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Through government grant, Petaluma’s Canopy Project plants free trees

Aug 23, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

How to request a free treeTo initiate the process, Petaluma residents should go to releafpetaluma.org. Under “Our Work,” select “Residential” and follow the instructions. Under “Resources,” visitors to the site will find a planting guide, plant list and other resources. A question-and-answer meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Crooked Goat Brewery, 110 Howard St. RSVP at [email protected]. Those unable to attend can send their questions to that same address.
Through government grant, Petaluma property owners can get free trees. Here’s how

Aug 23, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Clark Miller

As the sun bears down on your unshaded yard, do you ever wish Johnny Appleseed would come along, shovel in hand, and offer to plant a fine young tree for you — for free? For as many as 568 Petaluma homeowners and renters, this fantasy can be a reality. Thanks to the U.S. government’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, $1 million has trickled down to Petaluma to add some welcome shade to residential properties.
Local author to make the case that Petaluma’s reuse of old buildings is saving the planet

Aug 12, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Clark Miller

A Petaluma tractor store, built in 1927, now houses the Crooked Goat Brewery. Next door to it, a former gas station has been repurposed as Acme Burger. Down by the river, a 100-year-old grain warehouse, reborn as the Watershed, provides space for artist studios, a gallery and other businesses.
Petaluma combines reuse of historic buildings with sustainability

Aug 12, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

A Petaluma tractor store, built in 1927, now houses the Crooked Goat Brewery. Next door to it, a former gas station has been repurposed as Acme Burger. Down by the river, a 100-year-old grain warehouse, reborn as the Watershed, provides space for artist studios, a gallery and other businesses.
Petaluma neighbors band together to improve Southgate Park

Jul 10, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

Visitors to Southgate Park in south Petaluma are greeted by the welcoming sight of 13 galvanized steel planters, arranged here and there around the park. Each features its own array of well-tended perennial flowers, thanks to an “Adopt-a-Pot” program launched by a neighborhood group that seeks to voice the needs of the park and get neighbors involved in making it better. Each planter is under the care of a different local family.
Petaluma neighbors band together to improve Southgate Park

Jul 10, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Clark Miller

Visitors to Southgate Park in south Petaluma are greeted by the welcoming sight of 13 galvanized steel planters, arranged here and there around the park. Each features its own array of well-tended perennial flowers, thanks to an “Adopt-a-Pot” program launched by a neighborhood group that seeks to voice the needs of the park and get neighbors involved in making it better. Each planter is under the care of a different local family.
Petaluma artist finds beauty in sunlight, silence and a burnt forest

Jun 21, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

If you goWhat: Essence of Place: Artworks by Jennifer Mygatt TatumWhen: Reception, Saturday, June 22, 4-7 p.m. Gallery hours: Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibition runs through Aug. 31.
Petaluma art show highlights found gloves and the stories they tell

May 15, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Clark Miller

If you goWhat: The Glove ProjectWhere: The G Street Gallery at the Watershed, 429 First St.When: Through Sept. 25.
Industrial gloves as art came to fame during “O.J. Simpson” trial

May 15, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

Petaluma artist Cat Alden ‒ currently curating and exhibiting at the Petaluma Arts Center ‒ used to walk her dog daily in the industrial area of Berkeley, where for 25 years she made a living as an upholsterer. She began picking up discarded workman’s gloves, fascinated by the stories they seemed to tell — missing fingers, burst seams, weird stains, crusts of tar.
Third annual wiffle ball tourney raises funds for Miracle League

Apr 16, 2024 | petaluma360.com | Clark Miller

Undaunted by the rain, about two dozen teams battled for the championship in last weekend’s annual Petaluma Wiffle Ball Tournament – a fundraising event for Miracle League North Bay and other projects near and far that benefit children. This was the third such event in a tradition growing in popularity. As in past years, the tournament at Lucchesi Park acted as a joint fundraiser hosted by Petaluma’s three Rotary Clubs and the Miracle League.