Long Beach is home to 50,000 Cambodian residents, the second-largest population of Cambodians outside Southeast Asia.
By Taiu Kunimoto, Vicki Chen and Pierce Larsen
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Read original article and see more pictures here.
Long Beach mayor Bob Foster and councilmember Dee Andrews unveiled
new banners Wednesday along Anaheim Street celebrating the cultural
designation of Cambodia Town.
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster unveiled new banners along Anaheim Street Wednesday (Pierce Larsen/ATVN).
The new yellow and black banners were presented at MacArthur Park in Long Beach.
Cambodia Town is the official name for the business corridor along
Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero Avenue. The city estimates
50,000 Cambodian residents in Long Beach are immigrants from Cambodia or
of Cambodian descent. The city is home to the second-largest population
of Cambodian immigrants outside Southeast Asia. The neighborhood is
known as the "Cambodian Capital of the United States."
"I want to continue to offer the best means to keep our cultural
communities lively," said Councilman Dee Andrews, who championed
legislation in 2011 to help recognize Cambodia Town as a designated
neighborhood.
"These avenue banners feature vibrant designs and welcoming messages
that attract attention from residents and tourists," Andrews added.
"Vistors will know that Cambodia Town is the place to shop, dine, do
business and to have authentic Cambodian cultural experience."
The banner project is funded by the Neighborhood Improvement - Upland Oil Funds.
ATVN multimedia journalist Pierce Larsen tweeted from the event. Check out the images below:
3 comments:
you forgot how to write Khmer? in the banner?
3:04 pm
because they are so Amricanization forgot or don't know how to written their ancestor language. That we are the ខ្មែរ but in the US we are ខែរ people.
Dear Khmers,
Suor Sdey Chnamm Thmeiy !!!
Happy New Year !!!
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