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Tips From Your Trainer - Improving Your Balance and Dynamic Stability
By Gina Redican Many of us can agree that our balance isn’t what it used to be. Loss of balance is the leading risk factor in falls and...

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Aug 1, 20212 min read


Join Our Award-Winning Newsletter Team!
The BHCA’s enterprising, community-based, neighborhood-centric newsletter is looking for a managing editor. The current managing editor...

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Aug 1, 20211 min read


Giving Back in Long Beach
By Cynthia Gellis Did you know that Long Beach has its own designated giving day? Long Beach Gives is a 24-hour online fundraising drive...

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Aug 1, 20211 min read


Bunny Brigade Brings Bounty to Belmont Heights
By Laura Scully On Easter weekend, members and board members of the BHCA hopped to it and dispersed goodie bags to children throughout...

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May 8, 20211 min read


Long Beach Updates “Housing Element” of General Plan
By Dianne Sundstrom How will Long Beach handle another 26,000+ homes, its forecasted share of Southern California growth through 2029?...

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May 8, 20214 min read


Walking the Heights - Birdland
By Ina and Mike Levin Walking is for the birds! It truly is, as we have discovered tromping through Belmont Heights. One only has to...

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May 8, 20212 min read


Introducing the New BHCA President
By Derrick Muska I am genuinely delighted to have Gina Redican as my successor as BHCA President. I was at our annual BHCA holiday party...

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May 8, 20211 min read


President’s Message
By Gina Redican Once again, I’d like to thank Derrick Muska for all his hard work and passion during this past year. His positive...

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May 8, 20212 min read


Meet The 2021 BHCA Board
By Gina Redican I am truly excited to be able to work with such a smart, creative, and hardworking group of individuals, each with a...

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May 8, 20213 min read


Updated BHCA Bylaws & Intentions
By Tasha Thrift The Board of Directors of the Belmont Heights Community Association recently changed the bylaws in order to broaden them...

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May 8, 20211 min read


From our Council Member
By Suzie Price, Third District Councilwoman I am so glad to be writing this article for you, the Belmont Heights community. Although...

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May 8, 20213 min read


Interview with Raquel Landworth-Kleinhenz: Local Photographer
(and artist of random media including floral & garden design, mosaic art, and collector of natural heart rocks). By Bob Winberry Meet...

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Accessory Dwelling Units in a Nutshell
By Stephanie Osorio, owner of Osorio Architecture In 2019, Governor Newsom signed 18 bills meant to boost California’s housing...

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May 8, 20212 min read


Library Corner During COVID-19?
Snuggle Up With a Book, Audio, Magazine or Games! By Maureen Neeley Although the Long Beach Public Library facilities are closed to the...

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May 8, 20212 min read


Take a Walk on the Wild Side…
By Laura Scully Fun facts about local feathered and furry fauna! We see them around Belmont Heights and beyond – wild animals that give...

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May 8, 20212 min read


The Sun Rises for Everyone at Plantiitas
By Cynthia Gellis In April of 2020, Anthony Diaz, a sign language interpreter, and his husband Kevin Alcaraz, a freelance make-up artist,...

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May 8, 20212 min read


10 COVID-Safe Activities to Do in the Heights
By Laura Scully As we transition through each new phase of dealing with the pandemic, it’s possible to have fun and stay safe right here...

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May 8, 20212 min read


Homes on the Move. Literally.
By Maureen Neeley Homes photographed by Ellen Butler Moving can be a real pain. Selling, buying, packing, unpacking. But what if you...

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May 8, 20213 min read


New Plaques for Homes
By Tasha Thrift The Belmont Heights Community Association offers yard signs for houses that have reached 100 years of age. But what about...

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May 8, 20211 min read


BHCA Bunny Trail
The BHCA Bunny will be doing a little easter hunting of his own searching for his little pals in Belmont Heights! Come on out to a spot...

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Mar 26, 20212 min read


Last Saturday of The Month Food Drive Continues
Starting in August of 2020, the BHCA partnered with the Belmont Heights United Methodist Church to collect dry and canned foods and donate

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Mar 5, 20211 min read


Traffic Cushions to make their debut on Ximeno Avenue in 2021
This past year, the City of Long Beach conducted a traffic study on Ximeno Ave, between Broadway and 2nd Street.

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Mar 5, 20213 min read


Tour Belmont Heights with the Tour LBC App
The BHCA is excited to announce that there is now a self-guided historic and architectural tour

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Mar 5, 20211 min read
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