Resources
City of Santa Rosa
The City of Santa Rosa had a very informative website. A few highlights that would be useful for neighbors:
- Emergency information
- COPE: Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies
- Neighborhood Watch information
- Neighborhood City Services Quick Reference Guide
- Neighborhood Resources
- City contacts and phone numbers
- Email the S.R. City Council
- Arts District …Downtown Santa Rosa
- Recreation and parks
- Cultural Heritage Board
- Santa Rosa Tool Library (borrow tools free, a nonprofit not officially by the city)
- Community Advisory Board Grant Application (up to $1000 for neighborhood projects)
Merchants in 95405 Zip Code
- 95405 Locally Owned Businesses in the 95405 Zip Code (via Go Local website)
Downtown and Merchants
Recreation, Entertainment and Fun
We have lots of great outdoor and other treasures! Starting in the Bennett Valley area and then beyond:
- Howarth Park
- Spring Lake Park
- Annadel State Park
- Sonoma County Fairgrounds
- Prince Memorial Greenway
- Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
- Santa Rosa Downtown Market
- Sonoma County Library
- Sonoma County Museum
- Joe Rodota Creek Trail
- Sonoma County Transit Authority- trail maps
- Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition
Green Living
- iGrow (about growing, eating, & sharing healthy food)
- iWalk (about walking to improve health)
- Go Local (provides information, benefits & discounts for shopping, banking, etc. at locally owned businesses)
- Sonoma County Recycling Info
- Santa Rosa Recycling and Collection
- School Garden Network (of Sonoma County)
- Creek Stewardship Program
- Transition U.S. (seeks to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis)
- Borrowing items from neighbors/ people in our area (using this can save money and resources)
Miscellaneous
- Likeminded.org (discover and share resources and success stories about strengthening communities)
- The Press Democrat
- Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library
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