About Town
Green Fiesta
The South Bay Business Environmental Coalition has given the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau an Environmental Leadership award for new energy-saving techniques at the Fiesta Hermosa street fairs held over the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
The Chamber implemented a bicycle valet lot that corralled 1,000 bikes per day, with the help of volunteers from the South Bay Bicycle Club and Hermosa Cyclery store.
The Fiesta made use of generators powered by bio-diesel from used vegetable oil donated by Patrick Molloys, Hennessey’s Tavern, and Fat Face Fenner’s Fishack. Recyclable food utensils and plates were exclusively used in the Fiesta’s food court, and recycle bins were donated by Waste Management.
Low-emission shuttle buses were provided through the efforts of Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe.
“We would like to credit the Green Task Force, appointed by the city council to an 18-month term to try to cut pollutants in our seaside community,” said Carla Merriman, executive director of the Chamber. “The challenge was daunting, but the encouragement of Dency Nelson, Robert Fortunato, and Joe Galliani kept our focus strong. We share this award with them.”
The South Bay Business Environmental Coalition is made up of business, government and school representatives in Southern California.
Summer concerts
The City council has given Allen Sanford, owner of the highly regarded music venue St. Rocke, right of first refusal to produce the popular summer concerts at the pier for the next five years, after he saved the series this year when the city bowed out. The move to grant Sanford first dibs to produce future concerts would afford him more time to book musicians and line up sponsors. ER