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Kiosk In This Issue Stillwell Children’s Pool Open! @ Lovers Point Until September 1 Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays (+ Labor Day) Noon-4:30 PM Monday-Thursday (starting June 9) 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Weekdays - $2.00 per person Weekends - $4.00 per person New Faces - Page 7 Brewmeister - Page 12 Dirty Dog? - Page 13 • Fri. June 20 Avoiding Mail & Phone Scams on the Elderly Paul Gregory of Merrill, Lynch Co-Sponsored by Madonna Pacific Grove’s Manor at Sally Griffith Center 1:00 PM Free Fri., June 20 Carmel Crafts Guild. Weavers, spinners, and dyers meet at Monterey Library, Community Room, 10:30 a.m. Free http://carmelcraftsguild.org Times • June 20-26, 2014 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. VI, Issue 41 Sat. June 21 Norwegian Rosemaling Monterey Public Library 625 Pacific Street, Monterey Cormorant Moms Currently Nesting Community Room Carmel signs on 2:00-4.00 p.m. No Charge and Open to the Public • to Pacific Grove Sun. June 22 Feast of Lanterns Brunch the Beach House Homeless Effort Only 100 tickets available At their budget meeting on Tuesday, June PG Travel 373-0631 10, the Carmel City Council made Carmel • the fourth city to sign on to the Pacific Grove Sat. June 28 Homeless Challenge Grant. Carmel joins The Aging Lafayette Pacific Grove, Monterey, and Sand City in By Howard Burnham allocating money to identify and fund long- Little House in Jewell Park, PG term programs to reduce homelessness on the (Central and Grand) Monterey Peninsula. 5:30 The 2013 Monterey County Homeless $10 at the door Census and Survey concluded that there are • 2,590 homeless people in Monterey County. Sat. June 28 Of that amount, 1,244 of them (almost half) Candidate Seminar by Monterey County Elections live in the Peninsula cities. Steinbeck Center, 1 S. Main St. Through the challenge program, Pacific Salinas Grove Councilmembers Rudy Fischer and 10:30 - noon Ken Cuneo hope to raise enough money to Free fund some long-term efforts to reduce home- • lessness on the Peninsula. “At the same time Mon, June 30 we also hope to raise awareness of the plight Mindfulness-Based Stress of the homeless in our cities,” said Fischer. Reduction (MBSR) Intro Brandt’s Cormorants are currently nesting near the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey, Early this year the two wrote up a chal- McGowan House @ St. James where this mother bird was photographed by Marge Brigadier. Cormorants feed lenge asking the cities of the Peninsula to Epis Church on small fish and can dive some 40 feet to the sea floor in search of dinner. This set aside $1 per resident to fund long-term 381 High St., Monterey bird exhibits the blue throat of breeding season. solutions. In addition to the four cities who 7-9:30pm Free have already signed up, Fischer and Cuneo 408.823.4671 and Monterey City Councilman Alan Haffa • have also approached the other cities of the Fri. July 4 Business Owners Peninsula. “Because about 20 percent of the First Friday Local Water homeless live in unincorporated areas, we Downtown Pacific Grove Meet to Offer also plan to approach the County Board of • Projects on Supervisors for support,” said Fischer. Fri. July 4 Suggestions on Once the money is committed, Fischer City Fourth of July Celebration and Cuneo plan to meet with several of the Downtown Vitality homeless services providers to discuss pro- Caledonia Park Downtown business owners, by and large Track 10:30 AM grams that could make a difference in provid- members of the Business Improvement Dis- Optional Chicken BBQ ing services and reducing homelessness. trict, met in an informal atmosphere on June Ahead of the rest of • “In the last several months we have 17 to discuss issues they confront which are Sat. July 5 spoken with several leaders of the more than peculiar to doing business in downtown Pa- the Peninsula Postponed! 30 local churches who help the homeless cific Grove. They also offered suggestions as The City of Pacific Grove is on sched- First Saturday Book Sale in some way through IHelp. We have also to what, if anything, the City could or would ule with the Local Water Project according PG Library spoken with people from the Salvation Army • do to make downtown more successful. Pres- to City Manager Tom Frutchey, and with – which runs the Good Samaritan Center in ent were a mix of restaurateurs, merchants, the City Council's actions at the Wed., Sand City, One Starfish Parking Pilot (for safe office and gallery owners as well as the Pacific June 18 meeting, are close to being on the parking for homeless women), The Coalition Grove Museum of Natural History, the motor- money as well. of Homeless Services Providers, and Carmel cycle museum, and this newspaper, as well as The City Council approved the nec- Cares.” All of the organizations are 501 (c) Mayor Bill Kampe, Mayor Pro Tem Robert essary actions to apply for $12,500 in (3) organizations with the appropriate gover- Inside Huitt, City Manager Tom Frutchey and Moe additional State grant funds to run a test nance structure in place. Ammar of the Chamber of Commerce. of the use of recycled water at the Pacific “With a majority of the cities on the Participants were invited first to bring up Grove Golf Links, with initial testing to be 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove ........... 6 Peninsula now on board we feel like we are subjects at random, and then each participant undertaken in May 2016 and full produc- Animal Tales making progress,” said Fischer, stating that & Other Random Thoughts .............. 14 was given three votes to spend on ranking tion scheduled for September of the same they still hope to get support from Seaside, Cartoon ............................................. 2 the issues. year. Nonpotable water will be trucked Del Rey Oaks, and Marina. Green Page ...................................... 17 The following list presents the ranked an- from Pasadera in Monterey County and Health ................................................. Tax deductible donations may be sent to swers to the question: What are the problems/ used on the 14th green and the 15th tee on Marriage Can Be Funny ................... 16 the Pacific Grove Donations Fund, payable to challenges that are preventing your business the Golf Links which will help to design Obituary ............................................ 8 the City of Pacific Grove, Attn.: TomFrutchey, Otter Views ...................................... 14 and the downtown as a whole from being as the future treatment system, using results 300 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove. Peeps ............................................... 10 successful as you would like? on the grass and soil type. Fertilizer for John Rapp: Press Release ................... 4 The 2013 Homeless Census and Sur- Sudoku .............................................. 5 vey link is: http://www.indybay.org/news- See VITALITY Page 2 See WATER Page 3 items/2013/06/25/18738965.php Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • June 20, 2014 Joan Skillman PVITALITY From Page 1 Votes 15 Upgrade perception of Pacific Grove throughout the peninsula Skillshots 13 Anchor store(s) 11 Wayfinding signs: at Center and 1st St., etc. 9 Getting people from the Rec Trail to downtown 9 Corner signage for side streets 9 More pedestrian space; less auto space 8 Need more opportunities to shop, congregate, and achieve vitality 7 Median lights – why aren’t they turned on still? 6 Gull wastes, noise 6 New revenues to pay for needed improvements 4 Lack of big names in town 2 Restarting the Trolley or similar transportation assistance 2 Clean street gutters 2 Stay open at night 2 First Friday participation 2 Referrals from hotels; educate front desk staff 2 Better paths and maps 1 Additional parking 1 Ensure tourist center refers people to Pacific Grove businesses 1 Business mix 1 A welcoming attitude and infrastructure Isolation; difficult entry Awnings; clean, update, etc. When people aren’t in town, we don’t do well Special events Wider variety of stores On-line competition for certain sectors and businesses only Some items which had come up as suggestions lost their ranking as more ideas were presented. A number of the suggestions, such as wayfinding signage and changes in types of allowable businesses are being addressed already. Some of the changes would not require City, Chamber of Commerce or B.I.D. involvement, such as staying open at night when there are tourists in town. The next step will be a meeting of downtown property owners. No date has been set for that meeting. Got an idea for something you’d like to see on the Green Page? Email us: [email protected] PENDING Talk: Advantages of Philanthropy Peace of Mind Dog Rescue (POMDR) will host a free educational seminar on Saturday, June 28 at the POMDR Bauer Center at 615 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove. The seminar will take place from 10:00 a.m. - noon and will be led by Henry 2727 Pradera Rd. Your friendly local real 1305 Miles Ave. Nigos of Nigos Investments. Carmel estate professional born Pacific Grove Ocean & Pt. 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