Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 6-2-2018
A Tale of Two Communities
This recent Curbed LA article explores how two designated ethnic neighborhoods – Historic Filipinotown and Thai Town – are dealing with the effects of gentrification. Read here.
- 23-9-2017
Hollywood Blvd in Thai Town Transforms Into One of L.A.’s “Great Streets”
The sight of tuk-tuks, the sound of traditional Thai music and the flavor of fried desserts transformed Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town into a vibrant outdoor Bangkok-style bazaar atmosphere on Saturday, September 23 as part of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s L.A. Great Streets program. The event, billed as a “Pop-Up/Demo Lab,” organized by the Thai Community Continue Reading
- 22-8-2017
Angels Wings Foundation, International Announces 26 Deserving Recipients of the Inaugural Angels Wings Thai Scholarship, Los Angeles
Angels Wings Foundation recognizes young men and women who have demonstrated perseverance and a commitment to higher education with individual scholarships. Angels Wings Foundation, International a nonprofit organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, today announced the recipients of its prestigious 2017 Angels Wings Thai Continue Reading
- 12-8-2017
The Thai Town Community is Empowered!
Recent concerns of crime, vandalism,homelessness and blight along our 6-block stretch of Hollywood Boulevard have prompted the community to convene in an emergency meeting on the afternoon of August 12 — immediately following the “Clean for Mom” beautification event — at Bamboo House on Hollywood and Edgemont, where over 40 Thai Town stakeholders met with Continue Reading
- 4-3-2017
THAI CDC EXPANDS ITS FARMERS’ MARKET TO TWO DAYS IN A SPECIAL FAMILY-FRIENDLY GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2017
THAI TOWN, LOS ANGELES, CA, March 4, 2017 –On Saturday, March 4th, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) celebrated the Grand Opening of the second day of its East Hollywood Certified Farmers’ Market with a fun, family-friendly event. The Market has been bringing fresh produce to the community on Thursday evenings since 2012. Thanks Continue Reading
- 25-1-2017
100 days and counting, Thai community mourns its king – LA Times
Anh Do – Contact Reporter Irfan Khan/LA Times – Photo In quiet corners of her home, she pays tribute to the beloved, the musk of incense mingling with winter blooms. For days, then weeks, then months, Kobkaew Field’s tears would not stop. Dressed in black, she mourned not for a mother or father, brother or Continue Reading
- 3-12-2016
The Thai Community Development Center Honored the Late King of Thailand with Its “Plant for Dad” Tree Planting Event and Continued Its Beautification Efforts by Planting Nineteen Golden Trumpet Trees in Thai Town
On Saturday, December 3, 2016, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) in partnership with, the Royal Thai Consulate General, the Thai Town Rotary Club and the Hollywood Beautification Team planted an additional nineteen trees to Thai Town bringing the total tree count to ninety. This was the third occasion for Thai CDC who has Continue Reading
- 22-9-2016
The Thai Town Marketplace Breaks Ground Launching the Thai Community Development Center’s Latest $2.95 Million Community Enhancement Endeavor
On Thursday, September 22nd, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) celebrated a ten year victory at the ground breaking of the Thai Town Marketplace (TTMP) located at 5448 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027. The marketplace is Thai CDC’s current endeavor towards improving Thai Town, providing jobs for the economically disadvantaged and offering the Continue Reading
- 7-7-2016
Wage Standards for the City of Los Angeles
Representatives from the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC), Chinatown Service Center (CSC), Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), and Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) came together to announce the outreach plan for the new minimum wage rollout in the City of Los Angeles. Starting July 1, 2016, the new minimum wage for the City Continue Reading
- 13-1-2016
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) Asian Pacific Islander (API) Human Trafficking Task Force Hosts a Press Conference
January 13th, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Thai Community Development Center Speakers Include: Aniwat Khadphab, API Survivor Chancee Martorell, Executive Director, Thai Community Development Center Connie Chung Joe, Executive Director, Korean American Family Services Captain Merrill Ladenheim, LA Sheriff’s Department Human Trafficking Bureau The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), a coalition of Continue Reading