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Attention Seaside Neighborhood high school seniors! Class of 2024: The Seaside Neighborhood Association (SNA) is very excited to announce a wonderful opportunity for all Seaside Neighborhood senior high school students. We have two $1,500. scholarships to award this year! These scholarships will be awarded to two students, regardless of which school they are graduating from in June 2024. Students can use the scholarship for any educational need, such as college tuition (4 year, 2 year, or trade school), books and supplies. In addition to filling out the application we request a personal statement from each applicant, student’s parents must be members of the SNA to qualify for a scholarship, and students must have resided in Seaside for their Junior and Senior years, at a minimum. PLEASE have your student fill out an application, and return by Feb 29, 2024 https://www.seasideneighborhoodassociation.org/scholarship_application.html The SNA scholarships are presented in honor of Tom Rische, who started the scholarship award many years ago. The Rische family continues to support our youth through their generous donations. We have also received generous donations from businesses and residents in our neighborhood that have enabled us to give these scholarships. Scholarships are given to individual SNA students based on a cumulative point system that includes; Academic Achievement, Letters of Recommendation, Community and School Involvement, Leadership, and Responsibilities and/or Family Need. https://www.seasideneighborhoodassociation.org/scholarship_application.html 
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Below is a list of SNA’s activities for 2024.
See you around the neighborhood! -The Scholarship Committee will select two high school seniors to receive our Scholarships Awards. SNA will celebrate our Scholarship winners at an in-person meeting in May. -The President will disseminate City and neighborhood information to members via articles for the SNA Blog and the newsletter, Seaside Matters. -Committees will select Green Thumb and Holiday Lights Awards winners. -A content creator will advertise for SNA’s Business Partners on SNA’s Facebook, Insta and our website. -SNA will support monthly beautification efforts at Seaside Heroes Park. -The Membership VP will solicit new and renewal memberships and Business Partners. -The Treasurer will manage Association funds, create fiscal reports and complete tax filings. -The Secretary and the VP of Community Development will fulfill the duties of their positions as well as support and participate in Board and Association activities. http://www.seasideneighborhoodassociation.org https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=sna https://www.instagram.com/seaside_neighborhood_assoc/ February 18, 2024 Dear Seaside Community residents, As the President of the Seaside Neighborhood Association, I am posting this message to bring all of you up to date on the SNA Board’s plans for the Association for 2024. I am incredibly proud of the nonprofit, all volunteer 501(c)(3) Association that present and past SNA Board Members have built, almost from scratch, in the last 9 years. But it's getting time for me and others to pass the baton to new leadership. By the beginning of 2025, I plan to hand off the role of President to someone else. We already are short one Board member, the VP of Advertising and Social Media. Other Board members will also depart at the end of 2024. We are looking for replacements for almost every Board position. It would be great to have people shadowing the Board this year so they're ready to lead in 2025. The results of the SNA Board elections in November 2024 will determine the future of this organization. To let me know of your interest in helping SNA, please write us at [email protected] Sincerely, Tricia Blanco
 Citing the aging facilities and the changing needs of the Civic Center Complex, the City has engaged the Gruen Group to create a Master Plan Proposal for a complete redo of the space. That includes the Plunge, the Library, City Hall and all other adjacent buildings and spaces. From the City webpage: "The Master Plan and Economic Feasibility Study will lay the groundwork for a new, modern center ... aligning with Torrance's aesthetic aspirations and enhancing City pride. " This is expected to be a 20 year project.
As a first step, residents are offered a survey to indicate their likely support or likely opposition to many possible options. Among them are the inclusion in the complex of retail establishments, a hotel, athletic facilities, residential housing, and cafés or restaurants. Would you be likely to support moving the Plunge to another area of Torrance? Or putting it on top of a tiered parking structure? At this early stage, just about every possibility is on the table. SNA strongly encourages all residents to fill out the survey. So far, the City is not directly contacting residents, but instead is relying on Neighborhood Associations, outreach at the Farmers Market and other venues, and presentations at Commission meetings to spread the word. For more information, to view a discussion between the Gruen Group and a handful of neighborhood association leaders, and to take the survey yourself, go to this City website: HTTPS://WWW.TORRANCECA.GOV/OUR-CITY/CIVIC-CENTER-MASTER-PLAN |
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