Page 2 July 26, 2012 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Business Briefs The Mattucci Project Gavin keeping cool. Submitted by Bonnie Curtis. Aurelio Mattucci founder of the Mattucci Project. The Mattucci Project, led by Aurelio those who can’t afford or aren’t capable of Mattucci, is a group of volunteers, who taking care of their front yards. They help help property owners maintain and pos- both residential and commercial property sibly increase their property values. The owners or occupants. 8-year-old El Segundo resident Olivia Jamner cooks up a group of volunteers will come by local Their philosophy is that it doesn’t matter blueberry treat while visiting her grandma Margareta in streets and pick up trash, remove weeds, whose trash it is, or who is responsible Santa Barbara. Photo taken by a hungry grandpa Fred. trim overgrowth and hand out educational for what. They just want to take care of it materials. and encourage others to do the same. If Most property owners believe this is usu- you’d like to get involved please contact ally what you pay taxes for, but in cities Mattucci Real Estate info@mattucci.com like Los Angeles, there is the Los Angeles Update July 12, 2012 Municipal Code, Chapter VI, Section 62.104, The Mattucci Project once again has which puts the responsibility on the prop- shown how much they truly care about erty owner. Couple that with budget cuts the community. On July 12th a group of and overall economic conditions, the Mat- Mattucci Project volunteers returned to tucci Project participants felt that everyone the home on the 22000 block of Anza This is Marie Stinnett, 102 years old long time El Se- should stay involved with maintaining and Ave in Torrance to finish up the project gundo resident counseling improving the streets, one curb at a time. of removing weeds and overgrowth. The Brooke Fist (2 months) on Mattucci states, “Nothing wrong with pick- volunteers were able to remove 18 trash the secrets of longevity. ing up the neighbors trash. Our goal is to bags full. Homeowner “Dolly” stated: “I’m encourage property owners to start helping amazed as to how nice my place looked each other in maintaining curb appeal.” once they were done.” They believe that most prospective buy- Volunteers included Nick Donato, Cheryl ers (or renters) usually make a decision Clark, Virginia West, Chris Davis, Eli about a property by the time they drive Pilowsky, Martella Keniry and Aurelio up to it. Businesses also tend to do better Mattucci. Baby Giuseppe came to look in cleaner and more appealing conditions. this time around. Better business, means more jobs. The following are some photos of July Trevor Ramirez gladly helps his dad Dave landscape the But more importantly they want to help 12th Mattucci Project: • backyard. Submitted by George Burleigh, grandfather. Giuseppe Mattucci (Aurelio’s 1 year old son) just Cheryl Clark gives a green “thumbs up”. supervising. Lauren and Ryan Poepoe celebrating 4th of July. Submitted by Julie Poepoe Readers send us your photos! Do you have a favorite photo? An old yearbook photo? Glamour Shot? Baby photo?We want them. We will accept only one photo, per person, Green thumb up from Eli Pilowsky. Martella Keniry pruning the trees. every month. Once a month, we will pick a “Staff Favorite” and the winner will get a $25.00 gift certificate from one of our advertisers. Email your photos to: Management@ heraldpublications.com. We will only accept emailed photos and they must be in jpg form. Nick Chris Davis Donato fills a trash double can with Kiele is ready for the Olympics. Submitted by Amy tasking. weeds. Gimlen Burrin.
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