IN PACE (Inclusive Neighborhood Partnerships for Advancement & Community Engagement)

Community safety

San Fernando Valley

Pilot or new project, program, or initiative (testing or implementing a new idea)

Many residents and their groups along the G Line corridor have traditionally focused on deficits, nuisances, and problems rather than conducting an asset inventory to identify local strengths. Transforming neighborhoods into community-centered hubs requires sustained coordination, effective volunteer management and capacity building, resource development, and collaboration with public and private stakeholders. The corridor’s diverse, multiethnic neighborhoods experience trust gaps because residents feel excluded by top-down planning. Finally, many residents juggle jobs, childcare, or caregiving responsibilities, making a long-term commitment difficult and potentially hindering consistent progress. Many of the seasoned neighborhood volunteers report that they are burned-out and that their is a need for a well-trained and supported pipeline of emerging volunteers. Other residents are unaware of how to engage in community-building activities. Residents need support.

Combining asset mapping, leadership training, capacity strengthening, trust-building, and an accessible volunteer framework, IN PACE promotes neighborhood safety, public art, economic development, and green-space planning, ensuring every resident can contribute to a vibrant, equitable G Line corridor. The corridor—formerly the Orange Line—includes North Hollywood, West North Hollywood, Northeast, Studio City, Valley Village, Sherman Oaks, Greater Valley Glen, Van Nuys, Lake Balboa, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills–Warner Center, Winnetka, Canoga Park, West Hills, and Chatsworth.
IN PACE supports neighborhood associations—their members, volunteers, and partners—to connect neighbors to City, County, State, and Federal services and resources. It serves as a liaison between residents and government, encourages capacity building within associations, and helps form new associations. The initiative engages community members in resident-centered planning, implementation, and promotion. It nurtures effective, compassionate leaders who creatively enhance community well-being in diverse neighborhoods. By expanding collaborations among residents, IN PACE fosters partnerships between neighborhoods, community resources, businesses, and civic organizations. This strengthens communities, growing neighborhoods along the corridor into safe, stable, accessible, prosperous, and healthy places that benefit all families.

When IN PACE succeeds, LA County will see communities along the entire G Line corridor transformed into interconnected hubs of resident-driven progress. Neighborhood associations will actively shape local priorities, seamlessly linking residents to resources. Residents from North Hollywood to Chatsworth will collaborate on safety patrols, public art installations, and green-space projects, making stations vibrant gathering places. Emerging leaders will mobilize volunteers and foster trust across diverse populations, ensuring that plans reflect local needs. Economic development will flourish and occupy underused station-adjacent spaces, creating jobs and retaining wealth locally. Public art and park improvements will enhance walkability and environmental health. By bridging gaps between neighborhoods, government, businesses, and nonprofits, will yield safe, stable, accessible, and prosperous communities, setting a model for holistic, equitable urban renewal throughout LA County.