This week, the Mayor and City Council of Inglewood approved the fiscal year 2018-19 city budget. The new budget is the healthiest in ten years, as it is the first in that time without a precautionary projected allocation of General Fund Reserves.
The Madison Square Garden Company, owner of The Forum in Inglewood, filed a lawsuit March 5, against the city and its mayor James Butts for “violating the city’s contractual commitments in order to clear the way for a new Clippers arena in Inglewood, just down the street from The Forum” and, “defrauding The Forum” respectively.
Hundreds of seniors came out to celebrate the grand opening of the new senior facility in the rapidly developing City of Inglewood, located on the N/E corner of Queen Street and Locust Ave. The seniors had been promised a new facility back in 2005 when the old building was demolished to make way for the new state-of-the- art senior center but construction happened. However, with a new regime of like-minded folks in City Hall, projects and being completed and new center is ready to serve the needs of community’s seniors.
Hunter Greene selected second overall in the 2017 MLB Draft to the Cincinnati Reds’ hosted an inaugural baseball leadership camp at Darby Park in Inglewood, CA. The eighteen year old is giving back to the community before attending his first spring training.
The city’s mayor, James Butts, and a group of city officials were on hand to help PATH celebrate the achievement.
Phenomenal things are happening in the city of Inglewood from the Rams and the Chargers to recent talks about the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, and the building of the stadium.
Inglewood Mayor James Butts speaks exclusively with Brandon I. Brooks, Managing Editor with the Los Angeles Sentinel and the L.A. Watts Times. Mayor Butts discusses the history and growth of the City of Inglewood along with tackling topics such as police brutality, gentrification and the exciting news that the L.A. Clippers are looking to build a new arena in Inglewood near the new L.A. Rams and L.A. Chargers stadium.
The Inglewood Forum has been the home to the City of Inglewood’s most prominent and historical events, acting as a multi-purpose venue by bringing members of the community together through concerts, church services, sporting events and much more.
The First 5 California Reading Tour visited the Inglewood Library last week to host dozens of preschoolers at a special event filled with stories, songs, and puppet shows. The tour, which emphasizes the importance of talking, reading, and singing with children beginning at birth, is an important grassroots component of First 5 California’s statewide public education and outreach campaign, Talk. Read. Sing. It changes everything®.
The city of Inglewood officially welcomed the Los Angeles Chargers last week at the Forum
People who made an impact in 2016
The Los Angeles Rams, neighborhood improvements, city finances and an airport sound insulation program, were among the topics addressed