🌱 Local Math League + Foley Pavilion Latest + Farmers Market Mania

Hello, hello! Simone here with your latest copy of the Healdsburg Patch newsletter — aka, your guide to all the most important things happening these days in town. Today you'll get updates on:

• The long-running effort to build a permanent home for the Healdsburg Farmers Market
• All the new vendors you'll see at the market next Tuesday
• A group of teens who started a math league and tournament for younger students in town
• The very unlikely venue for a local film festival screening last week
• And more...

But first, your local weather:

• Tuesday: Mix of clouds and sun. High: 73 Low: 43.
• Wednesday: Mix of clouds and sun again. High: 73 Low: 45.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny. High: 76 Low: 47.

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Air over Healdsburg:

Here are the top 3 stories today in Healdsburg:

1. Ah yes, the age-old question: What's going on with the Foley Family Pavilion, potential future home of the Healdsburg Farmers Market? The Tribune has an update for us from last week's City Council meeting, where councilmembers gave their final stamp of approval on the design of the pavilion. It will be built "on the site and in the style of the former Purity warehouse" at 3 North St. next to Little Saint, the Tribune reports — a project funded largely by the charitable arm of the billion-dollar Foley family. The city's website says they expect it to open in summer or fall of next year. However! "The council meeting revealed a disconnect between the stated purpose of the project, as a new home for the farmers’ market, and the willingness of the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market itself to move in," the Tribune reports. While the city staffers presenting the design proposal assured councilmembers that, to their knowledge, the market was still "in full support of this" design, market manager Janet Ciel later told the Trib: "We’re excited about the Foley Pavilion, but have expressed concerns to the city regarding our ability to fit into the space itself, and the additional stretch of North St. which would be closed for us each week. This has been a concern since the beginning of the project, so the city is aware of our issues, and now our market has grown to such a size that projections made years ago no longer apply." So we'll see how all that shakes out! Read more and see the latest renderings of the pavilion here... (Healdsburg Tribune & City of Healdsburg)
2. Speaking of the farmers market. The new season for the Tuesday version of the market, held right on the Healdsburg plaza, starts one week from today, on May 16. It will run from 9 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday through the end of September. According to the market's latest newsletter, Tuesday vendors will include local favorite Quail and Condor Bakery; a new chicken and ribs grab-and-go stand called What-A-Chicken; Nellie's Oysters; Moxie's Frozen Yogurt; the Poppies & Petals flower farm; a guy named Art Downing with a knife-sharpening stand, who'll do your scissors and gardening tools as well; the "biodynamic" Eco Terrano Farm & Winery, from Alexander Valley; Mama Yali's Dumpling Kitchen; Freeze, a snack stand that "freeze-dries everything except the kitchen sink"; Healthy Haven Wellness, serving "fresh juices and luscious salads in jars"; two soap makers, Lianna Soaps from San Francisco and Cultured Goat Soap Co. from Monte Rio; a bunch of farms including Russian River Organics and Duncan's Mushrooms; returning food stands like Anna's Seafood and Soultopia; craft makers like Jendala, Mendo Madrone and Ed Laney, The Tinkerer; and many more! (Healdsburg Farmers Market & Healdsburg Farmers Market via ConstantContact)
3. Some former students of The Healdsburg School — the small, private elementary and middle school at the south end of town — have banded together to create a "math league" and tournament at the school for kids across Sonoma County, according to the Press Democrat. It's called "Math4Everyone," and its young founders say they started it to help offset the pandemic's dismal effect on middle-school math scores. The students — Barry Liu, Cecilia Brenner, Meher Dhiman and Lisa Zheng — all attend different high schools now, but reportedly came together and "reached out to The Healdsburg School Principal Andy Davies and their middle school math teacher, Carrie Smith, and asked if they thought it was a good idea and if they could use some space in the school on Sundays." The principal says she "of course, immediately said yes." She adds: “For us this was a really authentic example for our mission as a school, and we were absolutely impressed. It's just heartwarming, actually, as an educator. There's a lot of bad news in education, and this was a really good thing.” Every Sunday, the four founding students "tutor middle schoolers in classes using games and practice problems" and "assign weekly homework and hold office hours to provide extra support," the PD reports. "All of it leads up to one big tournament, which they held on Sunday at The Healdsburg School. The four were motivated to help, knowing firsthand how hard it was to really grasp new math concepts during the shift to virtual learning during pandemic lockdowns." Pretty sweet, right? (Press Democrat; paywall)

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Coming up in Healdsburg:

Tuesday, May 9

• Tasting Tuesdays at Little Saint, Featuring Mommenpop & Poe Wines (4-6PM)
• Healdsburg City Planning Commission Meeting (6PM)
• English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meeting at Healdsburg High School (6PM)
• Healdsburg Running Company Hosts Rohnert Park Road Trip & Run, With Finish at Cal Skate (6PM)

Wednesday, May 10

• Sonoma County Government Hosts Virtual Home Resiliency Workshop: "Funding Your Improvements - Incentives, Rebates & Financing" (11:30AM-12:30PM)
• Teen Anime Club at the Healdsburg Library (1:30PM)
• Homework Help at the Healdsburg Library (4PM)
• Spiritual Reflection & Communal Potluck at THE 222 (Monthly, 5:30PM)
• Canon Book Group at the Healdsburg Library: "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles (6PM)
• Documentary Film Screening at Little Saint: "Children of the Vine" (6-8PM)
• Trivia Night at Coyote Sonoma (7-9PM)
• "Riverdance" 25th Anniversary Show at the Luther Burbank Center (7:30PM)

Thursday, May 11

• "Shifting the Lens" Guest Chef Series at Jordan Vineyards & Winery, Featuring Vietnamese-American Chef Tu David Phu (May 11-14, 11AM & 2:30PM)
• Mother's Day Tea at the Healdsburg Senior Center (3PM)
• Homework Help at the Healdsburg Library (3PM)
• Locals & Industry Night at Oakville Grocery (5-7PM)
• Healdsburg Running Company Hosts Shiloh Ranch Run (6PM)
• Trivia Night at Fogbelt Station Beer Garden (6-8PM)
• Santa Rosa Latin Jazz Live at Furthermore Wines (7PM)
• Haley Heynderickx & Saintseneca Live at Little Saint (7-9PM)
• Karaoke Night at Coyote Sonoma (7-10PM)

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From my notebook:

• There will be some roadwork happening on Memorial Bridge through about 4 p.m. this afternoon, city officials say. Crews are reportedly installing an armor plate to repair damage on the northeast corner of the bridge. "Work will take place near the travel lane and may require periodic delays in traffic movement," officials say. "Please choose alternate routes and pay attention to signage and the direction of workers in that area." (Healdsburg Patch)
• There's also that big PG&E project on local streets through Thursday. The utility company is "performing required slurry seal street restoration on various street segments where gas line upgrades have been installed" in Healdsburg, according to the city. Watch out for "lane closures and other traffic control measures" across town. Check out the exact streets affected here. (City of Healdsburg via Facebook)

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— Simone Wilson

About me: I was born and raised in Healdsburg, CA, where I was the editor of the Healdsburg High School Hound's Bark. I have since worked as a local journalist for publications in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and the Middle East. I'm currently a senior product manager for Patch.

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