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Teachers Association of
Cloverdale underwent the
process of declaring a
negotiation impasse. After
entering into mediation for
impasse in the beginning of
the 2019-20 school year, the
teachers association voted to
ratify their contract with the
district. The ratified contract
outlines 2% on—schedule
salary increases for the 2018-
19, 2019—20 and 2020-21 school
years, as well as a 2% increase
each year in the form of four
professional development
days.
The end of the school year
brought with it another round
of student graduates. The
127th commencement
ceremony for Cloverdale High
School and Johanna Echols
Hansen Memorial High
School was held on June 7.
During the ceremony,
students presented the
district with a class gift _ a
bench with pink lettering in
memory of CHS parent
Vickey Scaramella, who died
earlier in 2019 following a 14-
year battle with cancer. Eden
Winniford was valedictorian
and Julie Edwards was
salutatorian.
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students and bring back some
who left to study online, the
school district adopted a full-
time independent study
program at the beginning of
its 2019-20 school year. The
program launched in the fall
and is available to students
who have chosen, or are
thinking about, enrolling in
online classes rather than
attending classes in person.
Run by the administration at
CHS, students participating
will have the option of a
hybrid schedule, where they
can attend some classes in
person‘ as well. While the
district introduced the
’ program with the hope of I
enrolling some students back
into the district, Director of
Curriculum Steve
Charbonneau said that the
district plans to monitor
students in the program to
make sure that it’s a good fit.
The start of the school year
also brought a new program
to Jefferson Elementary
School classes. Geared toward
helping students develop
social and emotional learning
skills, Jefferson students take
time every morning to do a
short activity centered
around a life skill that falls
under the social and
emotional learning sphere.
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During one of the first days of
school in August, students in
a first grade class were tasked
with finding out more about
their peers.
In September, the board of
trustees approved (5-0) paying
off the district’s lease of a
property on the south end of
town, using money from the
Measure H bond. The district
purchased the land in March
2018 as a way to solidify the
possibility of the district
having usable land for the
future. The repayment of the
lease was initially brought to
the board in April but failed
in a 2-2 vote.
Cannabis
The discussion
surrounding Cloverdale’s
cannabis ordinance made its
first 2019 appearance at the
Jan. 22 Cloverdale City
Council meeting. The
ordinance revision, which
had nearly passed in 2018, was
brought back to the council in
an effort to allow two of the
newly elected council
members (Marta Cruz and
Jason Turner) the ability to
weigh-in on the discussion. As
such, the council reviewed
nine revision categories to the
city’s then-draft ordinance.
The primary discussion
during the meeting
surrounded how thecouncil
wanted to tackle which
canna—businesses are allowed
in specific zoning areas ,
(namely in transit-oriented
developments and in the
downtown Core). The
marriaan was directed to be
brought back to the council
again before sending it to the
planning commission.
When the ordinance was
brought back to the council
on March 13, there was
limited discussion. Many of ’
the suggestions voiced during
the Jan. 22 meeting (such as
not allowing dispensaries in
transit-oriented districts)
were ultimately not
integrated into the ordinance.
On April 10, the city
council voted to allow the city
to move forward with
dispensary requests for
proposal that had been
submitted during the 2018
RFP process. Two
applications, one for
California Wellness (later
changed to Cloverdale
Wellness) and one for
‘Quonset—Botanicals, sat in
limbo during. the city’s
cannabis ordinance revision
process. By opening up the
RFP process to the two
previous applicants, the
council allowed them to
resubmit their applications
with updated information.
On May the city council
voted to award a dispensary
permit to Cloverdale
Wellness. The council voted
.not to award a permit to
Quonset Botanicals.
After nine months of
revisions, the Cloverdale City
Council approved the first
reading of the revised
cannabis ordinance on June
26. The ordinance was
approved in a 4-0 vote and
included changes to the
provisions for special events,
clarification regarding
setbacks, updates due to
changing state law, upholding
the city’s set two-dispensary
maximum, as well as
additional clean-up items‘
with regard to language and
phrasing.
Business
Jan. 1 saw the expansion of
Plank Coffee. Cloverdale’s
downtown coffee staple grew,
expanding to open up a
second location in Healdsburg
on Dry Creek Road. This new
location piloted Plank’s
increase in food products,
which eventually were
introduced to the Cloverdale
location as well.
In spring, a new bike shop
opened on First Street.
Velofix is a come-to-you or
open—by-appointment bike
shop that took the place of
Spoke Folk Cyclery in the
Silverwood Building.
The start of summer saw
an increase in Cloverdale
business development.
During June, an open house
was held at Edward Jones to
nelebrate Al Myers joining the
team, The Villas Assisted
Living held a party to
~ celebrate 10 years of
operation and. Fleur de Mai, a
global boutique, opened its
doors on East First Street.
The Finishing Touches, a '
downtown staple for 17 years,
closed up shop at the end of
July to move to an online—
only model. The store started
out as a design center, shifted
into home decor and, by the
time owner Jeannie Griffitts
was having her closing sales,
had morphed into carrying a
little bit of everything.
“When I bought the design
center and expanded it, a lot
of my retail was home decor,”
Griffitts said. “Then
everything crashed, and
that’s when I started getting
into other things. People
would come in and buy a gift
for somebody, but they
wouldn’t buy anything for
themselves, and there was a
, time when we only had myself
and Antiques Uniques in
this town — there was no
other retail. So I started
carrying a'lot of different
things to make people happy.
A FINISHING TOUCH — Jeannie
and mortar location on July 27.
Since Cloverdale’s base of
businesses has been steadily
growing, Griffitts said that
she didn’t feel the retail
component of The Finishing
Touches was still necessary.
As such, she decided to close
the brick and mortar store
and move her home
decorating skills online,
where long time Customers;
can still contact her.
Healdsburg’s Wicked Slush
opened a pop-up in town for
the summer, starting the last
week of June. The soft
serve/ slush spot took
Cloverdale by storm, with
regular lines of people
patronizing the North
Cloverdale Boulevard
location over the summer.
At the beginning of
September, a ribbon cutting
was held to welcome State
Farm agent Erica Bishop to
town. Bishop opened up her
office earlier in the year.
On Sept. 1, Furber Plaza
gained Happy Donut, a donut
shop with locations in
Windsor, Ukiah and Willits.
The owners decided to open
up a shop in Cloverdale after
hearing feedback from
customers at their other
locations that a Cloverdale
one was wanted.
In September, Dahlia
Sage Community Market got
new owners ~ Cloverdale
residents Peter and Frances
Kruger and Karie and Kurt
Kelder decided to take over V
operations of the market once
Photo Zoe Strickland
Griffitts closed up her shop’s brick
they heard that it was up for
sale. In an interview following
the change of ownership, the
Krugers said that they want
'to increase events and
gatherings that position the
market as a hub for the
Cloverdale community.
Businesses in downtown
Cloverdale saw a sizeable
amount of movement in fall,
starting with Voss Signature
Vintage moving south from
its location on North ' .
Cloverdale Boulevard (next to
the Reveille offices) and into
117 North Cloverdale Blvd.
Speed of Sound Music opened
up a location in Cloverdale,
taking Voss’ old location on
North Cloverdale (207 N.
Cloverdale Blvd).
Included in the shifting of
businesses was Next Door
Comics, which left its spot on
First Street and moved into
the space that had housed The
Finishing Touches (115 N.
Cloverdale B1vd.). Erin
Mewes, of Erin Mavis
Clothing on First St. opened
up a second store named
Heart City, billed as a
modern day five-and-dime, in
Next Door Comics’ old spot
(115 East First St.). Amid all of
the moving, a few other new
businesses popped into town
— The Outpost opened up at
113 Broad St., and Rockin’ A
Adventure Cafe opened up on
South Cloverdale Boulevard .
in front of the Renner
Petroleum gas station.
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