For all of you new to this web site, welcome to the official web site of the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association, an advocate for the interests of the City of Valley Glen. The goal of our Association is to foster community pride, civic betterment and community beautification, to make our neighborhood a better and safer place to live and work, to promote businesses and business growth in Valley Glen, and to foster education and the arts in Valley Glen. Over 19,000 of you viewed our web site last month. Perhaps you would like to know a little more about us.

The City of Valley Glen was created in 1998 by joining parts of southeastern Van Nuys and southwestern North Hollywood. With a population of 29,000, we are well-located in the San Fernando Valley with ease of access to major employment centers, schools, shopping centers and other amenities. We're a safe city with many of our members active in neighborhood beautification and neighborhood watch.

We’d like to guide you through this web site. First, please go to the History icon to find out how we got here. Then, go to the Map icon and see where we are located. Finally, read our latest issue of the Valley Glen Voice (link on the left side above) to see what was going on during the last 3 months. If you like what you see, go to the "Be a VGNA Sponsor" and support our organization including our "Adopt a Family Program." It's a novel and brilliant program that provides gift certificates for food and Holiday needs during the Holiday Season for poor school children and their families in Valley Glen.

And now for some local news and pointers:

Where to walk in Valley Glen - When thinking of how to exercise, consider a walk on the wild side. Walk along the terrain of the Tujunga Wash Greenway at Coldwater from Burbank to Vanowen and view the Great Wall of Los Angeles (one of the longest murals in the world), native plants and wildlife of Valley Glen. Or, take a walk in our own Valley Glen Community Park. Two laps around the Park will get you one mile of exercise. Don’t forget to walk or bike along the MTA Orange Line. At our very own Woodman Valley Glen Station, you get to see transit on one side and plants and trees on the other side.

Where to learn in Valley Glen - Of course, our very own Los Angeles Valley College, with unique features including a planetarium, offers a wide variety of relatively low cost educational and vocational courses taught by the best professors in Valley Glen. The College is undergoing a $160 million expansion. Valley Glen also boasts four public schools, Erwin Street and Kittridge Street Elementary Schools, Monlux Middle School and Grant High School. Grant High School is home of the Serenity Garden and Monarch Butterfly Conservation Project, an acre of suburban garden and wildlife; a work in progress in a busy suburb. Serenity Garden recently won a $10,000 AARP Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Award, the only recipient in California, for providing unique gardening opportunities to a diverse community, including those over 50 years old. Notable private schools include Laurence School; providing elementary school education.

Do you have any questions or comments? Please click the "Contact" icon in the upper right hand corner to send an e-mail to the Association. We will respond.

Are you interested in forming a Neighborhood Watch? We now have sponsored three new neighborhood watch groups. The Association will help you put on your first neighborhood watch meeting. Contact us at jannol6@aol.com.

Check out pictures from the VGNA Harvest Picnic and the Tujunga Wash Greenway Grand Opening