Business View Magazine | December 2020

439 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 16115 SW 117th Ave Unit A7, Miami, FL. 33177 www.goldcoastpremier.com | contact@goldcoastpremier.com BUILDING VALUE ONE HOTEL AT A TIME Coming Soon! 8827 Artesia Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706 BELLFLOWER , CAL I FORNI A DellaLonga. With housing development happening across the city, Bellflower is proud of the recently constructed New Hope Temporary Shelter. The city worked with Howard CDM, bringing the homeless shelter from planning to completion in less than 5 months. Mayor Garza reports, “Two years ago, we did a community survey that showed us that not only our residents, but our business community was really highly concerned about our homelessness challenge here in our city. We are not unique in experiencing that issue but, nonetheless, we took it to heart at city leadership to address the issue and created New Hope which is a temporary homeless shelter. The impetus is, once we create this, we’re able to transport our homeless individuals off the street, provide stable housing, and offer specialized services to help them achieve a self-sufficient lifestyle. At the same time, it allows us to improve our business corridors, our residential areas, and our park space where a lot of homeless would congregate. We have essentially shifted, in a very methodical and peaceful way, our homeless population into a facility that is dedicated toward helping them, while at the same time restoring that quality of life in our overall general community.” The city is also helping members of the community who are struggling due to COVID-19. Business grant programs and residential rental assistance is available through various funding, including funds provided through the CARES Act. Emergency assistance is also available for mortgage and utility payments. DellaLonga notes, “Our Community Economic Development is a holistic field in our minds, in which we try to help out all. Helping the businesses is one piece, but it’s also helping the rest of the community as well. It’s kind of a cycle to us in this way.” With a combination of community mindedness and innovation, the city of Bellflower continues to look to the future. “We are getting a lot of