JULY 2022

PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS:

Randomly selected Petaluma residents joined an advisory panel and presented the City Council with their most supported possible uses for the city’s fairgrounds property.

Their visions include the following ideas.

· Creation of open park space

· Preservation of the annual, five-day fair

· Enhancing agricultural education

· Building a year-round disaster evacuation center

· Year round Farmer’s Market

· Year round park space

Unresolved issues are whether or not to give a portion of the land back to the Native American Inter-Council and if the Petaluma Speedway should remain at the site.

The Fair Board will review the recommendations on July 20.  A community workshop is scheduled for August before the ideas are returned to the City Council for direction in October.