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NO 40
OCTOBER 2, 2025
Inclusion means everyone at new playground Photo courtesy of Magical Bridge Foundation
Joining the Magical Bridge partnership The wonder of a Magical Bridge Playground, such as this one in Mountain View, will soon find itself realized in Healdsburg as part of the ongoing improvement of Badger Park that started in 2019. The city and a design foundation are working to make it happen…
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The Ruse approved for abuse rehab ● Grove Street B&B prepares a fall-back By Christian Kallen What many were expecting to be another struggle between Healdsburg’s Planning Depart-
ment and the owners of 891 Grove St., also known as The Ruse, turned out to be a relatively mild hearing that ended in tacit agreement—though suspicions and conflicts remain. After two hours of discussion on Sep. 23, the commission voted 5-1 to approve the conditional use permit for the property, and the neighboring lot at 893 Grove, as a “luxurious 13 bed Substance Use Disorder Facility,” to be renamed The Ruse Treatment. The only dissenting vote was
from Commissioner Jonathan Perlman, who had joined Phil Luks in raising questions about the planned extended use of the kitchen from one meal a day (when there are guests at the B&B) to three meals a day, for 30-day stretches at a time. The proposal itself states that, “The facility will operate as a luxurious 13 bed Substance Use Disorder Facility,” seemingly a far cry from the other more recreational uses — More on page 3
● Badger Park may get innovative feature By Christian Kallen Nearly a dozen people followed one another to the speaker’s podium at last week’s City Council meeting, many of them teens from the local Sonoma Country Day School or the Girl Scouts. Each had their individual voice and reason for speaking, their perspective and memories, but all of them agreed on one thing: It was time for Healdsburg to have a Magical Bridge Playground. The young teens found their voice in support of agenda item number 9.a, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pending before the council to partner with the Magical Bridge Foundation to create an inclusive, intergenerational playground at Badger Park. “We never considered someone with disabilities might
actually have family members without disabilities, or that a grandparent might not be able to walk very well anymore, or that a mom with a toddler might also have a baby in a stroller,” said eight-grader Ella Weinzveg—who then added pointedly, “Or that a person with sensory processing challenges might actually need a quiet space to regulate for a few minutes in order to keep playing.” She was followed by her sister Ione, Avi Weinzveg, Adelia Schoenberg and several Girl Scouts among others. Their message was revolutionary and uniform: Inclusion means everyone. End of story. It’s fair to say the partnership would not be happening were it not for the focus that Emily Peterson brought to it. — More on page 9