Laurel Village Association (LVA) was incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) all-volunteer neighborhood association focused on improving the life of residents in the Laurel District of Oakland, CA. Anyone who lives, works, shops or plays in the neighborhood is welcome and encouraged to attend and participate at association meetings and organized activities. Some typical activities include beautification of public spaces (medians, freeway on ramps, Peralta creek, graffiti abatement), social events/activities (block parties, evenings out, neighborhood garage sales), and communication/liaising with business and government officials. Planning and organizing the Laurel Summer Solstice Music Festival is a year-round affair.

In 2004 the LVA set-up and continues to maintain the Laurel Village Yahoo listserv as an open forum among the listserv subscribers. Anyone who lives, works, shops or plays in the neighborhood can become a subscriber.

All messages and opinions expressed herein are those of individual subscribers and NOT of the Laurel Village Association. LVA is a not-for-profit neighborhood association and takes NO position on political parties, candidates, propositions, measures, or ideas.

New requests to subscribe MUST include a local address, phone number, and agreement to follow listserv guidelines. This information will be kept confidential and is required to prevent spam and automatic postings from infiltrating the list. LVA maintains the right to remove offending messages and subscribers.