Amber Hawkes 1/17/22 Amber Hawkes 1/17/22

Good Mobility Means… Options

Mobility hub design at Here LA.

Amber Hawkes 1/6/22 Amber Hawkes 1/6/22

Here LA is Hiring!

Here LA is looking for a bright and motivated urban designer to join our team.

Amber Hawkes 12/7/21 Amber Hawkes 12/7/21

Site Specific Public Art Installed & Nesting Furniture Deployed in Santa Monica

Here LA installed a site-specific art piece and brought along our nesting furniture to activate Palisades Park in Downtown Santa Monica this weekend.

Amber Hawkes 8/17/21 Amber Hawkes 8/17/21

The Postcard Pop Up!

Amber Hawkes 8/1/21 Amber Hawkes 8/1/21

Here LA’s Expo/Crenshaw Streetscape Plan

Amber Hawkes 7/15/21 Amber Hawkes 7/15/21

Two Awards for Brea’s Connecting the Core Plan

Amber Hawkes 6/25/21 Amber Hawkes 6/25/21

Mobility Hubs in LA

Amber Hawkes 6/17/21 Amber Hawkes 6/17/21

HLA’s project wins national and state level awards

Amber Hawkes 6/2/21 Amber Hawkes 6/2/21

An Artful Ocean Avenue

Amber Hawkes 5/14/21 Amber Hawkes 5/14/21

HLA’s Two New Active Transportation Projects in the Central Coast

Amber Hawkes 4/16/21 Amber Hawkes 4/16/21

Pilot Projects in Long Beach

Amber Hawkes 2/8/21 Amber Hawkes 2/8/21

Artful pilot project coming to Long Beach!

We are installing an artful pilot project in North Long Beach!

Amber Hawkes 10/21/20 Amber Hawkes 10/21/20

What’s a cookin’ at the Here LA studio…

Want to hear about some of the things we are working on at Here LA this week?

Amber Hawkes 9/16/20 Amber Hawkes 9/16/20

An award for Here LA from the California American Planning Assoc.

The Southern California Association of Governments won Cal APA’s 2020 Public Outreach Award for its Climate Adaptation Communication Strategies.

Amber Hawkes 8/17/20 Amber Hawkes 8/17/20

When Everything Breaks

Join Here LA’s Co-Director, Shannon Davis, this Wednesday, as she speaks about the digital public realm.

Amber Hawkes 8/12/20 Amber Hawkes 8/12/20

Community Conversations During a Pandemic

During a pandemic, as public dialogue about planning projects shifts online, people have been asking us: how can an online process replace a physical one? How can we assure equity and access? Our answer is twofold.

Amber Hawkes 6/22/20 Amber Hawkes 6/22/20

Defend Black Lives.

Here LA, a black-owned business, stands tall and proud with the black community through these times. As a firm that was founded on optimism, positivity, and hope for change, we have been reflecting on how these goals are manifesting in our everyday business practices as well as in our plans and projects.

Amber Hawkes 6/11/20 Amber Hawkes 6/11/20

Slow down!

Did you know that you can turn your streets into 'Slow' streets? Designed for local residents only, slow streets are closed to vehicular traffic and are friendly for people walking and rolling. These local neighborhood streets will be open all day and all night.

Amber Hawkes 5/25/20 Amber Hawkes 5/25/20

A Civic Technology Award for Here LA and LA Metro!

Here LA's Inglewood First/Last Mile Plan has won an Award of Merit for Innovative Use of Technology from the American Planning Association, Los Angeles.

sheila buchanan 5/14/20 sheila buchanan 5/14/20

Rethinking the Street

As we all dream of calmer, more positive times, we look for inspiration to cities around the world that are rethinking the way they plan, design, and relate to public space.

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