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Front yard makeover! Look at how one Petaluma resident turned their lawn into a water-wise garden with the help of the C...
09/08/2026

Front yard makeover! Look at how one Petaluma resident turned their lawn into a water-wise garden with the help of the City’s Mulch Madness program. Read on to find out how to transform your yard (for free!) as well as info about a free plant workshop on 9/26. [Español abajo]

🪏 Mulch Madness offers FREE sheet mulching supplies to qualified water customers – both residential and businesses – to turn lawns into low-water use gardens. Bonus: once you’ve completed the sheet mulching process, you may be eligible for free low-water use plants! Get started today by visiting https://cityofpetaluma.org/mulch-madness/

🪴 🗓️Right Plant, Right Place: free workshop. Saturday Sept. 26, 11am – 12:30pm at the Petaluma Regional Library. Come learn how to design a beautiful landscape that supports local pollinators, provides habitat, and conserves water. Open to all! Mulch Madness participants are required to attend the workshop in order to receive the City's free climate appropriate plants. Find out more and RSVP at: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/jcwzbq/event/rightplantrightplacesept2026/
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Roundabouts 101: Slow Down, Yield, and Go [Español abajo]Noticed a few more roundabouts while driving around Petaluma la...
09/03/2026

Roundabouts 101: Slow Down, Yield, and Go [Español abajo]

Noticed a few more roundabouts while driving around Petaluma lately? They’re designed to help slow traffic, reduce congestion, and improve safety, and Petaluma now has 9 of them around town.

A few tips to navigate them safely:

🚗🧍‍♀️ Slow down as you approach and watch for people in crosswalks.
👀 Yield to traffic already in the roundabout. Look left and enter when it is safe.
🔄 Travel counterclockwise around the center island.
➡️ Signal when you exit so others know where you are going.
🚴 Bicyclists can ride through with traffic or, if a ramp is available, exit the roadway and navigate around the perimeter of the intersection using sidewalks and crosswalks.
🚶‍♂️ Pedestrians should use designated crosswalks and stay out of the center island.

️Remember: slow down, look left, yield, and signal when you exit.

Visit our roundabouts webpage to learn more, find a list of all of Petaluma’s roundabouts, and view an infographic of how to use them. https://cityofpetaluma.org/roundabouts
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🚌 Share your input on Petaluma Transit! If you haven’t yet had chance to attend one of our recent transit community work...
09/01/2026

🚌 Share your input on Petaluma Transit! If you haven’t yet had chance to attend one of our recent transit community workshops, there are THREE left. [Español abajo]

- 9/2 (TOMORROW!) at Lieb St Senior Apartments
- 9/9 *NEW workshop added* at the Downtown River Apartments
- 9/22 VIRTUAL meeting

You may have noticed recent updates to Petaluma’s bus, paratransit, and Access by LumaGo services (those small, green buses — our on-demand shared-ride service). Join us at one of the remaining community workshops to learn more, ask questions, and help shape what comes next.

Find more details and RSVP at: https://petalumatransit.fillout.com/communityworkshop
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08/31/2026

🚲Join us for a Public Art Bike Ride on Friday, September 4 at 6 p.m.! [Español abajo]

Come and see three of Petaluma’s newest public art installations:
- Shape Totem by Mary Fuller McChesney at the Baywood roundabout on McDowell Boulevard
- New bench and sculpture fragments by David Best near his River Arch along the Lynch Creek Trail. See the River Arch in this reel 🎥
- And Medusa sculpture by Mary Fuller McChesney at City Hall on Basset Street.

🕕 Ride starts and ends at Walnut Park
🎀 Then head over to City Hall for a ribbon cutting and refreshments at 7:30 p.m.

This fun community event is brought to you by Petaluma’s Public Art Committee and Safe Streets Petaluma.

Ride with friends and neighbors, see some art, and have some fun. We hope to see you there!

Learn more at: https://cityofpetaluma.org/event/transit-month-first-friday-public-art-ride/
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08/27/2026

👀Take a peek at how one local HOA transformed their lawn into a beautiful water-wise landscape – with the help of the City of Petaluma’s Mulch Madness program. [Español abajo]

Mulch Madness offers FREE sheet mulching supplies to qualified water customers – both residential and businesses – to transform thirsty lawns into thriving low-water use gardens. The city provides cardboard, compost, and mulch, delivered to you at no cost! Plus, once you’ve completed the sheet mulching process, you may be eligible for free low-water use plants!

Converting your lawn helps you:
🌱Transform your outdoor space
💦Save thousands of gallons of water per year
💲Save money on your water bill
🐝Create a pollinator habitat

👉Learn more at: cityofpetaluma.org/mulch
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🚌Attention all junior high or high school students, parents and guardians: Petaluma Transit’s school-specific bus routes...
08/25/2026

🚌Attention all junior high or high school students, parents and guardians: Petaluma Transit’s school-specific bus routes are back for the 2026-27 school year! [Español abajo]

Routes 301, 302, 303 and 311 serve Petaluma Junior High, Petaluma High, Casa Grande High and Kenilworth Junior High. They also connect with other Petaluma Transit services. These routes operate on school days and follow Petaluma City Schools’ academic calendar, with service running earlier on Wednesday afternoons.

Bonus - like all Petaluma Transit services, school routes are free to ride! And they’re open to members of the public too.

↪️Plan your trip by visiting https://transit.cityofpetaluma.net/schools/, calling 707-778-4460, or download the Transit App at: https://transitapp.com/
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Have you checked out the Petaluma Parks & Rec Fall/Winter 2026 Activity Guide? [Español abajo] Fall registration for act...
08/24/2026

Have you checked out the Petaluma Parks & Rec Fall/Winter 2026 Activity Guide? [Español abajo]

Fall registration for activities and programs is NOW OPEN!
📲Browse the full guide at: https://cityofpetaluma.org/documents/fall-winter-activity-guide/
✅Register at: https://tinyurl.com/454727ap
📍Questions? Call us at 707-778-4380 or email [email protected]
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Own a multifamily property? [Español abajo]The Bay Area Multifamily Building Enhancements (BAMBE) Program offers free te...
08/21/2026

Own a multifamily property? [Español abajo]

The Bay Area Multifamily Building Enhancements (BAMBE) Program offers free technical assistance + cash rebates for energy-efficient upgrades. Whether you're replacing equipment, planning renovations, or looking to improve building performance, BAMBE can help you identify opportunities and reduce project costs.

Learn how it works at our free webinar:
📅 Tue, Aug 25 | 🕙 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bambe-program-energy-efficient-upgrades-for-multifamily-properties-tickets-1995038534963?aff=oddtdtcreator
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This spring, 16 Petaluma businesses, including the City of Petaluma, worked with Cool Petaluma, with the support of the ...
08/19/2026

This spring, 16 Petaluma businesses, including the City of Petaluma, worked with Cool Petaluma, with the support of the County’s Energy & Sustainability team, to earn (or renew) their California Green Business Certification - and the secret to their success was simple: they did it together. Now it's your turn! [Español abajo]

Becoming Green Business Certified helps you:
- Implement sustainability practices that make a real difference.
- Grow your connections with like-minded business owners in Petaluma.
- Join a statewide network of businesses committed to making a positive impact.

The next Green Business Certification Cohort launches in late August. Join Cool Petaluma for a free Orientation & Kickoff on Monday, August 24, to learn how the program works and hear from recently certified businesses about how they successfully fit the certification process into their busy schedules.

Together, we're building a more sustainable business community—and making Petaluma the greenest city in California.

📍 Orientation & Kickoff: Monday, August 24 | 8:30–10:00 a.m.
Estuary | 120 Petaluma Blvd. N, Petaluma

RSVP today to reserve your spot!
https://www.shopestuary.com/green-business-certification
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🚸 Teamwork makes the dream work for school safety! 🤝 [Español abajo]Over the past three years, City staff have been work...
08/17/2026

🚸 Teamwork makes the dream work for school safety! 🤝 [Español abajo]

Over the past three years, City staff have been working side-by-side with parents and caregivers, school officials, police, Safe Routes to School partners, and community organizations to take a close look at how students get to and from every public TK-12 school in Petaluma. Then, we worked together to identify practical ways to make those trips safer.

Through Petaluma’s Safe Routes to School Task Force, team members visited schools during busy drop-off and pick-up times, listened to families and school communities, identified safety concerns, and then got to work designing and installing improvements.

Since 2023, that partnership has helped deliver:
🚗 18 school zone speed limit reductions
👀 Visibility improvements at 77 intersections
🚶 81 new or enhanced crosswalks
🚲 3 miles of bikeway and roadway-edge safety improvements

You may have noticed some of these changes near your neighborhood school, including painted curb extensions near crosswalks. These relatively simple improvements help keep parked cars away from crossings, make students easier for drivers to see, shorten crossing distances, and encourage drivers to slow down.

Check out the before and after images of a bulbout and new crosswalk at Maria Drive and Yarberry Drive (Meadow)!

When government, schools, families, law enforcement, and community partners bring their different perspectives to the same table, we can take what we learn from each other and turn it into real improvements on our streets.

Thank you to all the residents and community partners who are helping to make the trip to school safer for Petaluma students! 💛

For more information, check out last week's Community Update: https://cityofpetaluma.org/community-update-for-august-10-2026/
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