Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sun Village is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. At an elevation of 2,723 feet (830 m), it is located in the eastern Antelope Valley, and considered by most as part of Littlerock. The center of Sun Village may be considered to be Palmdale Boulevard and 90th Street East. The 2000 United States census reported Sun Village's population was 9,375, however the combined population of Sun Village, and Littlerock has a population around 15,000.Historically the area within the Antelope Valley where African-Americans were redlined into buying real estate until the passage of fair housing and nondiscrimination laws in the mid-1960s. The issue of Sun Village's boundaries (or if it has any boundaries at all) has been a topic of hot debate by the Littlerock and Sun Village Town Councils. However, there are records of deeds and Los Angeles County records that reveal that the disputed northern boundary is Ave. U, to which everything on the north side is Sun Village, and everything to the South is Littlerock. Sun Village has been awarded Federal, State, and County grants for the community based on this Ave. U boundary. There is a movement from the Sun Village Town Council to rebrand the area with the Sun Village name, which fell out of popularity in the early 80's. New road signage erected around 2011 now labels Sun Village as a unique community, even though most residents still refer to this area as Littlerock. Littlerock High school is located within the Sun Village area. In 2007, Sun Village and Littlerock Town Councils hammered out a Community Standard District together and it was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Sun Village residents, like many other Antelope Valley communities, has residents who take part in local pageants and parades. It operates its own local chamber of commerce and town council apart from the Littlerock Chamber of Commerce and Town Council.Jackie Robinson County Park is focal point in Sun Village. The Sun Village Women's Club donated the land to the County to build a park for the community. Jackie Robinson came to the park in person to dedicate it to the community. The Friends of Jackie Robinson Park has kept the dream alive by raising funds throughout the year and supporting programs and projects in the park. There are after school programs, sports programs, homework help, music, marching and cheer leading.Composer and musician Frank Zappa played his music and made many friends in Sun Village when he first got started. Thus Sun Village is the setting of the Frank Zappa song "Village of the Sun".. }
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- Sun_Village,_California abstract "Sun Village is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. At an elevation of 2,723 feet (830 m), it is located in the eastern Antelope Valley, and considered by most as part of Littlerock. The center of Sun Village may be considered to be Palmdale Boulevard and 90th Street East. The 2000 United States census reported Sun Village's population was 9,375, however the combined population of Sun Village, and Littlerock has a population around 15,000.Historically the area within the Antelope Valley where African-Americans were redlined into buying real estate until the passage of fair housing and nondiscrimination laws in the mid-1960s. The issue of Sun Village's boundaries (or if it has any boundaries at all) has been a topic of hot debate by the Littlerock and Sun Village Town Councils. However, there are records of deeds and Los Angeles County records that reveal that the disputed northern boundary is Ave. U, to which everything on the north side is Sun Village, and everything to the South is Littlerock. Sun Village has been awarded Federal, State, and County grants for the community based on this Ave. U boundary. There is a movement from the Sun Village Town Council to rebrand the area with the Sun Village name, which fell out of popularity in the early 80's. New road signage erected around 2011 now labels Sun Village as a unique community, even though most residents still refer to this area as Littlerock. Littlerock High school is located within the Sun Village area. In 2007, Sun Village and Littlerock Town Councils hammered out a Community Standard District together and it was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Sun Village residents, like many other Antelope Valley communities, has residents who take part in local pageants and parades. It operates its own local chamber of commerce and town council apart from the Littlerock Chamber of Commerce and Town Council.Jackie Robinson County Park is focal point in Sun Village. The Sun Village Women's Club donated the land to the County to build a park for the community. Jackie Robinson came to the park in person to dedicate it to the community. The Friends of Jackie Robinson Park has kept the dream alive by raising funds throughout the year and supporting programs and projects in the park. There are after school programs, sports programs, homework help, music, marching and cheer leading.Composer and musician Frank Zappa played his music and made many friends in Sun Village when he first got started. Thus Sun Village is the setting of the Frank Zappa song "Village of the Sun".".