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Living in Monrovia

The Monrovia City Guide is your online resource to information about living, working and playing in Monrovia. If you need additional information beyond what you see here, please feel free to contact Linda Medley, your Monrovia expert.

 

Monrovia Community

Monrovia is located 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles at the base of the Sierra Madre Mountains, part of the San Gabriel Valley, eight miles east of the City of Pasadena, in Los Angeles County. Monrovia was founded May 17, 1886 and incorporated in 1887.

City Council/City Manager plan, adopted in 1923. Mayor is elected separately every two years; Council Members every four years. City Clerk and City Treasurer are also elected positions.

Many varieties of single-family homes, condominium complexes and multi-family rental unite are found throughout Monrovia. Architectural styles range from vintage Victorian homes to modern designs.

Municipal Library, Monrovia Historical Museum, Historic Home Museum, Concerts in the Park, annual Monrovia Arts Festival, Monrovia Days Parade & SoapBox Classic, Family Festival, Fridays, March-December. 45 Churches.

More than 140 developed acres of hiking and camping terrain, tennis courts, swimming pool & wading pools, Community Center, YMCA, Boys & Girls Club and an Aquatics Center.

Monrovia Education

Young residents of Monrovia are served by the Monrovia Unified School District. In total the school has twelve schools including an early learning center, five elementary schools, two middle schools, a comprehensive high school, a continuation high school, an alternative program and Independent Study program, a home study program, an opportunity program and a large adult education program. The District also includes portions of Arcadia and Duarte.

Canyon Early Learning Center
1000 South Canyon Boulevard
Bradoaks Elementary School
930 East Lemon Avenue
Mayflower Elementary School
210 North Mayflower Avenue
Monroe Elementary School
402 West Colorado Boulevard
Plymouth Elementary School
1300 Boley Street
Wild Rose Elementary School
232 Jasmine Avenue
Clifton Middle School
226 South Ivy Avenue
Santa Fe Middle School
148 West Duarte Road
Monrovia High School
845 West Colorado Boulevard
Canyon Oaks High School
930 Royal Oaks Drive
Mountain Park School
950 South Mountain Avenue
Monrovia Community Adult School
920 South Mountain Avenue

Monrovia News

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  1. Katharine Spink, Malcolm Moos, And David Schaffer To Present At... - MediLexicon
    Katharine Spink, Ph.D., Vice President of Operations for Geron's Regenerative Medicine Programs; Malcolm Moos Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Medical Officer, at FDA/CBER/OCTGT; and David Schaffer, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience at University of California, and Co-Director of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center will give a featured ...

  2. Indresh Srivastava, Ph.D., To Give A Featured Presentation At The 5th ... - MediLexicon
    Indresh Srivastava, Ph.D., Head of Protein Biology, Novartis, will give a featured presentation at the 5th Biological Therapeutics Research and Development Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA on Oct.

  3. Stephen Turner And Michael R. Jackson To Present At Assay And Drug... - MediLexicon
    Stephen Turner, Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Pacific Biosciences and Michael R. Jackson, Vice President, Drug Discovery and Development of Burnham Medical Research Institute will give a keynote presentation at the 5th Assay and Drug Discovery Technologies Conference to be held this year in San Diego, CA Sept.

  4. Hans-Joachim Bohm, Mathai Mammen, Tom Novak And Others To Present At... - MediLexicon
    The at 6th Modern Drug Discovery and Development Summit will feature plenary keynote presentations from Mathai Mammen, Senior Vice President of Research and Early Clinical Development at Theravance; Gilles J. A. Gallant, Vice-President of Clinical Oncology at Human Genome Sciences; Tom Novak, Ph.D,Senior Vice President of Research & Development, ...

  5. 7th Anti-Infectives Partnering And Deal Making Summit, November 8-9, Boston, MA. - Medical News Today
    Main Category: Conferences Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 06 Sep 2010 - 5:00 PDT printer friendly opinions Rarely have we faced so many daunting clinical challenges in infectious disease with so few clinical choices in our armamentarium.

  6. U.S. Mayors Continue Press toward a Green Economy - BusinessWire
    The U.S. Conference of Mayors , the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more, hosted a one-day meeting in San Francisco today at the Fairmont Hotel to discuss how cities in California are using federal stimulus dollars to make local communities more energy efficient and to create green jobs.

Monrovia Recreation

The City of Monrovia provides a great variety of community and cultural activites such as the Monrovia Arts Festival, Mother's Day Old Homes Tour, summer Concerts In The Park series, and the Monrovia Historical Museum. The City Parks Division oversees several venues for the enjoyment of residents and visitors including:

• Grand Avenue Park
   (N Grand & Prospect)

• Monrovia Library Park
   (S Myrtle & Lime Av)

• Rotary Park
   (S California & Lime Av)
• Julian Fisher Park
   (S California & Almond)

• Olive Avenue Park
   (W Olive & Mayflower)
• Monrovia Canyon Park
   (1200 N Canyon Bl)

• Recreation Park
   (S Shamrock & Lemon)

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