The City of Walnut Creek will honor the memory of fallen soldiers during its traditional Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 28. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m at the gazebo at Civic Park, corner of North Broadway and Civic Drive.
Keynote speakers retired Tech Sergeant Bob Tharratt and retired Sergeant Dick Ingraham will tell the story of how a regiment of Ingraham’s Infantry Division liberated a group of POWs that included Tharratt, and how they discovered that connection more than 50 years later during a conversation at a Walnut Creek church. More... | |
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| | As summer starts, there is historically an increase in solicitors in our community. While it is legal for a person to solicit others at their homes they must do so according to Walnut Creek’s Municipal Code rules and regulations. For suggestions regarding home solicitations, click: More... | |
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| Walnut Creek residents are invited to apply for the Walnut Creek Bicycle Committee. There are two one-year openings; both will expire at the end of June 2013. The Bicycle Advisory Committee will assist staff with the implementation of the recently adopted Bicycle Master Plan. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, June 8. Click for the application. For more information, contact Julie Iamele, Traffic Engineering Division, 925-256-3529. Learn more about the committee by reading the Bicycle Advisory Committee charter.
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| | Summer means roadwork, and Walnut Creek roads are no exception. Two key projects are slated to begin in June: The Safe Routes to School project at the Buena Vista and Parkside Drive intersection, and downtown road improvements on California Boulevard and Newell Avenue. More... | |
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| The City is seeking two residents and one business owner to serve on a Citizens Advisory Committee that will draft a West Downtown Specific Plan.
The candidates must live or own a business within the plan area.
The purpose of the Specific Plan is to plan for new homes and businesses between Mt. Diablo Blvd and the Walnut Creek BART station, preserve the Almond-Shuey neighborhood, and plan for ways to make it easier to walk and bike between the BART station and downtown.
More information, including a map of the plan area and the application, is available online at www.walnut-creek.org/westdowntown. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Thursday, May 24. | |
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