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OCTOBER 30, 2025
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community dedication. “We wanted it to look like someone was investing in Geyserville’s vitality, and to further the goals of the community,”
The Healdsburg Planning Commission met recently on the conversion of a commercial building at 425 Healdsburg Ave. that crosses over to 430 Foss St. into a tasting room, with two living quarters upstairs and two retail spaces on the avenue. The meeting was specifically a “design review,” giving the Planning Commission the opportunity to review the developers’ vision of what the new business will look like. The proposed renovation from architect Daniel Strening included two retail spaces facing Healdsburg Avenue and one retail use on Foss, a wine tasting room of 1,200 square feet. The two retail units that will face Healdsburg Avenue are
DEDICATION Petaluma artist Maxfield Bala at the Oct. 25 ribbon-cutting that brought a new look to the central corner of downtown Geyserville. The $30,000 project took seven months to complete.
Geyserville gifts itself a mural ● Petaluma artist reinforces agricultural identity with bold image of harvest, history By Christian Kallen Once again, the vacant lot in the heart of Geyserville has been animated by a new and colorful work of art, a mural by Maxfield Bala of Petaluma. The mural—in the popular retro-postcard or orange-crate art style—announces Geyserville in big and bold letters. A red farm truck and barn, and two high-
ly visible downtown historic buildings, almost spill out of a giant cornucopia of grapes, prunes, plums and golden California poppies that define the Alexander Valley town’s landscape and history. The mural now joins the large marble Agraria hand sculpture by Larry Kirkland of Portland, donated to Geyserville this past year, as well as several oth-
er imaginative sculptures and installations that populate this Sculpture Corner, at Hwy 128 and Geyserville Road. Bala’s mural replaced a 49-year-old map mural in a more flowing style, by local artists Susie Moore and Dini Seanor, which was flaking off the sun-exposed wall. The new mural was commissioned by the community foundation. After several rounds of review and planning it took shape beginning in late September and was officially revealed on Oct. 25 with a small