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Carmel City Meetings & Events yet in October
Oct 21 - Monday 4PM - Historic Resource Board meeting in Council Chambers - topic to review current incremental draft of the Historic Context Statement - Meeting packet HERE
Oct 24 - Thursday 1-2PM - 2nd Ad Hoc Community Meeting on Flock Security Camera planning in City Chambers.
Oct 28 & 29 - Monday 1-6 & Tuesday 11-5 - Forest Master Plan Draft Reviews
in Carpenter Hall. Visit this City webpage for meeting format, process and current draft document.
Check out this City's Halloween Season Events page HERE for details:
Oct 26 – Saturday 11AM to 1PM - Carmel's Annual Pumpkin Roll down Ocean Ave
Oct 31 – Thursday 4:30PM - Halloween/Anniversary Parade up and down Ocean Avenue...to be followed by a Halloween/Birthday Bash in Devendorf Park after the parade from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
REQUEST of our Members- Your CRA Board Members and hopefully you too, will join us to walk with our CRA banner and candies to hand out to children along Ocean Avenue - all provided. We ask that you join us in Costume in Devendorf Park by 4PM. And/or email us at [email protected].
CRA No Host at Carmel Plaza - Carmel Links Golf Club -
Thursday November 7th - 4:30-6:30 - Mark your Calendars!
Anticipating, most if not all, of the local election results will be in, now two days after the polls close (but no guarantees) - CRA has arranged a No-Host post-election gathering to celebrate the winners, thank those leaving office with some playtime/fun with fellow CRA Members and friends.
Yes, the Carmel Plaza's Carmel Links Golf Club will be our destination for this gathering. As usual, enjoyment of beverages & food items are on your own.
 
CRA Annual Holiday Gala -
Sunday December 8th! - Registration is now OPEN
Yes, it's that time to plan ahead for the holidays. This year we are planning a new approach at our traditional location in the La Playa's Pacific Banquet Room and Pacific Terrace. We are hosting this Sunday at an earlier hour 4-7 PM, crossing our fingers to catch a great Carmel winter sunset. All for the low per person cost of $75 each. Thank you for those who've already registered!
Click to Register to Attend HERE
To sign in, your Username is
In the Pacific Terrace will be our usual free/included white and red wines. This year we will also have a bartender on the Pacific Terrace where you can order and page for well drinks if you prefer. The Pacific Banquet Room will be set up with multiple large tables, but also with more open space with standing tables to enable mixing about with more members for this early evening. This is commonly called a "Strolling Dinner", check it out.
HERE are the full event details including registration info signup assistance!
If you hadn't noticed - A Significant Village Election is Underway
Please visit our 2024 Candidates Forum webpage for details on the program, and significant quantity of local press coverage (before & after our Forum) and to learn and connect more with each of the EIGHT Candidates HERE. We've included links to the Camel Chamber's business Forum video on this page too.
Here is the 1st Video from the Council Candidates - or click image below
Here is the 2nd Video from the Mayor Candidates - or click image below 
Join in our Village Meetings, Events & Activities -
Expanded roster over October & November, plus some of December
Oct 21 - - Historic Resource Board meeting - in Council Chambers Monday 4PM
Oct 23 – CPLF's "Jane Powers & Ladies Shaping Destiny of Carmel" Wednesday 7PM Carpenter Hall
Oct 24 – CRA hosts a table at Carmel's Weekly Farmers Market 10am-2pm (non-starndard date for CRA)
Oct 24 - City's Security Cameras (Flock) Ad Hoc Community Meeting #2 in Council Chambers at 1PM.
Oct 26 – CRA's October Beach Clean-Up, west end of Ocean Avenue from 9:30am to Noon (non-starndard date for CRA)
Oct 26 – Carmel's Annual Pumpkin Roll down Ocean Ave Saturday 11AM to 1PM
Oct 28 & 29 - Forest Master Plan Draft Review in Carpenter Hall 10/28 Monday 1-6PM & 10/29 Tuesday 11-5PM
Oct 31 – Halloween/Anniversary Parade up and down Ocean Avenue - Thursday 4:30 PM (10/31 is Thursday, when we'd normally have a Farmers Market, but this Farmers Market is cancelled - due to needing this space for parade preparation)
Nov 5 – VOTE VOTE VOTE - Polls close at 8PM Pacific Time.
Nov 5 – City Meeting - Regular City Council 4:30PM in Council Chambers - plus a post meeting mix/mingle for watching election results.
Nov 7 – CRA's Membership No Host - Post Election Wind Down - 4:30-6:30PM at the Carmel Links Golf Club (see above)
Nov 9 – Friends of Mission Trail Nature Preserve – Weedies 9:30AM - noon
Nov 9 – Art Walk (about town) 4-7PM
Nov 10 – Church of the Wayfarer - 120th Year Anniversary! (Congratulations - officially older than our Village!)
Nov 11 – Honoring Veterans Day at Memorial Arch on San Carlos and then into Devendorf Park 11AM-12noon
Nov 13 – City Meeting - Regular Planning Commission at 4PM in City Chambers
Nov 16 - City plus - Carmel Prepares for winter storms 11AM Carpenter Hall
Nov 16 & 17 - Monterey Symphony Rhapsody in Blue at Sunset Center
Nov 23 – Homecrafter's Market Place 9AM to 2PM in Sunset Center North Lot
Nov 28 – Thanksgiving National Holiday
Dec 3 – City Meeting - Regular City Council 4:30PM in Council Chambers (existing Council)
Dec 6 – SPECIAL City Holiday/Tree Lighting Celebration 4-6:30PM on Ocean Avenue & Junipero
Dec 8 - CRA's Annual Membership Holiday Gala - 4-7 PM at La Playa
Dec 9 – SPECIAL City Meeting - Swearing in of the NEW City Council, Monday at 4:30PM in Council Chambers - who will guide the Council Meetings in January!
....and there is always more....
If there are items missing from this list...please reply with updates or corrections. We'll expand on this roster in future issues of News You Can Use.
CRA Website Page Updates....of note:
a) CRA Candidates Forum page with significant press cover on our candidates and election.
b) Security Camera's topic is updated with recent and upcoming Flock Camera Ad Hoc/Workshops.
c) Addresses topic is updated with ongoing - recent press coverage.
d) Trees with updates on the Draft Master Plan and the upcoming Workshops
Did you know the CRA website so far in October 2024 we've had 36,500 visitors to our home page with 11 days to go. Looking back for all of October 2023 we had 9,000 and in October of 2022 we had 6,500 visits.
We work hard to provide the latest current information and resources for our Members, Residents, in our Village and beyond! This includes our calendar, documents, publications, current info on Hot Topics, links to other Village sources and organizations and so much more. Your comments and corrections are always welcome!
   
Again - Thanks to Tim, Lori &/or Joe for their Facebook photos of the Halloween Home on Scenic - up now with a skeleton-Olympic winners decor!
Click each image to enlarge.
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