Building Momentum

Susana Benavidez hosted a pool party on Saturday for Downtown families and it had a big turnout! At least 20 families showed up over the course of the day. It's been really challenging to get people together for various events, but now that we have a Facebook group for Downtown families, they are realizing that yes, there are other people raising kids downtown.

For those of you who are interested in meeting families downtown, Susana has also organized a weekly playdate. Details of the next meetup:

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Grand Hope Park, Hope/9th St in front of FIDM

You can also get more information by joining the Downtown LA Families Facebook group.

New Downtown LA Parents Group

A group of parents and parents-to-be met at Ralphs on Saturday morning to discuss raising kids in Downtown LA. We had representation from all over Downtown--South Park, the Historic Core and Little Tokyo. Most people had truly tiny tots--less than a year old or still in utero, but one mom has two daughters ages seven and four as well as a new baby. It was so great to talk and share information about the pros and cons of raising kids Downtown (it turns out that grocery shopping is a pain in the ass for everyone). We have playdates planned and we will definitely get together as a group again in the near future.

If anyone is interested in meeting other parents, I've reconstituted the Downtown LA Parents Group on Yahoo. You can reach it by going to City Kids LA