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City Awarded Grant Funding for General Plan Update
January 15, 2021
The City of Salinas is embarking on its first comprehensive General Plan Update in almost 20 years. This General Plan Update comes at a critical point for Salinas, and can help position the community for an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, as well as addressing housing and other challenges. To make...
Composting Challenge
January 14, 2021
Take the Composting Challenge and earn a free home compost bin! Supplies are limited. Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority (SVSWA) is hosting a Composting Challenge in an effort to spread information about the benefits of composting. Participants can watch two short videos about composting yard clippings/kitchen scraps and how easy it is for worms to...
Salinas PD Continues Homeless Outreach
January 13, 2021
There has been a considerable amount of concern expressed recently regarding the Salinas Police Department’s interaction with the homeless community. The police department has a Homeless Outreach Officer (HOT), Gabe Carvey, whose daily duty is to be a resource to the city’s homeless and assist them in getting into available services by acting as a...
Record number of activity kits given away in December
January 12, 2021
Recreation & Community Services
Appreciation for take-home Activity Kits prepared by Recreation staff was at an all time high this past month as nearly 1500 kits were given away at recreation centers in the month of December.
The holiday-themed kits included a wide variety of fun activities including making candy cane ornaments, 3-D Christmas trees and greeting cards,...
Library's new STEM program soars ahead!
January 8, 2021
Can you build a paper airplane that can transport one passenger and propel them at least six feet in the air? That was this week's challenge in the Salinas Public Library's new STEM Challenge program. Participants were allowed to use anything that might work, including recycled paper, binder paper, newspapers, and even receipt papers. More...
