UPCOMING EVENTS
DLBA Retail Visioning - March 4th
Downtown Retail Visioning Meeting March 4 from 6-8PM.
The Downtown Long Beach Associates and the redevelopment agency will host the final community meeting of the strategic retail vision for downtown from 6-8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 241 Cedar Ave. The retail-visioning project also aims to align the programs involved in retail recruitment, strengthen downtown’s retail environment and clarify the recruitment process.
Your LBCREC President Brian Russell is a member of the Retail Visioning Steering Committee and looks forward to your input and attendance.
March5, 2010
First Friday Breakfast Meeting
Speaker:
Blair Cohen, Executive Director
Bixby Knolls Improvement Association
Friday, March 5th, 2010 - 7:30AM - 9:00AM
Same Location - The Grand Conference Center
4101 E. Willow (at Grand Ave.)
Long Beach, CA
Born and raised in Long Beach and lived in a great neighborhood on the east side that allowed him to walk to Cubberly, Marshall and Millikan. Cohn spent countless days running around in El Dorado park and played soccer for years in Heartwell Park. After high school Cohn went to USC and got his business degree in marketing. His event planning experience began when he started to book shows for local bands out of his dorm room. Cohn worked for a number of event planning companies and was involved in organizing events of all kinds including fundraisers, sport expos, and corporate events. Cohn also worked for 6 years organizing national educational seminars and conferences for school teachers. In 2001, he helped to form International City Racing that organizes the annual Long Beach International City Bank Marathon. In 2005 Cohn helped establish the Run for Her 5K Ovarian Cancer Awareness event with the Women’s Cancer Research Institute/Cedars Sinai Hospital. Cohn was fortunate to work for the City of Long Beach which gave him a good perspective of city policy and procedures. Cohn has been a part of committee for the University by the Sea event that connects CSULB to downtown with a series of classes and an art, music, and film festival. The group opened the historic Jergins Tunnel at the 2007 event. Cohn is currently the Executive Director of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association and has created a number of new programs to help activate both the business and residential communities in Bixby KnollsOur Speaker will be Blair Cohn, Executive Director of the Bixby Knolls Improvement Association informing us of the terrific progress being made up in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach.
If you would like to RSVP or call with any questions, please do not hesitate in calling me personally, at Blair Commercial Real Estate (562) 495-6070.
All the Best!,
Brian C. Russell
2008-2010 President
Long Beach Commercial Real Estate Council
LBCREC Annual Luncheon Scheduled April 8, 2010
LBCREC has scheduled our 2010 Annual Luncheon for Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the Westin Hotel in Long Beach, California. Details to follow. Thank you to all of you who have supported and sponsored the Long Beach Commercial Real Estate Council.
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