Check Out What is Happening in Cloverdale This Week!

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Winter Festival and Holiday Season approaching!

With the Winter festival and tree lighting event quickly approaching on Friday, December 3rd, Parks staff were busy this week preparing downtown for the holiday season. Streets staff installed Christmas lighting on street lights in the downtown corridor while Parks staff pruned trees to increase visibility for local shops as well as conducted leaf collection.

Much of Park staff's focus this week was on prepping the Downtown Plaza. All the Plaza trees where limbed up as well pruning of the focal point Magnolias located on the main entrance. Parks staff member Miguel Sanchez pruned and shaped the blue spruce located near the stage which will serve as our Christmas tree for this years Winter Festival. The blue spruce tree was planted 16 years ago and was roughly about 5 ft. tall at the time. Since then, Parks staff have been shaping the tree and Street Department has taking the lead on decorating the tree for the Christmas holiday.

Parks staff also allocated time to perform needed maintenance at the Brookside Terrace L&L District. General landscaping maintenance and clean-up was completed. Several truckloads of leaves were collected inside the landscaping planters as well as on the street to avoid debris entering the City's storm drain system.

City Hall Thanksgiving Hours

In observation of the Thanksgiving Holiday, City Hall will be closed Thursday, November 24th and 25th.

Many City services are available virtually on the City's website - www.cloverdale.net where you can pay your water bill, apply for building and other permits, or just keep tabs on what is happening around town.

Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving everyone!

Reach for Home Homeless Outreach in Cloverdale

Have you seen this van in town? Reach of Home is a Healdsburg based non-profit specializing in housing and homeless services in Northern Sonoma County (Cloverdale Healdsburg and Windsor). They conduct Street Outreach Case Management with unsheltered individuals to build trust and relationships to help them move towards being housed. They also help by offering food, sleeping bags, warm clothes, tents, tarps and fire extinguishers.

Reach for Home's Community Health and Wellness Unit offers phone charging, computer access, health screenings, access to job links, Medi-Cal, veterinary care for dogs and any other services that would benefit those who are experiencing homelessness. They also offer transportation to medical appointments and any other appointment that is helping move an individual towards housing.

Reach for Home's Cloverdale Partnership Home houses 5 previously unsheltered individuals. They provide Case Management at the house 5 days a week to assist the residents in gaining skills they need to move to greater independence. In addition, they have an Eviction Diversion program where they offer assistance to those who qualify if they are about to lose their housing and are manaing an Emergency Rental Assistance Program. They hope to expand this program in the near future. For more information about Reach for Home clink on the following link: REACH FOR HOME

Public Works Subcommittee Receives Presentation on Pickle Ball

On Tuesday, the Public Works Subcommittee received a presentation from Brad Horrall, Cloverdale's USA Pickleball Ambassador on the possibility of installing dedicated pickle ball courts in Cloverdale. Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, much like a wiffle ball, with 26–40 round holes, over a net.

Brad presented various site options for the subcommittee to consider. Optional sites included Vintage Meadows Park, Furber Park and the High School Tennis Courts (managed by the Cloverdale School District). City Staff will take a look at the options and provide an overview of the options to the Public Works subcommittee at a future meeting.

Cloverdale Winter Festival - Friday December 3rd

The Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, with support from the Cloverdale Lions Club, is presenting the annual Winter Festival & Tree Lighting in downtown Cloverdale on the first Friday in December.

Downtown businesses will be open to holiday shoppers. Gingerbread cookie decorating for the kids, hot chocolate, hot cider and donuts hosted by the Cloverdale Lions Club. Holiday tree lighting for the holiday season. Santa will be downtown to listen to kids’ holiday wish lists.

Water Supply Update – Drought is Not Over

The recent rains were a good start and provided some additional storage in our reservoirs, but the drought is not over. Lake Mendocino is still at historic lows and many more storms are needed to bring their storage level up to normal and bring an end to the drought. Ongoing conservation is necessary to save water for the possibility of dry months ahead.

Drought Tips and Best Practices

During this historic drought, Cloverdale residents has been working hard to save water. This fall, it’s especially important that we all continue to conserve and one of the best things we can all do is take a break from outdoor irrigation. Irrigation accounts for approximately 50 percent of average summertime water use. By turning off your irrigation this fall we can continue to achieve our community-wide 20 percent water savings goal.

For more water savings tips visit: Water Saving Tips - Sonoma- Marin Saving Water Partnership

Low Impact Development Training Brochure

Low Impact Development (LID) Training on Wednesday,
December 1 from 8-11am

Whether you are a contractor installing rainwater landscaping features known as Low Impact Design (LID) features, a landscaper maintaining features, a civil design engineer, or a municipal staff construction inspector or LID compliance inspector, you won't want to miss this once-a-year local virtual training opportunity offered by the Municipal NPDES Co-Permittees in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.

Learn about requirements to appropriately install, inspect, and transfer ownership of LID features such as rain gardens, vegetated swales, and permeable pavement. Make sure your LID features meet conformance standards required for project acceptance and connect with local municipalities that oversee stormwater compliance for LID features.

Learn about how compliance inspections are completed, how to maintain, care, and protect LID landscapes, identify approved plants that do well in these features, and stay compliant with annual inspections for all engineered LID features such as rain gardens, swales, and bioretention planters.

The Russian River watershed Phase I MS4 Co-Permittees would like to invite you to the annual free virtual stormwater Low Impact Development (LID) training on Wednesday, December 1 from 8-11am.

Space is limited, please register in advance.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lid-installation-maintenance-and-inspection-annual-compliance-training-tickets-170333144019

Covid-19 Update

Please take a moment to check out these important COVID-19 resources and updates from the County of Sonoma:

Vaccinations for Children 5-11 Years Old
Children 5-11 years old are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. CLICK HERE for more information.

Guidance for Holiday Gatherings
The County of Sonoma has issued guidance for holiday gatherings. Learn more HERE.

Covid Testing
Cloverdale High School – Curative

509 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale – Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Convenient and confidential COVID-19 testing at no cost to you. Social Security and Citizenship are NOT required. Children any age can test with family support. Appointments preferred, walk-ins welcome. Appointment slots open 3-4 days in advance of each scheduled testing day. Health insurance is not required, but if you have it, you must provide health insurance information.. Visit cur.tv/cloverdale or call (888) 702-9042 to make an appointment.

Vaccine Clinics

Jefferson Elementary School

Tuesday Nov. 9 and 30, 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. Getting a vaccine is safe, effective and free. Social Security and Citizenship are not required. Walk-ins are welcome. Clinic is intended for those attending this school and their families. School children and their families ages five years and older can receive first, second, and booster doses of Pfizer, Moderna and J & J.

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Martes 9 y 30 de noviembre, 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. La vacuna que recibirá es segura, efectiva y gratuita. No se requiere tener seguro social ni ciudadanía. Personas sin cita bienvenidas. La clínica está destinada a quienes asisten a esta escuela y sus familias. Los niños en edad escolar y sus familias de cinco años en adelante pueden recibir la primera y segunda dosis y los refuerzos de Pfizer, Moderna y J & J.

Sonoma County Tourism Cares Donation Drive

Sonoma County Tourism Cares Donation Program

Sonoma County Tourism Cares is pleased to partner with the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, Petaluma Visitors Program, Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce, Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, and Windsor Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center on a personal hygiene products donation drive.

Sonoma County is home to thousands of unhoused residents. For many, access to personal hygiene products is a continuous struggle, with procurement coming at the expense of other essential needs. From our discussions with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, we’ve learned that pads, tampons, panty liners, and individually wrapped wipes are all items of particular need.

Throughout the month of November, we are encouraging our hospitality partners to donate hygiene products at a drop-off location below (we recommend calling ahead to confirm office hours). At the end of the month, the products will be donated to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa for distribution to those in need.

Any assistance you can provide, from donating items, to helping promote this effort, is very much appreciated. Questions can be directed to Devin McConnell at dmcconnell@sonomacounty.com.
Drop off location in Cloverdale:

Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce
Address: 126 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, CA 95425
Phone Number: 1-707-894-4470

For additional drop off locations, visit Sonoma County Tourism Cares Volunteer Opportunities | SonomaCounty.com