Connected Corridor Mission
Transforming neighborhoods into one community by creating connectivity and empowering stakeholders from the top of the town to downtown.
The Vision
Create a “Blueprint for the Future” for implementation on other Long Beach corridors.
Project Overview
The Connected Corridor is a project of Leadership Long Beach with funding from the Long Beach Community Foundation through a transformational grant by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. It is designed to transform neighborhoods into one community by creating connectivity and empowering stakeholders from the “top of the town to downtown” along Atlantic Avenue. We are in the process of creating a “Blueprint for the Future” for implementation for other possible Long Beach corridors.
It is the first project of its kind to span multiple neighborhoods to build community and connectivity. The Atlantic Corridor or the Connected Corridor, as we refer to it, bisects the city from north to south and is identified by social demographers, Rethinking Greater Long Beach as reflective of the entire Long Beach community. Since October 2007, we are building momentum through the involvement and participation of local residents, businesses, local organizations, and neighborhood groups – both formal and informal. Sharing resources and collaborating are all part of this community building work, and it is an encouraging process because it is all about informing, engaging and empowering the people.
This blog is set up to be a co-created platform for news and information that is relevant to the neighborhoods along the Atlantic Corridor. We selected writers along the corridor to share not only their stories, but stories of their neighbors and community. This is a first of its kind, continuing our process of informing, engaging and empowering the people who work, live, play and worship along the Connected Corridor.
TEAM, Together Everyone Achieves More