May 18, 2023, Edition

Celebrate National Public Works Week at Santa Rosa’s City Works Festival

Public Works professionals make substantial contributions every day, rain or shine, to protect our community’s health, safety, and quality of life. These professionals maintain, design, and build our water and water reuse systems, street networks, parks, and open spaces. Join us in recognizing their dedicated service by celebrating Public Works Week with the SR City Works Festival on Wednesday, May 24, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. during the Wednesday Night Downtown Market in Courthouse Square. A block of Fourth Street will be closed to thru traffic to accommodate construction trucks and equipment for guests to climb aboard. In addition, you can watch crews demonstrate how a Vac Truck cleans City sewer pipes, search the festivities for answers to the City Works infrastructure scavenger hunt, and meet your public works crew members who make our city a great place to live, work and play. LEARN MORE

Are You Registered for CivicReady? Upcoming System Test on May 31

Are you receiving CivicReady messages from the Santa Rosa Police and Fire Departments? In November 2021, the City implemented a new mass communications tool, CivicReady, to issue Public Safety News and Alerts. While CivicReady has replaced Nixle, SoCoAlert remains the primary emergency alerting system for the City of Santa Rosa. Visit SRCity.org/CivicReady to complete your CivicReady registration or to modify your existing settings. A test CivicReady text and email message will be sent at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31. READ MORE

What to Read

Water Bill Assistance Available to Eligible Santa Rosa Customers

Buckle Up! Click It or Ticket
Enforcement: May 22 - June 4

Visit SRCity.org/News for more news.

What to Do

• Join the Kids to Parks Day Scavenger Hunt at Howarth Park on Saturday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. SEE DETAILS
  
  
• Join us from noon to 4 p.m. on May 21 in Courthouse Square and “Journey to the Future” of city planning. READ MORE
  
  
• Sign your 5- to 13-year-old up for Junior Giants baseball & softball and consider volunteering with this outstanding program. LEARN MORE
  
  
• Take the Cannabis Equity Assessment survey to provide insight into how cannabis policies have impacted the City of Santa Rosa. TAKE SURVEY

Did You Know?

Volunteers Operate and Maintain Santa Rosa’s Historic Rural Cemetery...and You Can Help

Santa Rosa's Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee is hosting a workday this Saturday, May 20, and more helping hands are needed. Formed in the 1990s, this volunteer group first restored and now maintains and operates the 15-acre historic Rural Cemetery site, along with the Recreation & Parks Department. Today, walkers and nature lovers enjoy the wooded paths and knolls of the cemetery parklands, and participants enjoy docent-led tours and events that highlight local history and the many town pioneers buried onsite. We encourage the community to volunteer and/or attend events. LEARN MORE