Long Beach Fosters 'Future of Space Beach' With New Youth Camp

LONG BEACH, CA — The City of Long Beach is partnering with local Space Beach employers to launch the first-ever Space Beach camp for young adults.

The immersive and socially engaging career exploration camp is open to people ages 16-24 who are not working or in school. During the program, young people will learn about aerospace careers, meet mentors and access educational and training opportunities.

“Our young people are the future of Space Beach, and this camp provides participants with an exciting opportunity to explore career pathways in the transformative aerospace industry here in Long Beach,” said Mayor Rex Richardson. “We are proud to partner with our aerospace and
educational partners to offer this inclusive and dynamic program for young adults in our city.”

Space Beach Camp is a free, three-week program that offers hands-on opportunities to enable young people to explore advanced education and careers in the aerospace sector. The camp will feature one-on-one informational sessions, a guest speaker series, workplace tours, field trips, coaching opportunities, career days and networking events.

The program is facilitated by the Department’s youth employment center, Future LB and has partnered with Long Beach Airport, Port of Long Beach, Ampaire, Benmo, Boeing, California State University, Long Beach, ExLabs, GXO, Inc., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Long Beach City College, Long Beach Transit, Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, SpinLaunch, United States Space Force, and Vast.

“We are thrilled to offer our first-ever Space Beach Camp, with an intentional focus on creating opportunities for access, inspiration, stability and hope for our young people,” said Economic Development Department Pacific Gateway Acting Executive Director Alisa Munoz.

The first Space Beach Camp cohort is expected to commence on Aug. 30.