February
9 The HEAL Cities Campaign FREE Webinar “Using Economic Development Funds to Create Incentives for Healthy Retail” – 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. The HEAL Cities Campaign, a project of the California League of Cities invites you to attend a free webinar “Using Economic Development Funds to Create Incentives for Healthy Retail.” This webinar will outline how economic development tools and financing mechanisms can be leveraged to work with small corner stores to increase the availability of healthy choices and create new business models for small food retail. Presenters will discuss the opportunities and limitations of economic development tools and offer ideas for how partnerships with local economic development agencies and small store owners can deepen the impact and sustainability of their healthy corner store work. Attendees are required to register in advance. For more information, please visit the HEAL Web site or call Francesca Wright, HEAL special projects coordinator, at (530) 220-4049.
16 California Transportation Plan Workshop – 1 – 4 p.m., Sacramento. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invites your input on the next update of the California Transportation Plan and the new California Interregional Blueprint. Location: Secretary of State Building, 1500 11th Street, 1st Floor Auditorium. For details, please visit Caltrans’ Web site.
March
1 Water Quality Fee Stakeholder – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. The State Water Board is holding a Water Quality Fee Stakeholder meeting at the Cal/EPA Building, 1001 I Street, Klamath Conference Room, 2nd floor, Sacramento. For more information, please e-mail: feebranch@waterboards.ca.gov.
1 Prop. 84 grant applications for “critically underserved” park areas due.
1 California Transportation Plan Workshop – 1 – 4 p.m., San Diego. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invites your input on the next update of the California Transportation Plan and the new California Interregional Blueprint. Location: Caltrans District 11, Garcia Room, 4050 Taylor Street. For details, please visit Caltrans’ Web site.
2 California Transportation Plan Workshop – 1 – 4 p.m., Los Angeles. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) invites your input on the next update of the California Transportation Plan and the new California Interregional Blueprint. Location: Southern California Association of Governments, 818 W. Seventh Street, 12th Floor Board Room. For details, please visit Caltrans’ Web site.
Upcoming League Events:
March
24-26 Public Works Officers Institute & Mini Expo
Planners Institute & Mini Expo
