Winner of the Tribune’s christmas lights contest
Lighting up the night – The Grande home on Piper Street won our holiday lights contest for the third time this year – the Grandes will receive a free year’s subscription to the Tribune. Other notable holiday light displays are in the Presidential Estates and Parkland Farms neighborhoods, in downtown merchant windows and around the community. The Valette home on North Street is an honorable mention.
Workshops provide first look at proposed river trail
On Oct. 23 the last of three planned workshops was held on a proposed 19.3 mile multi-use trail between Mirabel Park and Jenner. The high-speed River Road/Highway 116 corridor has a history of multiple pedestrian and bicycle accidents. The proposed trail is intended to provide a paved path separate from the roadway. The study’s stated goal “is to provide safe walking and bicycling access to communities, schools, businesses, parks and beaches, and other recreation opportunities along the river corridor.”
WSCUHSD board discussing rebranding, trustee elections
Big decisions will be made and prepared for at the West Sonoma County Union High School District’s (WSCUHSD) board meeting at the West County High School Theater at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 14. Everyone attending must wear a mask and other regulations and COVID-19 protocols are in the sidebar.
Rail Trails, an Idea Whose Time is Summer
Enter the rail trail. The concept developed in the 1980s as railroads across the country were decommissioned and a growing population sought new trails to travel. Thus the Rails to Trails Conservancy was formed out of timely necessity. Nearly 2,500 rail trails nationally now span 25,000 miles, as practical a reuse of a transportation corridor as one could conceive...
City enters into exclusive negotiating agreement for Thyme Square affordable housing
At a Cloverdale City Council meeting last week, the council gave the green light for the city to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Integrated Community Development for the possible development of affordable housing units on Lot A of the city’s South Cloverdale Boulevard Thyme Square property.
Healdsburg’s Homeless Numbers Decreased in 2022
Results of Sonoma County’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count, reflecting the number of unhoused as of Jan. 27, 2023, were originally released in May. But according to Jeff Kay’s weekly City Manager’s Report, its recently updated statistics show that Healdsburg is making significant strides to...
City Faces Suit Over Brown Act, Election Violations
Retired attorney Jon Eisenberg filed civil suit against the City of Healdsburg, charging multiple Brown Act violations in two recent cases that demonstrate what he calls “a pattern of misbehavior that is deeply embedded in the culture of Healdsburg’s city government…” His action focused on what he called the “tainted decision making” in the effort to get Measure O on the ballot and the campaign to get it passed; and the transition to district elections now underway.
