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GREEN LIGHT FOR $16M HEALDSBURG AVENUE REDESIGN
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‘TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT’ FUELED BY $11.8 MILLION TRANSPORTATION GRANT FROM MTC By Christian Kallen
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Photo by Christian Kallen
Imagine Healdsburg Avenue north of downtown as a smooth mile and a half of three-lane road, with plenty of room for bikes and pedestrians as well as autos, in a meandering swerve between art-friendly landscapes in what urban designers would call a “linear park.” That’s the vision for the “complete street project” that the City of Healdsburg has been working toward for over five years, but it’s a vision that is beginning to look less like a dream and more like a done deal. The long-evolving goal to remake the north half of Healdsburg Avenue into a modern “multi-modal” route connecting the town to new developments at North Village and Montage is $11.8 million closer to reality, thanks to grant approval from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). The success of the city’s grant proposal comes after many years of “hard work and strategizing by the city team, and advocating by our city council,” said Larry Zimmer, director of public works. “This truly will be a transformative project for the city,” Zimmer, who also wears the hat of city engineer, emphasized that the $11.8 million grant is just for construction. “Construction cost is very preliminary now, but will be further refined during design. We have another $636,000 in grant funding, along with city funds, to complete the design,” he said. The “Healdsburg Complete Streets Project” was
HARPIST Destiny Muhammad shares her skills with the harp and history with K-5 students at Alexander Valley School,
during Healdsburg Jazz’s Black History Month programs.
‘From Africa to Coltrane’ in Schools HEALDSBURG JAZZ CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH By Christian Kallen
At Alexander Valley School on Tuesday morning, Destiny Muhammad filled the new multipurpose room with the ethereal sounds of her harp as over 100 K-5 students listened quietly
to an instrument it’s probably safe to say most of them had not heard before: They are too young for New Age music or the Marx Brothers. As she played a series of evocative hymns and jazz meditations, Muhammad took time to mention that the oldest representation of a harp is in Egyptian hieroglyphs of the building of
the pyramids—making a harp, like the banjo, a descendant from African instruments. Then she turned to the assembly of youngsters in the room and answered their questions on everything from the weight of the harp, to how many strings it has, to how does she keep it tuned, to its name (Paloma, answered the musician).
“The important thing is to get them engaged,” said Gayle Okumura Sullivan, current executive director of Healdsburg Jazz, of the Tuesday morning assembly at the school. “The students got so much from it. I loved the quote from, I think it was a first-grader, ‘I am so inspired!’” Muhammad is presenting “From Africa to Alice Coltrane” to primary
school students from Cloverdale to Roseland this week. She’ll reprise the program in a free family matinee at the Raven on Feb. 25, this time as a trio with drums and upright bass. That same night, two more concerts round out Healdsburg Jazz’s February offerings. Few local groups have ➝ Healdsburg Jazz, 3
BASKETBALL GREYHOUND GIRLS PLAY ‘TEAM FIRST,’ TAKE TITLE DESPITE LOSS OF KEY PLAYER, 11-1 IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR FIRST PENNANT SINCE 2004 By Christian Kallen
Photo by Kristin Zichichi
CHAMPIONS The NCL-Redwood League girls basketball first-place team is the Healdsburg Greyhounds. From left are
assistant coach Lauren Rudy, Ashley Behrens, Hailey Webb, Macie Parmeter, Hannah Sellards, Ruby Leffew, head coach Steve Zichichi, Allie Espinoza, Maddie Wagner, Itzel Ortiz, Claire Berry, Meher Dhiman and assistant coach Jim Lago.
Steve Zichichi could barely contain his enthusiasm and pride when the Healdsburg High girls basketball team easily defeated Piner High on Saturday night, 72-20. And he wasn’t the only one. “They ➝ Greyhound Girls, 8