Last quarter, the sidewalk maintenance team collected 3,087 bags of trash (71,001 lbs.), dispensed approximately 4,000 doggie bags, picked up 20 bulk items, and removed 262 graffiti tags on sidewalk pots, poles, and news racks.

The crew is out every Monday and Thursday sweeping the sidewalks, picking up trash, clearing gutters and painting out graffiti from street poles, news racks, and flower planters. The team empties 59 trashcans throughout the District due to the City’s reduced efforts, which had led to an overflowing of the cans.

The landscape crew for the District’s Wilshire streetscape continues to maintain all 15 medians and about 160 flowerpots along Wilshire Blvd. The work consists of removal of trash, trimming of plants, watering of plants, repairing the sprinkler system, and replacing damaged plants.

The landscape crew planted new trees in the Wilshire Blvd. median between Alexandria and Kenmore near the RFK Inspiration Park. Here is a message that we received at the WCBID office: "THANK YOU for the new crepe myrtle trees that are being planted this very minute. I know the Gaylord residents & neighborhood will appreciate them." - The Gaylord Apartments.

Last quarter, the security team assisted the City in getting over 464 bulky items picked up, made 4 calls to the City for street repairs, assisted in getting 331 graffiti tags cleaned up; 3 potholes and 4 street lights were reported and fixed. The team responded to 128 calls for assists to the LAPD and others. They issued 9 illegal vendor warnings and assisted 59 homeless individuals; 495 illegal signs were removed. The team addressed the subject of 29 individuals drinking in public and 28 belligerent transients. The WCBID bike team captain attended 6 LAPD Crime Control Meetings and attended the Wilshire Center Business Watch meetings. The next Business Watch meeting is Thursday, December 11the at 12:00 noon, at the Archdiocesan Catholic Center, located at 3424 Wilshire Blvd. on the 5th floor.

WCBID community event: We had a successful RFK Community Movie Night at Robert Kennedy Community Schools on August 16th. We showed The Lone Ranger. “Families and community members enjoyed watching the movie under the stars.” - Jackie Olvera, Operation Manager at the RFK Community Schools.

The WCBID holiday lights will be installed on November 15th along Wilshire Blvd. and stay up until January 15th.

PLEASE CALL 311 FOR BULKY ITEMS PICKUP AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL, TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

ATTENTION ALL PROPERTY OWNERS & MANAGERS: The Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge (LABBC) is an innovative utility-funded initiative to support property owners and managers in executing cost-effective building performance upgrades to achieve 20 percent energy and water savings by 2020. The LABBC serves as an unbiased guide to help you take advantage of all available resources and incentives, and maximize the ROI of your energy and water efficiency upgrades. FOR MORE INFO VISIT http://la-bbc.com/

For more info about what the Wilshire Center BID is up to please visit us at facebook.com/wilshirecenter.

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Video highlighting much of the work that the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District does on a daily basis was presented at the last Annual Membership Meeting.

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