Gabrielle Newmark is a long-time resident of the Arts District and co-founded the local organization Industrial District Green (IDG), a project under Community Partners. IDG addresses the desperate need for urban tree canopy and green space in the Industrial neighborhoods of DTLA.
Gabrielle is a Landscape Architect with her own firm that works on residential, commercial and public open space projects. As an adjunct professor, she taught two Planting Design Studios at Cal Poly Pomona’s Landscape Architecture Department. With a college professor she has been advocating for a Green Alley System that she developed for the Arts District which would: create connectivity to the LA River, deal with local stormwater management issues, address our lack of green space and foster walkability throughout the Arts District Neighborhood.
Gabrielle has recently completed two terms as the President of LARABA where she continues to sit as an active board member and also serves on the Mulholland Design Review Board in the Mayor appointed Landscape Architect seat.
In addition to her environmental and community leadership roles, Gabrielle teaches Muay Thai kickboxing classes at two gyms and has trained in this sport since 2006 and traveled to Thailand to train in 2009.