Arroyo Seco Foundation Partnership

La Loma Development Company, a sustainable design/build company, and The Arroyo Seco Foundation, a community-based environmental advocacy and habitat rehabilitation organization, have created a partnership to grow native trees and shrubs from our immediate region of the Arroyo Seco Watershed at La Loma’s grounds. The trees grown on La Loma’s grounds will be used for tree plantings and restoration volunteer projects throughout the entire Arroyo Seco, including the Arroyo Seco Canyon Project at Hahamongna Watershed Park.

Posted on Wed, Jun 12, 2013

La Loma On Board at Several School Projects

What are the building blocks of sustainable landscape design for educational institutions?
Habitat. Function. Reuse. Education. Play. Community. Diversity. Inspiration.

La Loma has been involved in several school proejcts to implement these building blocks in school yards throughout southern California, inlcluding at LAUSD, public, private and charter schools. 

Posted on Thu, Jun 6, 2013

La Loma Employees Accept Green City Award

La Loma Employees Christopher Martinez and Israel Lindsay with Vice Mayor Margaret McAustin.

La Loma Employees Christopher Martinez and Israel Lindsay accepted the City of Pasadena's 2013 Green City Award in Urban Design at the Earth Day festival. We were proud to receive the award along with ten other organizations within Pasadena. The awards were presented by Vice Mayor Margaret McAustin. 

Posted on Thu, Jun 6, 2013

La Loma Honored to Receive Resolution from City of LA

Marco Barrantes, Jan Perry, and Michelle Matthews

Marco Barrantes and Michelle Ann Matthews (with their baby in attendance) of La Loma Development were honored to receive a City of Los Angeles Resolution, presented by Councilmember Jan Perry for our work in "creating sustainable eco-friendly living spaces within our communities and our schools, improving the quality of life for all." In particular was recognition for our work at Main St. Elementary.

Posted on Wed, May 15, 2013

La Loma Design/Builds First Central American Plaza in the U.S.

Francisco Morazan

The unique lure of Los Angeles lies in its combination of converging cultures and diverse landscapes; which when mixed with expansive urban sprawl, enables the city to create a home for all types of people.  The newly constructed Plaza Morazan in the Central American concentrated neighborhood of Westlake is the newest addition to public space commemorating cultural heritage in Los Angeles and the first ever public space dedicated to Central Americans in the U.S. 

Posted on Thu, Apr 25, 2013