Charlotte Williams of Wine & Water Watch (www.winewaterwatch.org) just sent out the following information. I plan to go to the July 21 presentation in Sebastopol. Please join us at one or more of these events, as it becomes increasingly difficult for locals to stay here and to find affordable housing. I went to the website mentioned below, which provided lots of information.
I am also glad to hear that there will be an open WWW meeting in September, with details to follow. We are loosing our sweet county to winery event centers and rampant tourism. It is important to keep speaking up. Tourism serves only a few, including many who do not live and work here, but extract the natural resources of the Redwood Empire.
Dear Wine & Water Watch,
It's been several months since I've sent anything to you, so I hope you are all well and still paying attention.
Below are some upcoming meetings hosted by Sonoma County Tourism you might like to attend. These may be good opportunities to let the industry know what your experiences and concerns are whether in Sonoma County or elsewhere, and perhaps to offer alternatives to business as usual.
WWW will be hosting an open-to-the-public meeting in September. I'll send the details on that before long. In the meantime, do check out our website. https://winewaterwatch.org/
ANNOUNCEMENT: "Let's talk TOURISM"
A series of conversations to discuss Sonoma County's hospitality Industry.
We invite our residents and tourism businesses to join Sonoma County Tourism in this discussion at locations around the county.
July 18: Cloverdale: 8:30 - 10am. Grange Hall
July 21: Sebastopol 8:30 - 10:00 am. Sebastopol Center for the Arts
July 26: Petaluma: 8:30 - 10am. Community Center
August 10: Healdsburg 8:30 - 10:00 am. Villa Chanticleer (Thursday morning)
Sept 1: Rohnert Park: 8:30 - 10am: (Petaluma location listed)
sonomacounty.com/partners.
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Charlotte Williams[email protected]707-889-1788 cell