Hi Suzanne, Here is a list of website editor questions that have come up: 1. Some site visitors are having certain portions of our site blocked (perhaps because some insecure image content is on the page)? Why do some of these old “insecure” (http) theme images still try to load, even though we can’t see […]
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Friends of North Sonoma FNS has been officially recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a tax-exempt non-profit organization. If you wish to make a charitable contribution to our neighborhood education efforts, please use the Donate button, or send a check directly to our PO Box. If you need our tax ID number, or
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Have you ever tried to walk from North Sonoma to Boyes Hot Springs? If so, then you know how scary it can be crossing over the Agua Caliente Creek bridge on Highway 12, just north of Donald Street. The good news is that Sonoma County has requested that CALTRANS add new sidewalks to make this
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From the Friends of North Sonoma/Steering Committee To the Donald St. Community, A. Sonoma County continues to press forward with the rezoning of Donald St., East of Robinson for the Springs Specific Plan (SSP). Our neighborhood will see the number of houses along Donald St. grow by over FIVE times from 114 houses to 630
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The complete Final Report of the 2019-2020 Sonoma Civil Grand Jury was issued on August 2, 2020, calling the Springs Specific Plan “a Public Disclosure Misfire”. Their investigation aimed to answer one question: “Did Sonoma County follow the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) guidelines for Specific Plans relating to public disclosure and soliciting input from affected
Sonoma County Grand Jury Final Report (August 2020) Read More »
Grand Jury SSP Summary April 2020
Sonoma County Grand Jury Summary (APRIL 2020) Read More »
The first website announcing the Springs Specific Plan to the community (https://thesprings.specificplan.org) was set up by PRMD and the Community Advisory Team. It was taken offline not long after the Donald Street neighborhood became organized. The archive of this old website can be viewed at the following link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190515181114/https://thesprings.specificplan.org/
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The “preliminary draft Springs Specific Plan” was presented to the Sonoma Valley Citizen’s Advisory Committee on August 22, 2018. Yolanda Solano, Permit Sonoma, Sonoma County Planning Division/Comprehensive Planning, Planner III, introduced the project team: Beth Thompson and Elise Carroll of DeNovo Planning Group, and Katie Olding, County Planner I. The materials shared with the SVCAC
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