Page 35 - Sonoma County Gazette July 2018

Vision & Blueprint for Healdsburg through 2040
Happy Independence Day!
As Summer eases into Healdsburg, residents are thinking about more than family gatherings, Prune Packer baseball games, visits to Memorial Beach, and even the pending completion of our famous (infamous?) Roundabout! We are very excited about an upcoming August visit by a team of outside experts to help develop a vision and blueprint for our City through 2040.
For well over four decades, every Fourth of July celebration has brought
our city all the color and excitement of a spectacular, professionally produced fireworks display generously sponsored by the Cloverdale Lions Club. This year, as always, the show starts at dusk, about 9 p.m., and the happy crowd will start gathering early on the football field at Cloverdale High School. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
Healdsburg is honored to be one of a handful of cities across the U.S. awarded a 2018 Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT), part of an American Institute of Architects (AIA) program to help communities develop a vision for a sustainable future, and create a realistic and attainable roadmap to get there. Healdsburg’s assessment will take place August 13th through 15th, 2018. Nine experts from across the United States will be in Healdsburg to engage in an intensive 3-day assessment to accomplish these goals.
Even if you can’t be right there with everyone, in some parts of town you still might be able to catch a glimpse of some of the starry patterns as they dance across our night skies. For information on July 4th and all the Lions’ great work for our community visit: www.cloverdalelionsclub.com
The SDAT Steering Committee, comprised of over three dozen community members, worked diligently to provide the AIA preliminary visitors access to critical issues as expressed by over 120 Healdsburg residents in five separate gatherings in April. The Steering Committee is continuing to line up venues and resources for their August visit. City leaders and elected officials have given their full support and endorsement to this effort.
For important information affecting you and your family about the sale, possession and/or use of fireworks in Cloverdale, be sure to contact City Hall at 707-894-2521 about the rules governing them and the citations for violations.
During these SDAT conversations, the team will gather information to create a set of proposals for Healdsburg to consider in its future planning. In addition to “issues,” the AIA asks a vital rhetorical question worth considering: “How do you maintain the values and character of your community?” The AIA urged Healdsburg to go into this discovery process without expectations; to
be flexible, to let go and permit the team to come here without preconceived agendas.
Got E-Waste? Need to get rid of that old computer, server, laptop, tablet, cell phone, telephone, printer, television, VCR, stereo, copier or fax machine? Relax! Our Senior Center (311 North Main St.) is now an E-Waste Drop-Off site with a bin in back of the building for drop-off at any time. As their latest newsletter reminds us: “Many of these products can be refurbished, reused or recycled.” However, it’s important to remember that it also warns: “Certain components of some electronic items can contain materials that are hazardous.” So they need to be disposed of in a particular manner to avoid contamination or injury to unsuspecting people and animals.
A Month of Music! July’s a fun month in Cloverdale with an incredible array of music! Come and enjoy it all with us!
The SDAT team is holding two community-wide meetings at the HHS gym. The purpose of the initial gathering on August 13th at 6:00 pm is to listen to and learn from the community. On their final day, August 15th, also at 6:00
pm at the HHS Gym, the team will share their recommended directions and solutions for “A Sustainable Healdsburg 2040.” It will be these recommended programs—exciting directions and solutions for the City—that our community will be able to embrace and bring to fruition. The community is invited and encouraged to attend these potentially history-making events.
At CPAC ~ Saturday, July 7, 7:30 p.m., CPAC (Cloverdale Performing Arts Center) kicks-off with Buck Thrifty, a band comprised of Sonoma County musicians who fuse the American sounds of jazz, blues, and swing with original tunes and old favorites creating an evening of dancing in your seats. (Tickets $20)
SDAT is a once-in-a-generation opportunity!
Saturday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., Two Lions Band, also Sonoma County musicians, brings the music of singer, guitarist, songwriter Mitchell Slade to the stage supported by Ashley Holmberg’s violin and viola plus the drums of Lance Harrington. The band is carrying its folk rock music across America and over to Europe. (Tickets $20)
Healdsburg participated in a similar effort with the AIA in 1982, which forever changed the direction of this City and its people. Thirty-six remarkable years later, this really is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. To learn more and participate in Healdsburg’s future, visit www.Healdsburg-SDAT.org
Saturday, July 21, 7:30 p.m., is Open Mic Night brings us “a lot of local
and not so local” talent from the immediate area to perform for an engaged audience. “Fun and full of surprises!” (Free but donations always appreciated.)
Saturday, July 28, 7:30p.m., brings An Evening of Opera with Mete Tasin, tenor, Jennifer Muhawi, soprano, and Lara Garner on piano to entrance their audience with music from around the world. Experience ethnic ballads from Turkey, musical theater of America and Britain, the operatic arias of Verdi and Bizet, and zarzuela from Spain, which combines the spoken word with operatic and popular song styles. A great way to close the month at CPAC! (Tickets $30)
Buy your tickets for performances on-line at: cloverdaleperformingarts.com or in- person at Mail Center, Etc., 207 N. Cloverdale Blvd. Or at the door, if available.
Friday Night Live (FNL) ~
Street Fair begins around 6 p.m., music at 6:30 p.m. Always good music plus good food, wine, beer, people, kids area, and more!
July 6th—Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue: A little punk infusing country, honky-tonk and rockabilly keeping the New Orleans and Appalachian roots.
July 13th—Dirty Revival: A mix of genres, including: soul, rock, hip-hop, and funk that encourages its audience to dance with joy.
July 20th—Diego’s Umbrella: Brings a blend of eastern European gypsy traditional stuff, Spanish flamenco, polka rhythms, and good ol’ pop and rock from the west.
July 27th—Shinyribs: Country-soul and swamp-funk generates novel interpretations of popular songs old and new.
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