You may be cool, but are you Century Club cool?
It’s time to meet more of the coolest readers in SouthCoast.
Each year, I challenge SouthCoasters to read 100 books to make my BookLovers Century Club. Reading 25-49 books would qualify you for the Quarter-Century Club, and 50-99 books, the Half-Century Club.
We’ve met members of all tiers in recent weeks. If you missed your neighbors’ mention, or your own, follow me on Twitter and Facebook to catch up. (Print readers: both links are listed at the end of this column!)
I want to jump right in now to mention as many readers as possible…
Daley’s Century Club Series: The 5th installment of SouthCoast s Biggest Reading Club
By Lauren Daley
This is why local journalism matters.
This. Right here.
I started this Century Club eight years ago on a dream that some SouthCoasters would take up my challenge to read at least 25 books to get mentioned in this column.
Today, we are a full-on #CenturyClubSeries.
I have a record-number and readers from every SouthCoast town.
So many in fact, that this is the fifth installment of the 2020 Century Club Members. If you missed the first four, follow me on Twitter and Facebook to catch up. (Print readers: both links are listed at the end of this column. Follow me!)
An empty dirt lot on the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Columbia Street that has been abandoned for decades now yields heads of lettuce, kale and other produce as urban farmers set up a new spot for locally grown food in West Long Beach.
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Grow2Zero FARMS, a nonprofit community farm led by two veterans, will be occupying the quarter-acre lot, which had been vacant since at least 1999, according to city officials, but they say it’s likely been longer than that.
Co-founders Judi Gregory and Leif Kemp say they plan to debut the farm’s harvest Thursday at 2 p.m. with a food giveaway intended for its nearby westside residents on a first-come, first-served basis.