Several years in the making, the Midtown Community Council will start in March 2016 on Midtown Commons, a landscaping and parking lot improvement in Midtown Ventura. The aging parking lot, located on South Katherine Drive just off Thompson Boulevard, will get a facelift that includes new landscaping with native plants and a large mural on…

In late 2012, Union Pacific Railroad installed heavy-duty fences at three locations in Midtown Ventura to block access across its railroad tracks. The routes at Seaward Avenue/Vista Del Mar, Hurst Avenue, and Anacapa Street have long been used by residents to get to and from the beach. In response to residents who were upset by…

Looking to give back to the community, the Midtown Ventura Community Council created the Adopt-a-School program. The concept is to do a project at each public school in Midtown Ventura. Our Adopt-A-School project at Loma Vista Elementary School is in full swing and set to finish this fall. The school project this year took on…