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For years they have been talking about “completing” the north side of the Town Green. Although it is referred to as the Civic Center project, it has somehow morphed into turning this area into a high end hotel and resort, with private residences and nightly rentals. (This comes after another large hotel is already being planned on the southeast corner of the green.)

 

An overflow crowd, including town council members, Debora Fudge, Esther Lemus and Sam Salmon, turned out to learn about the Green New Deal at a Windsor Democratic Club forum Thursday, April 25 at Round Table Pizza.

Recently, our staff met to go over what we could do better with our coverage at the Old Felta Schoolhouse in Healdsburg.

Out of concern for continued deficit spending, the Board of Education began a process last year to look deeply at the Windsor Unified School District budget. The way we (along with CA public school district) are funded (often with one-time money that cannot be used for ongoing costs) and the increasing costs to school district (largely due to required pension and healthcare cost increases) has us spending more than we are bringing in. Decisions are being made to keep WUSD solvent while continuing to provide quality programs for our students.

There was a packed auditorium at San Miguel School on Thursday evening, June 14. The Banke-Jackson family had invited the community to come and share their ideas on repurposing the former Wikiup Golf Course. They were certainly impressed with how many people showed up.