Our Mission:

Represent.

The Little Tokyo Community Council brings together a broad range of Little Tokyo stakeholders to speak with one voice to protect, preserve, and promote our historic community.

 
 
 
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Our Mission

By bringing together a broad range of Little Tokyo stakeholders to speak with one voice, we protect, preserve, and promote the character and values of our historic community.

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Our Impact

Since our founding in 1999, we have served as a voice of the Little Tokyo community to protect, sustain and promote our historic Japantown. From advocating for responsible redevelopment to serving our community in the wake of COVID-19, we are proud to represent the interests of the neighborhood.

 

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Successful Interventions

We have protected the interests of Little Tokyo via sustainable redevelopment and join development in collaboration with Metro.

 

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stakeholders represented

LTCC represents all stakeholders who care about the Little Tokyo community. This includes residents, businesses, and religious, cultural, and community organizations.

 
 

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Years Serving Communities

Founded in 1999, LTCC serves as the nonprofit community coalition to represent stakeholders to preserve historic Little Tokyo community.

 
 

Our Programs

LTCC is proud to represent a wide diversity of ongoing projects and initiatives. We hold weekly meetings, annual programmings and represent the Little Tokyo stakeholder voice in a number of spaces.. All interested parties are welcome and urged to apply to become a member.

 

membership

Become a member and directly support the Little Tokyo community. Members are instrumental in crafting our stakeholder position and advocating on behalf of the historic Little Tokyo community.

COVID-19

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, LTCC has activated our community to uplift and provide needed aid. We urge interested individuals to check out Community Feeding Community and our Small Business Relief Fund GoFundMe.

meetings

We hold monthly meetings open to the public where we discuss current challenges facing the community, ongoing initiatives, and ways to engage our stakeholders. During COVID-19, all meetings are held virtually on Zoom.

COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING

LTCC manages a wide portfolio of ongoing projects and initiatives. From partnerships with Metro on the Regional Connector Joint Development to Sustainable Little Tokyo Revisioning, we hope you will join us in our mission to protect Little Tokyo!

 
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LTCC and LTSC hope that by creating the Little Tokyo Small Business Relief Fund and by reaching out to the local businesses, we can encourage them to persevere through this unprecedented situation. Our community has endured difficult times before by pulling together. 

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Get Involved

There are a number of ways for interested individuals to get involved with LTCC. From directly serving as a member supporter, giving back to the Little Tokyo community to engaging in our virtual programming, we hope you will join us in our mission of protecting, preserving and supporting Little Tokyo.

 

Become a Member

Membership with LTCC gives access to key discussions about the current state of the community and our position.

support little tokyo

In response to COVID-19, we are doing our part to support the small businesses and ensure a sustainable future.

Make a Donation

We rely on the support generous donors to protect, support and preserve the community.