(March 24, 2004) -- The Belmont Shore Residents Association has launched a robust web site at shoreresidents.org.
Shoreresidents.org features Shore news, area concerns, a community calendar, useful resources, web links and meeting agendas. It includes a useful map of the Second Street shopping district (complete with street numbering system) one-way street directions, signal intersections and the location of Shore businesses.
"We’re the new kids on the cyber block," says Shoreresidents.org webmaster Rick Clark.
[LBReport.com comment: Congratulations Mr. Clark. Excellent job.]
Shoreresidents.org joins other LB neighborhood groups using the internet to reach their own members...and communicate with residents citywide and beyond. These include:
Rose Park Neighborhood Association: www.rpna.org
El Dorado Park South Neighborhood Association: www.eldoradosouth.com;
Carson Park Community Group (which successfully pressed to downsize a proposed townhome development on the L.A. County island at Woodruff Ave.): www.carsonpark.org.
Alamitos Heights Neighborhood Association (template style site) at: www.ahia.info.
(We realize this is far from a complete list, which is in any case impossible since sites can appear at any time. If your neighborhood or community group has a web site, email LBReport.com at mail@lbreport.com and we'll add it to our cybercommunity page, coming shortly.)
As recently reported by LBReport.com, Nielsen//NetRatings says three in four Americans can now access the internet from home. (Coverage: Nearly 75% of Americans Can Now Access Internet From Home, Survey Firm Says).
LB is very much a part of that communications revolution. The mother of LB activist web sites, www.thislandlb.org, was launched by Traci Wilson-Kleekamp and continues despite her relocation to the midwest.
LB high-tech renaissance man Paul Racko recently launched www.longbeachpolitics.org. He also owns www.netkontent.com, a LBReport.com advertiser.
LB webmaster Lorenzo Gigliotti owns and operates a LB portal: www.longbeachonline.net. He created and maintains www.longbeachportals.com in connection with LB's downtown and airport wireless internet "hot zones" which received national media attention.
The LB Area Chamber of Commerce has a robust web presence at www.lbchamber.com as well as a political advocacy site at www.longbeachadvocacy.biz.
Friends of Colorado Lagoon can log-on at www.coloradolagoon.org.
And the spirit of LB's beloved departed flagwaver, Ski Demski, lives on at www.superflag.com.
Again, the sites cited above are not intended to be a complete list, just examples. If your neighborhood or community group has a web site, email LBReport.com at mail@lbreport.com and we'll add it to our forthcoming cybercommunity page.
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