Palisades Towne Hall

A non-profit community endeavor - by the Palisades, for the Palisades.

We need a place in the Palisades to come together, rebuild our community, share resources and heal from the devastating Los Angeles Fires.  I'm a Palisades native, born and raised, and I lost all 7 homes I've ever lived in in this town.  I'm back and renting on El Medio while we push ahead with my family's rebuilding efforts.

We have no local services - very few restaurants.  It's a ghost town once the construction ends each day and we all know it will be years before things feel remotely normal again.  I want to help accelerate those efforts by building our new community hub where residents can come together to solve the problems we face and work together to bring solutions so the Palisades can come back stronger than ever.  Hence the name - Towne Hall.

My vision is to build a portable, modular outdoor marketplace - something I can execute quickly and also relocate to other undeveloped commercial lots as needed. I've secured a lease for a lot on Via de La Paz.  We will start here and see if we can make this a special place for the community and supporters that want to help our cause.

If I have the community's support, I think I can have this up and running pretty quickly.  It will be a minimalist design - portable cargo containers serving beer and wine and small kiosks for food and merchandise - perhaps a mini-grocer.  I think there is a 3-5 year window of opportunity that will help renew our sense of community and our efforts to get things back to "normal".

Every contribution makes you a permanent Founding Member of Towne Hall.

$100: Join as a Community Builder and your name goes on our Founding Member Board at the bar.

$500: Join as a Founder and take home a Towne Hall beer mug, a Towne Hall hat and two drinks on us opening weekend.

$1000: Join as a Palisadian and get the mug, hat, and two drinks, plus a custom hoodie bearing your Palisades neighborhood.

$2,500: Add this manually in the Donation Box- Join as a Legacy member and earn everything above plus something truly permanent: a family plaque on the wall.

$5,000: Pali Legend - all Legacy Member perks plus a customized beer mug stored on site, a private dinner pre-opening, and a seat on our Beer Tasting Committee.

$25,000: And for the families who want to be woven into the very fabric of this place — our Founding Patrons ($25,000) will have a dedicated picnic table and preferred reservations, a $2500 gift card, as well as all the perks of Pali Legend member status.

If you prefer to donate as a tax-deductible donation, you may contribute (no perks/gifts) at the link here.  You will still receive acknowledgment for your contribution, but "No goods or services can be provided in exchange for your contribution."

100% of operating profits go back to local nonprofits rebuilding the 90272. The Founders of Towne Hall, will receive no compensation from this project and 100% of the proceeds from this campaign will be used to build out and operate Towne Hall.

The vision for Towne Hall is being brought to you by Brian Garrett, his wife and kids (Elisa, Oliver, Xander and Nate) and his two best friends since Kindergarten at Marquez - Craig Polin and Andrew Robins. Our life, our memories and our friendships are built around the foundational experiences that are core to the Palisades - PPBA, Herb's League, Junior Lifeguards at Jetty, the YMCA, Mort's Deli, Baskin Robbins and the Mobil Mart!

Numerous other multi-generational Palisades families are contributing their skills and services to bring this project to life and all of them will be recognized at the Grand Opening.

We want to bring back that sense of community and togetherness that is the very essence of what makes the Palisades so great.

Please support this effort as a good beer or glass of wine with friends will amplify the impact we can have on rebuilding the Palisades!