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Mar 27, 2020
1 min

Belmont Heights - LB Community

Long time BHCA member, Al Holden, sat down with Will Cullen and Maureen Neeley to talk about the Belmont Heights Community Association

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BHCA

Mar 23, 2020
1 min

Red Cross Blood Drive / COVID-19

It is an imperative part of community health and public preparedness plans to maintain blood collection during this challenging time. The...

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BHCA

Mar 22, 2020
1 min

Spring has Sprung

Spring has started the Belmont Heights! Our newsletter editor, Evelyn Crofts, captured some of the warm moments around her yard.

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BHCA

Mar 20, 2020
1 min

'SAFER AT HOME' ORDER

We can all do our part! This means the city is asking people to stay at home except for tasks essential to their health and or safety. Read

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News From The Neighborhood Wins National Award

BHCA

Mar 2, 2020
2 min

News From The Neighborhood Wins National Award

The Belmont Heights Community Association has won the top prize in a national competition that recognized News From The Neighborhood as the

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Association News

As we close out one decade and enter another, we thought it timely to look at some ways the Belmont Heights Community Association (BHCA)

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Benson’s Liquor

There has been a liquor store on the corner of 4thStreet and Ximeno since the 1960’s. Back in those days, it was known as the Blue Corner. S

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Colorado Lagoon Open Channel Project

The much-discussed Open Channel Project was the subject at a 3rd District community meeting on September 23, in which Public Works staff gav

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Taste/Olives Open New Parklet

After two years of planning and working with the City, Taste Wine-Beer-Kitchen and Olives Gourmet Grocers have a new parklet outside on Broa

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

ZIP BOOKS: Your Library Delivers!

Can't find what you're looking for at the Long Beach Public Library (LBPL)? Now you can request a book not currently held by LBPL, have it s

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Long Beach Area Scouts Celebrate Centennial

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Long Beach Area Scouts Celebrate Centennial

The Long Beach Area Council of Scouts (LBAC) spent 2019 celebrating 100 years of service to our amazing community. Scouting has had a long a

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Embracing the Holiday Spirit… Belmont Heights Residents Shine!

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Embracing the Holiday Spirit… Belmont Heights Residents Shine!

This year, with the help of many, including especially our Belmont Heights Community Association, I was able to spearhead the adoption

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Update and Overview of the City’s CG5 “Small Cell Ordinance”

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
3 min

Update and Overview of the City’s CG5 “Small Cell Ordinance”

In response to this new federal regulation, in March of 2018 the City of Long Beach developed and later passed an ordinance that created add

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
3 min

Winter Gardening

BHCA spoke with C. J. Crockett, a landscape designer with 17 years of experience working with the microclimates of Naples, Belmont Shore, an

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Hardware in Your House – Worth Keeping for Sure!

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Hardware in Your House – Worth Keeping for Sure!

Vintage homes have many challenges; one is what to do about the 100-year-old painted hardware.

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Presidents Message

I’d like to take a moment to reflect on a part of the BHCA that doesn’t get a lot of attention: Our yearly budget. On average, the BHCA

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Meet Jennifer Warren

A Belmont Heights artist specializing in watercolors who draws inspiration from some of the simplest forms of nature, Jennifer’s imagery

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Tips from Your Trainer...It’s Time for New Shoes

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
2 min

Tips from Your Trainer...It’s Time for New Shoes

The “new shoe” conversation happens more often at my gym than my clients would like. They like to believe their running shoes have a longer

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Eastside Canines

One of the many positives of walking the Heights is connecting with dogs and their owners. We don’t think there are many places where there

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BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

The Heights Life

Big and bold enough to make earth more like the exotic planet Venus!

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Thinking Outside of the Box…The Utility Box

BHCA

Mar 1, 2020
1 min

Thinking Outside of the Box…The Utility Box

Local artists are transforming the mundane into masterpieces by “thinking outside of the box.” Throughout Belmont Heights and other

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Residents Meet for
Historic District Picnic

BHCA

Nov 17, 2019
1 min

Residents Meet for Historic District Picnic

Neighbors from the Belmont Heights Historic District, a subset of Belmont Heights recognizable by its distinctive street signs, recently met

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BHCA

Nov 4, 2019
1 min

Art and Architecture Stroll

Looking for something local and different? Look no further than the Art and Architecture Stroll on Sunday, November 17, from 12:00 p.m. to 5

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BHCA

Nov 4, 2019
1 min

Trim the Tree…HISTORICALLY

What if you could take Santa’s sleigh back in time to 1906 and “celebrate the season” in the Victorian Era? Well, the next best thing is a

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