For eight years I have been engaged in helping to form, lead and sustain a neighborhood association comprised of 900 homes. I hve served on the board of directors for eight years, as the president and as vice president. The association, named Bungalow Heaven Neighborhood Association, is regarded as one of the most successful and visible neighborhood groups in Pasadena. Like Pasadena, generally, our area is diverse racially. Our neighborhood is diverse socially and economically as well.
Street vendors live here.
Homeless live here. So do rocket scientists empoyed at Cal Tech and Jet Propulsion Labs. Each year we host a tour that has grown to attract almost 2,000 visitors to the neighborhood the last sunday in April. There are sixty neighbors who volunteer to serve cookies, greet guests and give tours of homes in the neighborhood. The association has been engaged in many other things as well that I will perhaps have a chance to comment on later.