Well that would be lovely, but given the amount of money it would take, I doubt incubator green business, whose premise is economically shaky to begin with (hence the incubator), would be able to...

While I've never been a fan of this new building from a design and impact point, I'm wondering if the community "starves them out" as you suggest, what becomes of the building? I'm sure the sale...

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Here in Wine Country™ you can always tell who's the greenest by the trees and leaves on their logos. If you're not sure, check your daily mail and its endless stream of their paper-based...

Sorry to see this happen, but maybe it's time to cut the losses and turn it into a tasting room/retail/hotel/tasting room/artist studios/tasting room.
...

This is where a viable third party starts. Hard work, proof of competence, small successes, all of that.

The great thing about Sebastopol, is that we've had Green Party members who have gained...

Went to dinner there last night and it was great.

Had the full slab of baby back ribs with BBQ beans and coleslaw. Ribs were nicely smoky and tender with a dry rub on the outside. Beans were...

A couple of points regarding the efficiency of tiny houses:

In doing some research over the past couple of years, we have found that a great many tiny house designs utilize sleeping lofts. The...

Something else to be aware of is people filing a tax return using your name and SSN but with their address. This happened to me a few years ago, and it was a real pain in the tuchas to get it...

Well, there's affordable and then there's affordable. Affordable for whom? Poor people? Old people? Housing for people to buy, to rent or to merely occupy? Just for the struggling people of...

Wow! This is a really ambitious timetable, and I wish them much success with the swift restoration of a wonderful place. Of course, the idea of construction going on while I'd be using the pools...

Well, that is where I'm a bit confused. I've no qualms with how any of us make our choices as a consumer, especially those of us of like mind. We all do what we can, and I don't boycott McDonalds...

This is just another reason why I love you Waccos!

Thanks for the heads up on this. Saw the other day that the previous tenant had moved out, and was wondering what the new place was. ...

Just wondering why you're boycotting the "McDonalds shopping center"? I've only lived here ten years so was there some similar protest to that shopping center being built?

Too bad you're...

What if the antenna is built by Patrick Amiot and painted the color of the sky?

:idea::wink::Yinyangv:

The CRV is a deposit paid on many bottles and cans with the idea being that consumers will return the bottles and get their deposit back. Unlike in Ye Oldynne Tymes of my youth, grocery stores will...

I guess the only question I have right now is:

Are FM radio waves more dangerous than Roundup™?

:Champagne::dragonfly::urgtgslpy::lotsopeople:

Just heard the Sebastopol Foster's Freeze is being replaced with Handline, a new seafood restaurant from the Peter Lowell's guys.

Progress paddles on. :letseat::fishy::letseat:

Cool for S'pol. Not so much for Occidental, but on a purely selfish level, I'll be happy to hear KOWS more better. As a former disc jockey, I much prefer the freeform content of stations like KOWS...

I thought about this idea this morning, but then it occurred to me that every other town around here is so bland or one dimensional that it'd be very short lists, indeed. Say what you will about us...

The logical conclusion of which is banning parking lots, because people use them instant gratification buggies to get there. People should walk or bike or take bio-diesel mass transit everywhere,...

Thanks for the heads up about this, Shepard.

You know, I remember back in the early 90's The Anderson Valley Advertiser proposed making the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter our state bird.

At the...

This has to be great news for the folks of Rohnert Park. While anything is an improvement over that endless strip mall of a town they have now, it'd be nice if they could create something that...

My problems with this proposal are how much bureaucratic dancing there needs to be to make it effective (in the eyes of its authors) and its fundamental tenant, which is to ban things that are...

The new FOR RENT sign in the window of Appletrees Restaurant offers an exciting opportunity for someone to contribute to the retail diversity of our little town. Spin the wheel to see what's next.
...

Uh oh.

What about (gasp!) Whole Foods?
Every gas station except Fast Gas?
Safeway, Lucky, Rite Aid, Starbucks, Subway, Baskin Robins, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Mary's Pizza Shack, Hopmonk, 7-Eleven?...

Well, based on this thread, my limited knowledge of pretty much everything, my utter disgust for most things political, and my dark, conspiracy-addled view of the state of our roads, I will be voting...

Much of the unpaid consulting work on this thread, in well-meaning attempts to apply personal/communal aesthetics to commercial space, is concerned with how a blank space can be filled. Wherever it...

Mrs. Pole and I have been talking about a tiny house for a while now. We are decaying boomers with little savings trying to figure out where we shall spend our last couple of decades, and the idea...

The thing I find so interesting (not shocking, given the history of the Barlow shopping center, but interesting) about this proposal is the sheer audacity of the proposal itself. I am assuming it is...

IMHO, the solution/process is much simpler.

For those of us in the Greater Metropolitan Sebastopol Area (where our neighbors are usually feet away, rather than acres), it works like when there is...

Sounds lovely on your planet, Nancy. Here on earth, however, we apparently attract asshole neighbors through some power that we are ignorant of (though I'm sure you'd be happy to explain in...

Aaaaannnnndddd it might, just might, also be true that there are actually people with dogs who are either ignorant of or willfully disregarding any impact their dogs barking might have on their...

I passed along your comments to the Chief. Patrol cars will be arriving at your home shortly.... :wink:


They'll never take me alive, Barry!

I listened to the game on KSRO and it was really...

Jeez, Barry, then what's with all the secrecy? Put a sign on the friggin' bus so we can cheer them on instead of cursing who these people are who are stopping traffic, keeping pedestrians from...

Lights went out. We called a pal and did a spur-of-the-moment cheap dinner and a movie thing. Lights came back on as we were walking out the door, but we were already committed.

By the way,...

Today at 3:00 PM the dusty hamlet of Sebastopol was graced with the presence of Those Who Shall Not Be Named, as their majestic tour bus, windows blackened, ambled slowly down Main Street to the awe...

I feel like this post was made personally for me. Over the past year we have been dealing with a next door neighbor who has routinely left dogs out at all hours of the day and night, where they bark...

The problem with all of these decisions is that it boils down to taste. The taste of the urban planners, architects, developers, business owners and maybe the general public.

On the one hand,...

I guess the idea of it being a lumberyard is out of the question, huh?

How about an artisanal lumberyard?

What if they put a wine tasting room/restaurant/art gallery in the lumberyard?
...

Costco's "large quantity" items really, really work for things you use a lot of, even if you live alone or with just one other person. Toilet paper, detergents, cooking oils, coffee, frozen organic...

You could be right, Barry. There are plenty of companies and political organizations who have no qualms about hiring someone like Carillo, under the premise that what he might offer would outweigh...

I find it fascinating that the former Mr. Carillo lauded his own "honesty and candor", which came after months of delays as his attorney sought a deal.

I remain steadfast in my belief that the...

Proof that the system works!

:peepwall: :Thanks:

In reading this thread, I am struck with a couple of thoughts. First, it seems like otherwise smart women who would never respond to a $5 chain letter, are perfectly willing to send thousands of...

LIVE! LOCAL! LATE-BREAKING!

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Safeway-accused-of-deceiving-shoppers-to-pay-5295252.php


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Not too familiar with Grocery Outlet, but I AM familiar with the whole "oops, wrong price" phenomena. This all started when stores went from actually putting a price tag on individual items to using...

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"Now for my question - why is it so much better to patronize a non-profit (?) community owned market than, say, a family owned market?"

This is not an either/or question. When I lived in San...

Shandi, first, thanks for the heads up about Sprouts. I'd forgotten that it had opened up because I haven't been by that area of Petaluma in months. I'll definitely check it out. :thumbsup:

As...

My experience with Community Market's new shop in The Barlow has been very positive. While I've liked their Santa Rosa store for the most part (it reminded me of the co-op stores I'd been a member...