitos Heights Improvement Association
Building Community Together!
Welcome to Alamitos Heights Improvement Association
Building Community Together!
Looking Ahead with AHIA
August 15, 2020 at Alamitos Heights Park
Due to Safer at Home Order and CV-19 concerns we will postpone our Neighborhood Yard Sale.
Due to Safer at Home Order and CV-19 concerns we will postpone our Neighborhood Yard Sale.
Assuming the Safer at Home Order allows and we receive our City permit, We will host the 2nd dumpster, recycling, and shredding event. In 2020 we will expand access to the shredder and dumpster to non-members for a monetary donation help offset the costs of these two collection devices. Current members who have paid their dues will have full access to all collection devices. We hope to see you then.
Due to Safer at Home Order and CV-19 concerns we will postpone our Neighborhood Yard Sale.
Due to Safer at Home Order and CV-19 concerns we will postpone our Neighborhood Yard Sale.
Due to Safer at Home Order and CV-19 concerns we will postpone our Neighborhood Yard Sale.
AHIA will post signs and advertise on Craigslist and nextdoor.com. If you want your address advertised let us know. Join other neighbors as we all do some spring cleaning! You may purchase a permit from the City at http://www.longbeach.gov/finance/services-and-permits/convenience-fee/
AHIA Manila Median Planting Day postponed until fall of 2020
We will coordinate Virtual Wine Down Fridays-- 2nd & 4th Fridays-- all we need is a host.
We will coordinate Virtual Wine Down Fridays-- 2nd & 4th Fridays-- all we need is a host.
Perhaps this fall there can be a balance between physical distancing and the the CV-19 pandemic for a time to re-plant the Manila Median. AHIA has successfully partnered with Public Works and the 3rd District Office to begin preparing the median for replanting. Stumps have been ground, irrigation lines have been repaired and irrigation timers have been re-set. When the time comes we will need Alamitos Heights volunteers to help.
We will coordinate Virtual Wine Down Fridays-- 2nd & 4th Fridays-- all we need is a host.
We will coordinate Virtual Wine Down Fridays-- 2nd & 4th Fridays-- all we need is a host.
We will coordinate Virtual Wine Down Fridays-- 2nd & 4th Fridays-- all we need is a host.
It just takes a someone like you to be a host and volunteer their time to setup a zoom.com invitation. We'll help with that! With zoom.com we can host up to 100 people and there will be a 40 minute limit to the event. Click the button below to be directed to our contact us page. See our calendar page for upcoming Wine Down dates and information.
Things to during Safer at Home
Free Yale online course--the Science of Well Being
Learn to video chat
Become a zoom.com video chat power user
Learn to play the guitar or ukulele
More Guitar Lesson Options
Yep you really can freeze fresh eggs
Leica is offering free photography educational opportunities.
Leica Camera has announced an online series of complimentary educational talks to help bring the community together over our shared love of photography and help provide the tools you may need to stay active with your cameras and continue to build your skills, while safely social distancing during this challenging time.
Free Nikon Photography School in April
Having a big sale, on-site celebrity, or other event? Be sure to announce it so everybody knows and gets excited about it.
10 Disney Zumba Videos
Disney's Free Interactive Lessons Teaches Kids How To Be "Mini-Imagineers"
See the world from your couch
Watch this elephant cam live from Hohenwald Tennessee
Virtual Tours & Live Streaming & Some Good News
Sourdough Library Tour
Sourdough Library Tour
Sourdough Library Tour
This link will take you to a virtual tour of Puratos in ST. Vith, Belgium. This is the only Sourdough Library in the world. https://www.poppr.be/virtualtour/puratos/#p=scene_p1.html
Feed the inner baker in you with more information at this NY Times article. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/science/sourdough-bread-starter-library.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Paris Catacombs
Sourdough Library Tour
Sourdough Library Tour
http://catacombes.paris.fr/en/virtual-visit
Since we can't fly to Paris this is a quick look of 4 parts of the Catacombs. The Atelier, Galerie de Port-Mahon, Cloche de Fontis, Alcove del’Ossaurie, and Lampe Sepulcrale de l’Ossuaire.
National Parks
Sourdough Library Tour
More Parks with Google Earth
No tent needed to see theses parks.
More Parks with Google Earth
More Parks with Google Earth
More Parks with Google Earth
The full articles is here Women's Health Magazine
Here are some quick links.
- National Parks of the USA
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
Northern Lights Anyone
More Parks with Google Earth
Northern Lights Anyone
We asked and You Answered!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our winter 2020 survey!
Survey Question Results
When asked to check a maximum of 2 Events you would like AHIA to consider sponsoring the results are:
- 33.15% selected Toss It-Shred It-Recycle It (dumpster provided)
- 14.92% selected Alley Clean Up
- 13.26 selected Octoberfest Block Party
- 12.71% selected 4th of July Block Parties
- 9.94% selected Community Outreach Event (i.e. POLB Tour)
- 8.29% selected Lawn and Home tour
- 7.73% selected Ice Cream Social
When asked to check a maximum of 2 Projects you would like AHIA to consider sponsoring the results are:
- 41.67% selected Magnolia Tree Campaign-Save or Replant diseased trees
- 17.95% selected Roundabout Landscape Re-Planting
- 17.31% selected Neighborhood Signs at entrances to Alamitos Heights
- 14.10% selected Manila Median Irrigation and Beautification Project
- 8.97% selected Painting/Decorating Utility Electrical boxes
Would you recommend joining AHIA to a friend or neighbor? (On a scale of 1-low to 10-high)
- 10-- 57.14%
- 9 -- 12.24%
- 8 -- 13.27%
- 7 -- 1.02%
- 6 -- 3.06%
- 5 -- 8.16%
- 4 -- 2.04%
- 3 -- 3.06%
- 2 -- 0.00%
- 1 -- 0.00%
What You Said
When asked to share any thoughts or recommendations for AHIA:
- Great work by committed, involved neighbors. Their efforts make Alamitos Heights a better place!
- We're here to keep our community together.
- The Magnolia tree issue is significant. The damaged trees look bad and drip onto vehicles making it hard to park on the streets.
- Keep traffic from rerouting from 7th St into our neighborhood. Start research committee about rerouting signs on 22Fwy AWAY from 7th St. Any beautification projects for our neighborhood Progress reports & illustrations on water/stream project from lagoon through Marina Vista Park to Marine Stadium/Alamitos Bay.
- Many people in Alamitos Heights are older retirees and don't participate in sponsored events. Perhaps lower dues would encourage more membership even among those not attending events.
- Love the wine outs. I’m a new member and didn’t know about your association until I went to the wine out a great way to promote the Neighborhood.
- Love wine down fridays. create a way for volunteers to connect with the AHIA
- There are a few more events that I would have checked: Magnolia trees and Signage to our neighborhood but since I could only check two, that's what I did!
- Information on future plans for Magnolia trees
- The Manila median project has issues for those of us who live close to the PCH/Bellflower. While we realize there is a transient concern, we rely on the trees and bushes to provide a sight and sound barrier for our homes. Will need to be carefully planned.
- For those of us who do not participate in social media. A place on your website to reach out to other AH nieghbors, other than next door neighbor. Concerning burglary notice, mailperson issues etc. That notice could go out in an email to all AHIA members
- Thank you for all your hard work and time commitment!
- Would like to monitor and weed the lagoon on Monrovia. The weeds overtake the area there. Thanks!
- Hate the round-about-bouts. A waste of our money.
- Thank you to all the people who volunteer and participate in AHIA.
- Great job -thank you for all our work - my recommendation is not to add project after project, rather focus on the few "core" events AHIA has done so well - less is more (almost sounds like Leslie Stonick). Maybe just add one project with limited duration.
- There are several empty lots that I think would help bring the community together by turning them into a (local) community garden ? I would be more than happy to help as I’m sure so many others would as well
- Thank you for asking for our opinions. We are willing to be involved and support community activities/projects.
- You are all amazing and we appreciate your enthusiasm
- Liked all the choices to improve our neighborhood. What ever is done - great job! Thanks for being on the board and all of the efforts!!
- The tone you set for the neighborhood and the work you "silently" accomplish is to be commended. Another project would be to WATER the recently planted trees on Sixth Street. Perhaps partnering with the golf course for help.
- Many other LB HOA's have attractive 'entrance signs' and we don't. I would think that the 'active' real estate agents and companies would like to see the signage for our special area and be willing to help pay for it.
- I am especially in favor of signs posted limiting traffic to local cars only at hours 7 to 9 am and 4 to 6 pm. There is just too much traffic at those hours from cars trying to avoid 7th Street. This is getting worse !
- Thank you for serving. Communication of what is going on in AH is great. Keeping our neighborhood safe is a high priority.
- I really appreciated the shredding, etc. event last year. It was very helpful.
- Hard to pick two projects--magnolia trees really need to be saved first and a permanent solution even if that includes pesticides, roundabouts are ugly and I'm not sure why people keep ripping out the landscaping. Also the people on Manila deserve to have some more privacy and nice landscaping if possible.
- Thank you for the time you donate to lead AHIA!
- The "Lagoon Lookers" are very unhappy about NO CHRISTMAS TREES except in front of the far swimming beach and West end. How much do they pay for the trees/year? There MUST be a way to have the trees included in the area and sight of AH homeowners. Always look forward to the neighborhood park party. Sorry, {we have a commitment} every Friday night...if you could have a Saturday evening event-count on us to attend.
- Thanks for the work our AHIA leaders do!
- 6th street needs 4way stops particularly at Santiago. When 7th backs up to Park we still get just as much traffic it just drives faster bumper to bumper and you can't cross 6th when you are on Santiago with drivers flying around the island without stopping.
- What are we doing as AHIA to address the horrible homeless issue, homeless in front of neighborhood businesses
- Some of our neighbors receive flyers about events and others don’t. Better communication to all members would be nice.
- Appreciate all of you, your ongoing energies, thoughtfulness, and continued commitment to community -- thank you!
- Thank you for all your hard work!
- My Magnolia Tree is dripping the Black Sap on our very hot days. I have contacted The City & also Price. To no avail. My first letter was sent on Aug. 16, 2019. My tree is just about on its last leg. {XXX} Orlena. I have plans to re-landscape & this is all on hold because of the parkway. Is there any SOLUTION? Frankly, I am tired of waiting. Spring will be here soon & the Bugs will arrive. I have been patient BUT... Please respond {email address withheld} Thank You
- We like the events AHIA puts on to foster community. Appreciate the effort to gain feedback and facilitate new events - Thank you!
- Thanks for all you do to make living in Alamitos Heights such a wonderful experience!
Thank You 2019 AHIA Picnic Raffle Prize Providers
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