Sonoma County Gazette - August 2018

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AUGUST 2018
August 7 - Cannabis Ordinance at Board of Supervisors... DEBATE Pros & Cons ~ 6 - 13
Wanna BUY a FIXER House? ~ 18
What does LOCAL Governance Look Like? ~ 32-33
LOCAL GUIDE to Eating your way across Sonoma County with MAP to Farm Stands & Cheesemakers ~ 34 - 37
Sorting
Our City’s Future?
it out! Reclaiming Trash
By Laurie Wachter
A group of Healdsburg locals
By Jane Rogan
In case you haven’t heard, Recology
asked themselves those questions last November. They knew every community member would have a different vision of the future and wondered how to learn the community’s priorities.
is the newest waste management company serving Sonoma County. They are defined in Wikipedia as “an integrated resource recovery company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company collects and processes municipal solid waste, reclaiming useful materials that would have otherwise been buried in a landfill. Recology has been in business for 100 years.”
Fred Stemmler, the GM for Sonoma- Marin, tells me openly about the struggle to truly achieve the vision. “Seven months sounds like a long time to some people. But we’re in this for the long haul. The operation is complicated and we are really starting up; getting our employees trained; learning what we need to do to meet our customers’ expectations and still do the work we are dedicated to do – move zero waste into reality. “
RECOLOGY cont’d on page 16
They sought help from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) by applying for a Sustainable Design Assistance Team (SDAT) grant in December. The SDAT grant was an opportunity to get an unbiased, outside perspective.
Nothing good comes easily
Healdsburg’s proposal was one of only eight accepted in the entire country. The AIA visited in April to learn more about Healdsburg, its issues and its values. After listening to over 100 residents in five interactive sessions, they decided an SDAT project would be a good fit.
Paul Guisti, the Regional Community and Government Affairs Manager for San Francisco, started his career on the back of a garbage
At 6 pm on August 13th, a multi- disciplinary team of volunteer experts will arrive in Healdsburg. They will listen to as many voices as possible to learn what the community looks like from local eyes. The next day, they’ll integrate what they hear into a vision of Healdsburg’s possible futures.
HEALDSBURG cont’d on page 15
What is community to you? To your neighbors?
To your local business owners?
What should the future of your city look like?
August 13 & 15 Town Meetings
Your HOME TOWN NEWS: 20 Communities EVERYTHING to DO Calendar: pgs 52 - 71
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