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News You Can Use....a busy September coming up!
The Car Week 2022 is history. We hope you survived it, enjoyed it, or or avoided it, to your preference.
CRA’s Do Not Miss Events in September
- CRA Members Only Beach Gathering – Sunday Sept 11th 4-6PM at Cooke’s Cove at the base of the Scenic & 13th Avenue stairs - For details visit our CRA page here. Join us to mingle, engage and enjoy a beverage!
- CRA Candidates Forum - Wednesday Sept 21 6:30 doors open with our robust panel session to run from 7PM to 8:30PM, at Carmel Woman’s Club. This Forum is open to the public, with everyone welcome. Get to know these City candidates before your ballot arrives. Sam Farr, our former US Congressman, will moderate this lively discussion. And please act now and email your suggested questions for this year’s candidates. For details visit our CRA page here.
If your Pocketbook Allows....
Please Consider These Worthy Local Causes
 
Fund Carmel High Travel Costs to Mock Trial World Championship
CHS Mock Trial Team's winning streak began in 2005 - going forward to this day. Again our CHS Mock Trial team, with its stellar record, is for a second time set to compete at the October’s Empire World Championships in Chicago. Funding to cover travel, hotel and meals must come from private sources, requiring $35,000 by mid-September. To make your tax-deductible donation:
By check: make it payable to “Carmel High School Associated Student Body” mailing it to “CHS Mock Trial Team at PO Box 21, Carmel, Ca 93921”.
Or by credit card: go online to www.carmelcares.org donations and be sure to select the CHS Mock Trial Team program.
Preservation of our iconic Carmel Map, by Bill Bates
This iconic Carmel-by-the-Sea public piece of art, the Bill Bates Carmel Map next to Nielsens Market & Deli is a landmark we all know and walk by often if not daily.
Now over 40 years old, experiencing signs of age and unfortunate recent graffiti, this Map is in critical need of significant restoration and enhanced preservation. Efforts are already underway to collaborate with local professionals and artistic talent, and with your tax-deductible donations.
Please also join us in contributing to this significant cause with what you can. Go online to www.carmelcares.org donations page and select the Bates Carmel Map Restoration program fund.
Thank you for giving to:
a piece of our past (Map) and our future (CHS Leaders)
Important City and Community Initiatives
Stop Cell Towers in Carmel Neighborhoods - Noteworthy is the Sept 14th Planning Commission Meeting where the City draft ordinance will be initially reviewed by the Commissioners and the Public. City Planning is expecting to make their draft public in the coming week+ for community preview and comment preparations. Your voice in this Sept 14th Commission meeting is critical. (For more, visit the CRA Cell Tower page here)
Carmel Architecture - Design Traditions Project Update
(visit the CRA Architecture page here)
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Ulrika Plaza (“the Pit”) revised design community input session was postponed for later in the fall.
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Design Traditions 1.5, next update for the upcoming Design Tradition “Project Directions” sessions is planned for October. 3rd, details to follow. This will summarize the results of the Workshops, Citizens Correspondence & City Survey.
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And of related interest, the Carmel Historic Context Statement, with our Village history with building styles, architects and more over the years has been updated and approved by the Historic Resources Board yesterday. This is great and architecture-relevant reading, HERE.
Next Carmel City Council Meeting on September 13th 4:30PM
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Due to Labor Day week, the date of the regular City Council Meeting is Tuesday September 13th. This meeting will include a new look at the Strategic Priorities list, with updates on items completed, underway and possibly new items to consider. And this will include a Carmel Beach Fire Pilot program update.
CRA’s routine out and about in our Village – August & September
- Beach Clean Up – Saturdays our next one is Sept 17th – Please join us every 3rd Saturday from 9:30 to Noon, March through October. Thanks to those who joined us last weekend.
- CRA at Farmers Market – Thursdays' Aug 25th & Sept 29th Every last Thursday where your CRA Board hosts a Community Table from 10AM – 2PM,
- Plus, CRA will also have a table at the upcoming City’s Community Organizations Event Thursday Sept 22nd from 11-2 in Devendorf Park (Same day as the weekly Farmers Market). A great opportunity to learn about the many non-profit and volunteer organizations throughout the Carmel-by-the-Sea area.
And if your calendars aren’t already bursting…
Carmel’s Annual Sand Castle Contest is also set for Saturday September 17th
And there is more! Check out the great entertainment at:
Forest Theater & PacRep Here
Sunset Center Here
Cherry Theater Here
Monterey Jazz Festival Sept 23-25th Here
More events keep surfacing. Be sure to “follow” Carmel Residents Association Facebook page – where we post photos and notices of great activities and more.
Your suggestions and comments are always welcome
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