Glen Ellen Forum Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting October 16th, 2023 6:00-7:30 PM, London Lodge Dining Room In attendance: Debbie Lammers, Amanda Shone, Mary Guerrazzi, Katie Everidge, Melissa Dowling, Nancy Padian, Pat Carlin, Bean Anderson, Nick Brown, and Laurie Pile. Call to Order and Introduction …
Glen Ellen Forum Board of Directors Meeting Convened online January 14, 2021; submitted by Amanda Shone, Secretary No video recording for this meeting at this time Present were: Melissa Dowling (Board President), Angela Morgan (Board Vice President), Amanda Shone (Board Secretary), Dave Shefferman (Board Treasurer), …
Next Glen Ellen Forum Monthly MeetingWhen: Monday, December 7, 6:30 – 8:00 PM) Special Meeting |
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Provide your Feedback on the SDC Specific Plan Virtual Community WorkshopThe Glen Ellen Forum SDC/Eldridge Committee asks those who attended the November 14 Community Workshop to please send your feedback to sdc.eldridgecommittee@gmail. 1) Was the workshop informative? You can see information on the SDC Specific Plan project on the project website: www.sdcspecificplan.com |
Save the Date for the following upcoming Glen Ellen Forum and other Community Events:Monday, February 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Next monthly meeting of the Glen Ellen Forum. For information and meeting details, go to glenellen.org after the December 7, meeting. Note that we always take a break in January, so there won’t be a January meeting. Wednesday, December 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. – North Bay Municipal Advisory Committee Meeting. For information about the North BAY MAC and to register for the meeting, go to: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/ |
Please Donate to the Glen Ellen ForumWe need and appreciate your donations to support our ongoing operations and committees. You can make a donation to the Glen Ellen Forum in any amount, large or small, on our website glenellen.org. You can also mail a check payable to The Glen Ellen Forum to PO Box 464 Glen Ellen, CA 95442. Thank you for your support! Please follow us on the Glen Ellen Forum Facebook Page. |
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Next Glen Ellen Forum Monthly Meeting When: Monday, November 2, 6:30 – 8:00 PM) Register in advance to attend and receive the Zoom meeting details by clicking HERE. Featured Speakers: -Nikko Kimzin of Transcendence Theatre Company will talk about collaborative efforts to promote arts education at Dunbar School -Committee …
Next Glen Ellen Forum Monthly Meeting When: Monday, September 14, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Register in advance to attend and receive the Zoom meeting details by clicking HERE. In addition to committee updates and a special announcement, the September meeting will have two guest speakers, Bonnie Brown, and Caitlin …
When: This Monday August 5, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: The former Umbria restaurant space adjacent to the Jack London Lodge/Saloon. 13740 Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen.
Our featured speaker will be Marty Winter, the developer of the proposed Rustic Shops and Apartments project. He will be presenting his design plans and be available to answer questions.
The Glen Ellen Forum received a generous grant from the Rise up Community Impact Grants Fund of Rebuild North Bay to use to purchase additional sheds for those on the waiting list and provide gift cards to purchase trees and shrubs for fire survivors.
The Glen Ellen Forum is offering, by lottery, $300 nursery gift certificates/vouchers to up to eleven recipients to help fund replacement trees and shrubs for members of our community who lost their homes in the 2017 fires.
If you lost your home in Glen Ellen in the October 2017 wildfires and would like to apply for a chance to get a voucher for trees and/or shrubs, please complete this application: Trees/shrubs Lottery Application. Lottery applications will also be distributed at the August 5, and September 9, monthly Glen Ellen Forum meetings.
We will collect and verify all applications and enter them into a lottery, to be randomly drawn Sunday, September 15, 2019. Those selected will be notified immediately.
Stephen Sorkin, the developer for the proposed project at the corner of Arnold and Carquinez, where the Garden Court Café and McCormick Mercantile are located, spoke at our July meeting providing detailed information about the renovations he has planned for the site. The proposed renovation will have eight residential units and an expanded and improved restaurant space for the Garden Court Cafe as well as additional parking and an electric car charger for the site. The photo to the left is an artists rendering of the proposed façade. For more information, you can view the plans here or contact Mr. Sorkin at ssorkin@gmail.com with your questions.
Post Office Parking Lot Beautification Project UpdateA big thank you to our hard working Glen Ellen Forum Projects Committee. They are even closer to final completion of their work to beautify the parking lot at the post office. The team completed the initial landscaping and installed the new kiosk, little lending library, and the first garbage can. The projects committee also repainted under the old bridge on Arnold.
If you’d like to stay informed on the progress of the planning process for the future of Eldridge, the site of the recently closed Sonoma Developmental Center, you can check current status and sign up for email updates on this Permit Sonoma webpage dedicated to the future of Eldridge project. There is a link on the right side of the page to sign up for updates.
The Commerce and Tourism Committee of the GE Forum has completed the first printing of Glen Ellen Village Maps. They have had fantastic positive feedback from the community while distributing them to local businesses. They’ve collected a list of additions and edits and are already preparing for a second printing! If you or your business would like some maps to hand out to your customers or if you have any suggestions, please send an email to Forum@GlenEllen.org.
Follow the Glen Ellen Forum Commerce and Tourism Committee on Facebook: Commerce and Tourism Facebook Page.
At a meeting to discuss the formation of a Municipal Advisory Committee for Glen Ellen and Kenwood on June 18, attendees brainstormed possible names of the future committee. Please vote for your favorite here: Name the MAC.
Larry Davis, of Glen Ellen, will be facilitating a group learning opportunity this fall to introduce California’s General Plan Guidelines and local land use planning policies and processes. This course will prepare participants to contribute to future land use planning discussions with the state and county to help determine the future of Eldridge and Glen Ellen. The group will meet weekly for four weeks, two hours per week at Mayflower Hall (exact dates TBD). The cost of the sessions is $60 to cover reading materials and meeting space. If you have questions about the course or would like to participate, contact Larry Davis at: davislhd70@gmail.com.
Monday September 9, 7:00 PM – September Monthly meeting, Location TBD (note that the date will be the second Monday of the month due to the Labor Day Holiday).
Commerce and Tourism Committee upcoming meetings - All are welcome
Tuesday, August 27, 5:30 PM at Quarry Hill Botanical Garden
Tuesday, September 24, 5:30 PM location TBD
Sunday, September 29 - Upcoming Family Picnic Day at Morton’s Warm Springs
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Next Glen Ellen Forum Monthly Meeting When: Monday, July 6, 6:30 – 8:00 PM) Register in advance to attend and receive the Zoom meeting details by clicking HERE. We have a very interesting slate of speakers for our July meeting including:: Glen Ellen Ground Water Recharge information from the Sonoma County …
Resilient Landscaping: Gardening in the Defensible Space Zone – May 16, 10AM-1:PM When: Saturday, May 16 10am -1pm Where: Join Zoom Meeting: Press Zoom Link Here Meeting ID: 940 1369 3940 Password: 590411 Learn how to create and maintain a fire-wise, sustainable garden that supports biodiversity …
Click here for information on the Housing Sites EIR Virtual Scoping Meeting
The comment period initiated by the Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Rezoning Sites for Housing project has been extended to May 14.
The NOP (published March 11 and updated April 15) notified responsible agencies and interested parties of Permit Sonoma’s intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to analyze sites proposed for possible rezoning to facilitate the development of housing. The NOP initiated a comment period during which agency staff and interested members of the public may submit comments, either written or verbal, on the scope of the environmental issues to be addressed in the EIR.
The original comment period began March 11, 2020, and was extended to 5:00 p.m. on May 8, 2020. The comment period is now extended again to end 5:00 p.m., May 14, 2020.
The virtual public scoping meeting will still be held Tuesday, May 6, 2020, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
View instructions for joining the meeting
Comments may be submitted to HousingSites@sonoma-county.org or via the interactive map of sites at the project website.
The SDC PAT virtual Community Kick-Off was last Thursday and Friday. A very important continuation for our community outreach as we all discuss the future of the SDC Campus and lands. Thursday, April 30th COMMUNITY OUTREACH 1:00-1:45 John McCaull -Sonoma Land Trust Thursday, April 30th …
