A total of 10 new charging stations are being installed, four on East Street and six in the lot between Healdsburg Avenue and Center Street. Their addition will bring city-owned charging stations to 24: There are currently 12 charging stations in the City Hall parking lot at 401 Grove St. and two more at 150 Branch Lane, in the Mill District.
In his bi-weekly City Manager’s Report of April 4, Jeff Kay broke the news that the Bird Bikes program, providing a “micro-mobility” option for Healdsburg residents and visitors, has been canceled well ahead of its expected expiration date in early 2026. “Bird recently notified the City of their intent to terminate the agreement and we regret to announce that the e-bike share program will be concluding its operations in Healdsburg,” Kay wrote.
As of Jan. 13, the DistrictR tool was live and functional, and anyone can draw up a city map of four, five or six districts, with the five-district model the only option for a rotating mayor, as Healdsburg has at present. Various tools are located in the upper right corner, as is common in such applications—a hand tool to move the map, a pen tool to select a district and color it, an eraser tool to fall back on. Residents have another three weeks to work with the mapping tool....
Here are the latest business openings, closings and other goings-on, from a new place to get a fresh juice or smoothie, a hot old winery and a hot new bakery, plus a new fire station to cool things down if it gets too hot for Healdsburg.
Last last month the City of Healdsburg reached a settlement with a local couple who challenged a required $20,000 inclusionary housing fee for a new house and ADU on their residential property. The settlement, for $35,000, puts a temporary end to a legal challenge of the City of Healdsburg’s inclusionary housing fee policy.
INFORMED VOTING Before voting, read the quick page-by-page, or click-by-click look at the issues on the ballot and the candidates for office in the Nov. 5, 2024 general election. Start here...
The Ghost Quartet at The 222, Friday through Sunday, promises something more than your usual ghost story. It’s a musical exploration of themes, forms and styles, described as “a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey” by its creator, Dave Malloy. That and other events listed in our weekly Healdsburg Happenings...
Residents who headed down to the Healdsburg Plaza on Sunday evening looking for Art After Dark, usually a diverse collection of visual and performance...
An independent nonprofit law firm generally associated with libertarian causes has filed suit against the City of Healdsburg on behalf of a client who believes the city’s “inclusionary fees” to support affordable housing are illegal...
The two-story Mediterranean-style cottage at 217 Healdsburg Ave., which for years served as the public walk-in presence of the Chamber of Commerce, is for rent. Though small—it’s less than 700 square feet, 347 on the ground floor—its location could not be better for the right customer: Next door to the H2Hotel and a block’s walk from the Plaza...