Forward Alliance Los Angeles
Nurture new generations of well-informed community leaders in an environmental studies center attached to a Native American restaurant located in 2000 acres of outdoor classrooms, while providing facilities that include community, resilience and interpretive centers and enhanced public access to the rich natural resources of the Sepulveda Basin.
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2 Submitted Ideas
PLAY ·2025 Grants Challenge
Exciting access to a rich natural environment
Few people know that in the middle of the San Fernando Valley one can find 2.5 miles of the LA River in a largely natural state, surrounded by 2,000 acres of wildlife reserves and recreation areas. Imagine a gateway to this area with an inspiring natural & cultural history interpretive center, a buzzing cafe & performance plaza, a protected avian nesting area & viewing platform, and the twinkling waters of a restored LA River tributary & native plant habitat - all just a few minutes walk from a stop on the Orange Line Busway. This is our goal.
LEARN ·2025 Grants Challenge
Hands-on Environmental & Cultural Studies
Building Environmental and Cultural Facilities to Nurture Future Generations of Community Leaders.
Imagine a world where 50,000 middle & high school students (each year) have the opportunity to study habitat and watershed restoration, avian migration, the impacts of climate change and global warming, nutrition and sustainable food supply practices, Native American history and Indigenous knowledge – in a studies center situated in 2,000 acres of outdoor classrooms in the middle of one of the world’s largest cities. This is our goal.