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MARCH 8, 2024 | Volume XXI, Issue 10
New ‘Laguna Beach Portal’ App Offers Unique View into Sister City Local resident and app developer Mark Dawson recently launched “Laguna Beach Portal,” offering an interactive walking tour of Laguna Beach’s sister city of Menton, France, through a smartphone. Clara Beard/LB Indy
By LB Indy Staff Over the last year, local resident Mark Dawson has worked on creating a smartphone app called Laguna Beach Portal, offering a unique look inside Laguna Beach’s sister city of Menton, France, from right here on Laguna’s downtown streets. The augmented reality app that
just launched this week leads users on a walking path that visits 10 portals in roughly 40 minutes. The tour starts on the boardwalk in front of the iconic Main Beach lifeguard tower before turning toward The Promenade on Forest, up to Laguna Presbyterian Church, over to City Hall and then back toward the sand along
Ocean Avenue, “visiting” each portal along the way to experience 360-degree views of the French city and its annual Fête du Citron lemon festival. “The South of France is amazing—not at all what I expected,” said Dawson, who traveled to Menton with his wife, Mary, last year to gather footage for the project. “…I’ve always wanted to create applications with experiences that inspire younger people to do more and realize that everyone can make a contribution and push things forward.” Dawson already has plans to create another app: a walking tour through Heisler Park with a focus on the public art pieces found there, including interviews and insight from the artists who created them. The app is up and running on the iPhone app store and can be found by searching “Laguna Beach Portal.”
Webber, Hatchel Named Orange County Administrators of the Year By LB Indy Staff On March 5, the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 17, which covers all school districts in Orange County, announced its 2024 Administrators of the Year, including two Laguna Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) administrators. Victoria Webber, executive assistant to the superintendent and ADMIN OF THE YEAR, PAGE 3 From left to right: Director of Social and Emotional Support Michael Keller, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Michael Conlon, Laguna Beach High School Principal Jason Allemann, El Morro Elementary Principal Julie Hatchel, Superintendent Jason Viloria, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Board Victoria Webber and LBHS Assistant Principal Dale Miller. Photo courtesy of LBUSD
Council Delays Promenade Project Planning Committee until April By Jackie Connor, Special to the Independent Laguna Beach City Council unanimously approved the decision to delay the final resolution for the $2.7 million Forest Ave Promenade project until April due to a need for clarification around the project’s scope and public process. In a recent council meeting on Feb. 26, Mayor Sue Kempf and Councilmember Mark Orgill shared the council will revisit the previously approved plan and hinted at a potential counterproposal to the city council’s recommendations. “I think it’s not clear,” said Kempf. “And so, what I think we want to do is come back with…a counterproposal from the city council’s recommended action and some more embellishment around the public process.” The project aims to transform the historic Forest Ave into a permanent pedestrian plaza with workshops for a previously proposed design competition that was open to those within and outside of the Laguna Beach community, but as Orgill stated, “…the community came forward and did remind us that we have a lot of talent in this town…so that’s a lot of what drove this PROJECT, PAGE 16
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