sharing valuable insights from her background as an experienced educator that strengthened families throughout our community.

(1923) buildings are the last remaining structures from Terminal Island.the ongoing initiative has galvanized public support behind more than 350 sites to date with only a handful lost.

members of the Japanese American community on Terminal Island were forcibly removed.This years list exemplifies how preservation is about creating something new.spotlighting efforts to repurpose historic buildings and activate them to serve their communities in new ways.

Advocates for saving the buildings on Tuna Street need attention and support to ensure protection and reuse of the Nanka Shoten and A.Other places on this years list: Cedar Key.

and new resources to save and activate historic places for the public good.

Nakamura Buildings in a way that honors their ancestors and commemorates this dark chapter of American history.Growing up in Gardena as a first-generation college student.

activism and family in a seamless fashion and he made a significant impact in many areasVSEDC hopes to fill in the second eye of the Daruma with the Little Tokyo community.

marking a significant partnership that included a ceremonial Daruma doll eye-coloring by Fuji Bank President Kenichiro Tanaka and VSEDC founder Marva Smith Battle-Bey.part of Metros Transit-Oriented Communities Economic Development Program.