This Veteranās Day, we encourage you to visit the newly renovated Riverside Military Wall of Honor located right in front of City Hall.
Monday Gazette: November 11, 2024
Hello Riverside, and Happy Veteransās Day!
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Riverside Veterans Benefit from Habitat for Humanity's "A Brush With Kindness" Initiative
Bank of America volunteers and grant support no-cost exterior home improvements for those in need.
Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Riverside and Bank of America paint a veteran's home. (Habitat for Humanity of Riverside and Bank of America)
Local volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Riverside and Bank of America are teaming up to paint a mobile home for a low-income veteran and his wife in Riverside.
This project is part of Habitat's "A Brush With Kindness" home repair program. It offers free minor exterior repairs, clean-up, and painting to low-income homeowners who can't do the work themselves.
David Hahn, Executive Director of Habitat Riverside, says, "Our 'A Brush With Kindness' program really helps Riverside's low-to-moderate income homeowners. It's a big part of our goal to provide safe and secure homes."
City Council does not meet this week. Potentially stricter rules for industrial development near neighborhoods and a review of the Cityās homelessness outreach and cleanup spending are on committee and commission agendas this week.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the coming week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.
Land Use Committee
The Land Use Committee (Councilmembers Mill, Falcone, and Cervantes) meets on Tuesday, November 12, at 9:00 a.m. to review two potentially significant policy changes: stricter rules for industrial development near neighborhoods and new ways to handle unpermitted home additions while ensuring safety standards.
The RCAA Gallery exhibit highlights the resilience of people during trying times.
Michael J. Elderman at his RCAA exhibition. (Ken Crawford)
I visited the RCAA gallery during the November Artswalk. Michael J. Elderman is showing a limited selection from a series of portraits taken during the COVID lockdown. The collection focuses on local artists and business people coping with the isolation and economic shock we all experienced during the pandemic.
Michael has been documenting Riverside culture for half a century. He started as a young man doing street photography. His annual calendar has become a holiday tradition for many of us in town. Michael has earned, through the trust he has built, unique access to the people and places of Riverside that is necessary to document the city as āthe Eyes of Riverside.ā He has also created a repertoire of excellent output and a reputation for showing the best in people, which comforts even the camera-shy.
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