- project leader
- Sarah A
- location
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Venice Blvd between Inglewood and Beethoven(Mar Vista)
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- Thank to you all our Contributors so far!
the project
Mar Vista Chamber’s Make It Mar Vista: Small Business Saturday Event is taking place Saturday, November 28, 2015. We envision inviting people from our community and beyond to interact with local businesses, local artists and each other for a day of true community engagement along our Great Street of Venice Boulevard.
We'll work with many partner organizations to make this event a reality, including LA Bike Coalition, Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Green Communications Initiative, City Councilman Mike Bonin's Office, A Kid's Place Preschool, and Grand View Elementary School.
We have many amazing events planned for activating the Great Street for Make it Mar Vista, inlcuding a Kickoff Bike Parade, a Pop-Up Protected Bike Lane with Sustainable Planter Boxes, a Mar Vista Passport game, a Paint-by-Numbers Community Mural, Wayfinding Signs to encourage walking, Sidewalk Directions and Activities, the Story Corps Mar Vista Living History Project, the Artify Mar Vista Interactive Art Projects, and Live Entertainment at the Main Event Hub.
We enthusiastically look forward to engaging the community through the Make It Mar Vista: Small Business Saturday Event!
the steps
Our team plans to activate stakeholders in Mar Vista with massive outreach efforts, tapping into our networks and making sure everyone knows how they can be a part of this event. We'll do marketing across all possible platforms to ensure a great turnout on the day. We'll meet with City Officials to plan the bike lane logistics. We'll work with the Mar Vista Community Council. We'll work with local artists who'll help design the Atrify projects. We'll all be working to plan activities that will be engaging to all age groups. And we'll work with all the local businesses in our network.
why we're doing it
Venice Blvd. is the heart of our Mar Vista community and when it was chosen as one of the Great Streets, it gave us the opportunity to transform it from the State Highway is has been into the Community Hub it can be. We want to see people walking and biking safely up and down its length, we want to see businesses thrive with new and returning customers and we want to see artists' work wherever we look. We think this event will engage our Community and inspire permanent changes we all want to see happen here in Mar Vista.
budget
DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 8/21/15):
| RAISED = | $10,909.00 |
| less ioby Platform Fee (covered by LA Great Streets) | $35.00 |
| less ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) | $505.05 |
| less 3rd Party Payment Processing Fee of 3% (covered by LA Great Streets) | $302.06 |
| TOTAL TO DISBURSE = | $10,403.95 |
| Budget Category | Specific Line Items | Total |
| Advertising & Marketing | ||
| EDDM postcards & postage | 2100 | |
| Social Media Ad Campaign | 500 | |
| Signage & Printing | ||
| 25 Lightpole signs along Venice Blvd | 4500 | |
| Printed Maps | 900 | |
| Interactive Art Projects | ||
| Paint by Numbers Mural | 700 | |
| Chalk Art | 503.95 | |
| Mosaic hopscotch project | 1200 | |
| TOTAL | 10,403.95 |
ORIGINAL BUDGET:
| Budget Category | Specific Line Items | Total |
| Advertising & Marketing | ||
| EDDM postcards & postage | 2100 | |
| Social Media Ad Campaign | 500 | |
| Signage & Printing | ||
| Design & Layout | 1000 | |
| Banners - corner of Centinela & Venice, MV Park, Farmers' Market (5 X $75) | 450 | |
| 25 Lightpole signs along Venice Blvd October 30-November 30 (printing + custom installation + permits) | 4500 | |
| Signs by the stage w/ schedule + sponsors 36 X 60 (2 X $75) | 150 | |
| signs at home base w/ prize rules 36 x 60 (2 X $75) | 150 | |
| Event map blown up large | 75 | |
| Wayfinding signs | 300 | |
| Home Base | ||
| Stage + pipe & drape + astroturf | 475 | |
| PA/sound system + mikes and stands | 420 | |
| folding tables (20 X $6.25) + chairs (40 X .85) | 159 | |
| pop-up tents (20 X $65 + back walls) | 1357 | |
| Festive décor | 400 | |
| The Game | Printed Maps (750) | 900 |
| Reusable Shopping bags (500) | 2000 | |
| Printed Surveys | 100 | |
| Window Posters to promote | 100 | |
| Step & Repeat Wall | 350 | |
| red carpet + stanchions + red rope | 110 | |
| Photographer/Videographer | 400 | |
| App | 10 | |
| Prizes | ||
| Prizes + map stamps, etc. | 1250 | |
| Volunteers | ||
| T-shirts (10 X 50 volunteers) | 500 | |
| Name Tags + Lanyards (50) | 60 | |
| Food & Bev (50 X $15) | 750 | |
| Legal | ||
| Insurance | 350 | |
| Security | 360 | |
| Kid Zone at Home Base | ||
| Face Painting | 100 | |
| Crafts | 125 | |
| Balloon Man | 125 | |
| Carnival Games | 200 | |
| photo booth | 400 | |
| childcare | 500 | |
| Interactive Art Projects | ||
| Paint by Numbers Mural | 550 | |
| Sidewalk chalk paint projects | 500 | |
| Mosaic hopscotch project | 1800 | |
| Discovering the ABCs | 1300 | |
| Fence Art | 350 | |
| Story Corps - Mar Vista Living History Project | ||
| Recording booth | 100 | |
| Pop-Up Protected Bike Lane | ||
| Materials including: colored duct tape, spray chalk, sidewalk chalk, traffic cone rental, printing temporary traffic signs | 1375 | |
| Traffic Engineer | 1000 | |
| Edible & Sustainable Planter Boxes | ||
| materials & seedlings | 1500 | |
| Bike Parade with Police Escort | ||
| Motorcycle Cops for front & back of the parade | 300 | |
| TOTAL | 29501 |
less LA Great Streets Grant: $10,000
less LA Great Streets Match: $9,750.50
| SUBTOTAL = | $9,750 |
| ioby Platform Fee (covered by LA Great Streets) | $35 |
| ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) | $488 |
| 3rd Party Payment Processing Fee of 3% (covered by LA Great Streets) | $293 |
| TOTAL TO RAISE = | $10,237 |
updates
Thank to you all our Contributors so far!
Posted 08/14/2015 - 12:35pm
On behalf of the entire team of volunteers working on Make It Mar Vista, I want to express our thanks to you!
Your support means the world to us and we’re truly grateful for your contribution!
Some of you have decided to remain anonymous and some of you have not given us an email address - and we respect that!
But we still want you to know how grateful we are!
We hope to see you on the big day itself since it’ll be so much fun and since you’re part of the reason it will happen. Saturday, November 28, 2015.
Check out our website for the latest updates as the date approaches: http://marvistachamber.com/make-it-mar-vista/
Best wishes,
Sarah (and the whole team)
Mar Vista Real Estate Agents Step Up for Community
Posted 08/13/2015 - 6:17pm
Make It Mar Vista wants to give a special shout out to our community Real Estate teams! They're really stepping up to support this event. Thanks to The Noel Team, Preferred Properties LA, and Westside Green Real Estate. The challenge is on! Any takers?
10 Days to Go!
Posted 08/11/2015 - 1:15pm
Hello All!
We're excited to get to work on Make It Mar Vista. We are busy behind the scenes getting everything ready. For those who came out to Ciclavia, you saw us there promoting this great event which will also take place along Venice Blvd. What a great street!
If you've been thinking about supporting us, don't hesitate, jump right in!
And don't forget you can contact us offline on ways you can participate as a volunteer or business.
Let's make it happen. Let's Make It Mar Vista!
photos
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David K.
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Eric Oxenberg
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Coffee Connection
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Joanne H.
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City Councilman Mike Bonin
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gini k.
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Donna R B.
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Birgitta Kastenbaum
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the wilders
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Beth Epperson
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Sharon Commins
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Winifred and Ken Neisser
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Sherri Akers and Scott Littell
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Gibson International
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Outfront/JCDecaux
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The Biegel Family
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Anonymous
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Jaffe Insurance Agency
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Staci B.
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Westside Vineyard Church
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Terry's Treats
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John G.
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Debra Kaufman
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Melissa Stoller
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Aaron Wahle & Family
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Robbie D.
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Mar Vista Farmers' Market
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Preferred Properties LA
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The Noel Team
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Greg C-Tedesco
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Love Sprinkles on Top
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Sharon Miodovsky
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Jen LaVita
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Ella & Libby
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Joel
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Jaxon & Rylie & Barrie & Troy
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Ketter Design
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Ian Williams
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Susan Klos
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Anonymous
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Amanda Leonard
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Kara
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David Kent
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Pamela Day, Crimson Holdings
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Kyla Lev & Myer
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Andrew Holly Ezra Zane
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GCI-Green Communications Initiative
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Anonymous
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MomsLA
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Mar Vista Mom
