The Village Green

Village Green News Archive

• VG featured in an LA Times article: Village Green in Baldwin Hills: A utopia for laughter and living, September 19, 2009

• August 15, 2009—Board members Nat Hutton and Reba Glover resigned. On Sept 5, 2009 Daniel Frank and Joe Khoury were nominated to replace the two open seats based on the annual meeting election results. They accepted the nominations and joined the Board.

• Unit Condition Survey—March 2009

VG Owners and residents: a survey will be delivered to you soon, which is part of a property condition assessment that will inform decisions about future repair and maintenance. Please fill it out immediately and return to the office.
More Information:
Letter from GAFCON about the survey (PDF, 13KB)
Sample survey (PDF, 27KB)

• View the 2009 Annual Meeting Election results.

• February 7, 2009 - View materials from the Annual Meeting:
• View 2008 Annual Meeting minutes. (PDF, 210KB)
• View agenda for Annual Meeting. (Word document, 28KB)
• Download the Earthquake Insurance proposal to be presented to owners at the Annual Meeting. (Word document, 650KB)

• Saturday, September 20, 200– Annual Town Hall Meeting
Download Agenda (RTF - 29KB)
Download Resident Questions and the Board's answers (RTF - 119KB)
Minutes recording the second hour of open questions from the floor will be uploaded here when available.

• August 2008—See the post about The Village Green on the Big Orange Landmarks blog.

• March 8, 2008—View the 2008 Annual Meeting Election results.

• March 7, 2008—Visit the Safety Committee's Web page, where you can get some tips for securing your home.

• New R.A.M.P Committee
Get involved in the Rehabilitation and Master Plan for Village Green. The RAMP Committee's Mission Statement is to: 1. Actively discuss and explore the RAMP work facing Village Green. 2. Make recommendations to the Board on how to proceed. 3. Actively involve the Village Green Community in discussions.
Learn more about RAMP

• Village Green Online House Tour
August 2007—The Village Green is featured by apartment therapy, a community Web site about apartment living. Read the article on the apartment therapy Web site.

• LaCienega—Jefferson Exposition Line Station, Transit-Oriented District Plan
On Saturday, June 9, 2007 there was a community workshop at the 'i Center for residents to learn more about the district's plans surrounding the LaCienega/Jefferson Station on the Exposition Rail Line. Read the City's Press Release about the workshop. (RTF-191KB) Any residents who attended the meeting, and who would like to report on it either for this Web site, or for Highlights, please contact Susan Edwards at webmaster@villagegreenla.net

• 2007 Annual Meeting Follow Up:
Learn more here about the project to raise funds to rehabilitate our infrastructure and create a master plan for maintenance,
RAMP: Rehabilitation and Master Plan.

• Click here for 2007 Annual Election results.

• Read the minutes from the Town Hall Meeting held on June 17, 2006. (RTF-181KB)

• Report sewer odors. Call 311, or 1-866-44SEWER. The city established a Sewer Odor Control Advisory Committee (OAC) in 2002 to address odor problems after a lawsuit against the city. Learn more about the city's measures to control odors.

• June 2006—The Cultural Landscape Foundation focuses on Village Green
The Village Green (formerly called Baldwin Hills Village) is one of 18 historic landscapes from across the U.S. featured under The Cultural Landscape Foundation's Landslide Project, which highlights landscapes at risk and reports current issues in landscape preservation and interpretation.
Read the report. (Link takes you to The Cultural Landscape Foundation's Web site)

• April 24, 2006—New Property Manager
Robert Bonfiglio, our new property manager, is here. Robert is a Certified Facilities Manager, has experience overseeing preventive maintenance programs, building overhead budgets, recycling programs and construction projects, and managing a Class A high-rise building. Robert is has worked for major motion picture studios and is interested in historic properties. Come into the office and welcome Robert aboard.

• February 4th, 2006—at the Annual Meeting, 3 new Board directors were voted into office. Results are as follows: Pauline Carroll, 237 votes; Reba Glover, 228; Deborah Harris, 171; Sten Jonnsson, 74; Steven Keylon, 222; Michael King; 123, Robert Nicolais, 239. Pauline Carroll and Reba Glover were re-elected. Congratulations to new directors Deborah Harris, Steven Keylon and Robert Nicolais. Deborah Harris will serve one year, completing the unfinished 2-year term of Christopher Harris who resigned last November.

• Jim Altschuler's last day as office manager was January 9, 2006. While the Board searches for a new office manager, Sherrie Giles will be interim manager.

• November 2005—Two Board Members (Marie Fouche and Christopher Harris) resign. This will leave 5 positions open on the board for the February elections. One of the 5 elected directors will serve only one year.