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Issue 2March/April 2011
P H O T O S B Y M A R L E N E P A N O Y A N
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HOLLYWOOD
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Since 1921... Promoting and enhancing the business, cultural and civic well-being of the greater Hollywood community.
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ovie legend Tippi Hedren will receivea Lifetime Achievement Award fromthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce atits 90th Annual Installation & AwardsLuncheon on Thursday, April 7th, at theHollywood Roosevelt Hotel.On the same occasion, the Chamber will install its officers and directors for 2010 to 2011. Marty Shelton, vice presi-dent of NAI Capital Commercial RealEstate, will be installedas the Chamber’sChairman of the Board.The day will beginwith a reception at11:30 a.m. at theRoosevelt Hotel, 7000Hollywood Blvd., fol-lowed by the luncheonat noon. Admission is$75 for Chamber mem- bers, with reserved tables of ten at $800.Reservations can be made at www.holly-woodchamber.net.As of press time, Gold Level Sponsorsincluded The Hollywood Reporter andMillennium Partners/Argent Ventures, withSilver Level Sponsors including CRA/LA,Iron Mountain Film & Sound Archives,The Original Farmers Market andParamount Contracting. Anyone interestedin being a sponsor should contact KayleeKiecker at the Hollywood Chamber.Hedren is an American actress and for-mer fashion model with a career spanningmore than six decades. She is primarilyknown for her roles in two AlfredHitchcock films,
The Birds
and
Marnie
, andher extensive efforts in animal rescue atShambala Preserve, at 80-acre wildlifehabitat which she founded.She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith,and they share creditson several productions,notably
Pacific Heights.
She has appeared inmore than 40 films. In2003, she was honoredwith a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.She joins a stellar list of past Chamber honorees, which have included: Steve Allen,Ralph Edwards, Art Linkletter, DebbieReynolds, Rhonda Fleming, Melissa Gilbert,Tab Hunter, Bob Barker, Esther Williams,Cloris Leachman, and Tony Curtis.Shelton is a commercial real estate bro-ker specializing in the development, retailleasing and sale of multi-family/mixed-use projects in the L.A. area for more than 15years. He has been involved in a variety of commercial transactions - from bank assetsales to shopping center sales.He has served on the Chamber Board of Directors since 2006, has been Treasurer and a Vice Chair, and has co-chaired theEconomic Development Committee andthe annual Hollywood EconomicDevelopment Summit.Joining Shelton as Chamber officers for the 2011 to 2012 year will be: Chris Bartonof Sunset-Gower Studios, senior vice chair;Randy Baumberger of Paramount Pictures,vice chair; Cindy Chong of Hollywood &Highland, vice chair; Heather Cochran of the Motion Picture Academy, vice chair;Bruce Gorelick of the RenaissanceHollywood Hotel, secretary; and Scott Moeof SDM Advisory Group, treasurer.Sam Smith of Genesis Financial willalso be honored as the outgoing chair of the board.In addition, several new board mem- bers will be sworn in for the first time,including: Donelle Dadigan of theHollywood Museum, Michael Gargano of Argent Ventures, Howard Green of theWalt Disney Co., Don Jacinto of theHollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Beth Marlisof Musicians Institute, Michael Rembis of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Neal Saavedra of KFI and Stanley Savageof The Original Farmers Market.
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ore than 6,000 jobs have been lost inHollywood over the past two years – not because of the Great Recession but because of lawsuits or the threat of law-suits. (See sidebar on next page)The stag-gering loss of jobs has led the HollywoodChamber of Commerce to call for reformof CEQA laws.“Virtually all major development inHollywood has ground to a halt,” saidChamber President & CEO Leron Gubler.“The sad thing is that thousands of peoplecould have been put to work if it had not been for these lawsuits or threats to sue. Andnow other developers are reconsideringdoing projects in the community becausethey are fearful of frivolous lawsuits.”Gubler said the problem is that evenwhen the lawsuits have no merit, thelengthy court process can kill a project because developers are unable to absorbthe carrying costs of the land while fightingoff the challenge.Perhaps the most visible Hollywoodexample of the problem is with the pro- posed Sunset-Gordon Project. In January,the California State Supreme Court reject-ed the final appeal from appellants, hand-ing the City and developers a hollow victo-ry. Unfortunately, it had taken two-and-ahalf years to complete the case, which wasoriginally filed in August 2008. The devel-opers were unable to hold on and lost the property late last year.
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Installation to Honor Tippi Hedren andInstall Marty Shelton and New Board
Plans for Paseo Plaza, Sunset & Gordon,Emerson College and Target projects aresome of Hollywood’s developments on hold.Tippi HedrenMarty Shelton
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