MAY MARKETING AROUND SILVER LAKE 

By Betsy M. Hall

How do businesses connect with clients, in and around Silver Lake? That is one of my niches. I grew up here and I've helped businesses grow. 

Omnipresence is one my favorite strategies. Beyond being familiar, you and your business can be known, liked and trusted. 

What tools can Marketing Directions offer for May campaigns? We've packaged five of our top products into one package, then added three…

MAY MARKETING AROUND SILVER LAKE 

By Betsy M. Hall

How do businesses connect with clients, in and around Silver Lake? That is one of my niches. I grew up here and I've helped businesses grow. 

Omnipresence is one my favorite strategies. Beyond being familiar, you and your business can be known, liked and trusted. 

What tools can Marketing Directions offer for May campaigns? We've packaged five…

"Some people collect stamps or art. I collect people. I collect relationships."

Silver Lake resident, Meher McArthur, describes her journey of selectively gifting friends with items from her house, writing about it and growing in the process.

She was just featured in an interview on…

80 stairways, 35 miles, from downtown Los Angeles through Echo Park and Silver Lake to Griffith Park in Los Feliz. Sat. and Sun., May 2-3, 2015. Music, walking, climbing, cheering, people dressed up as veggies + more. The Big Parade for details.

I wanted to share some milestones in our march toward establishing guidelines for the first-ever comprehensive affordable housing policy in the City of Los Angeles. I have been aggressively pursuing a value capture policy in particular. In September, I introduced a motion that would require developers to build low-income units or pay into the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund in exchange for zoning changes, variances or other exceptions that increase the value of the project. The motion…

Join CD13 Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell's team, Silver Lake Improvement Assn and Wood Handcrafted Pizza on Sunset at Silver Lake Blvd. for a morning of neighborhood clean up and a genuine Italian reward. 

Look for the crew with the brooms, Thursday, 4/23, 9 a.m. to noon.

PASADENA SHOWCASE HOUSE FOR THE ARTS

This year, Pasadena Showcase House is revisiting a distinguished estate designed by Fernand Parmentier in 1910 that is an eclectic English Tudor combined with Craftsman elements. The artistic innovations and philosophy of the burgeoning Arts and Crafts movement are evident in this striking…

Join us at the Silver Lake Chamber Mixer

THIS THURSDAY, 4/16, 6:30 to 8:30 at HachéLA.

Great steak or veggie burger goes well with double friend french fries and garlic dip, strawberry lemonade or select brew or wine, and don't forget custard desserts. We usually have about 30 members of the community show…

The Griffith Park Adult Community Center will hold their annual Spring Faire on Saturday, April 18, 2015.  10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. invite your family and friends. Meal tickets are only $12 in advance; or pick them up at the event for $15.00 There is something for everybody: Silent auction, plants, arts &…

Registration is now open for Make Music Los Angeles. MMLA is part of the international, free, live, public performances Fête de la Musique.  Schedule now for Summer Solstice, June 21. 

Performers, join others' stages or create your own. Audience - watch SilverLakeStar for more details about local venues. For email notifications, join our online community.

For more info,…

CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES DEBATE 4/27/15

Hear from the candidate who will replace Tom Labonge after the May 19, 2015 election. 

The Los…

Sometimes the motivation for creating legislation is personal. For Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez, he recalls, “As a child, I spent seven days in the hospital with pneumonia and nearly bankrupted my family. Between lost wages for missing work and the cost of my medical bills, my parents were barely able to make ends meet."

And sometimes, it's about taking steps towards fairness. When people aren't taking advantage of…