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SUPERVISOR’S MESSAGE REGARDING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Healdsburg, California Healdsburg, California
Date, Date, 20202020
By Chris Vanden Heuvel
Photo by Christian Kallen
Last month, I wrote to our Healdsburg Unified School District families in an attempt to address the overwhelming concerns about safety that I know have been surfacing in response to the recent tragedy at Montgomery High School, as well as to the horrifying acts of violence that continue to occur across the country. In an effort to keep the greater Healdsburg community informed of the district’s efforts to support our students, I want to share part of that message here as well.
BUILDER On opening day, Eric Ziedrich explains the features of the new Healdsburg Lumber Company building on Healdsburg Avenue,
less than a mile from its 150-year-old former home.
Healdsburg Lumber Moves Into Future Chris Vanden Heuvel
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By Christian Kallen
Healdsburg history was remade this week as the long-standing location of Healdsburg Lumber Company closed and a new 43,000-square-foot complex of home improvement services opened less than a mile to the south, toward Highway 101. “Healdsburg Lumber has been at that facility since 1875 or ’76,” said Eric Ziedrich, looking at an early 20th-century photograph blown up into a mural behind the service desk at the new store. “That’s A.F. Stevens who bought the site in 1907. The lumber yard had just burned down. He bought it, rebuilt it—he was an ambitious, motivated entrepreneur.” A description which
could easily fit Ziedrich himself, a three-time city councilmember, two-time mayor who is currently embracing real estate as a second career. He pulled himself out of the day-today operations of Healdsburg Lumber when he turned over the reins to his daughter, Jill Ziedrich Gaylor, in 2020. She and her two daughters were on-hand at the 13534 Healdsburg Ave. location on Monday morning as Ziedrich cut a yellow caution-tape “ribbon” to mark the unofficial opening of the new site. Gaylor said the official opening would be June 15, once all the bugs are worked out, but her father had organized the Monday morning ribbon cutting to recognize the staff and contractors who made the move possible. “It’s basically just for all the tradespeople that worked on it,” said the gregarious and popular Ziedrich. “We’ll have a little
Courtesy Healdsburg Museum
I know the trust parents and the community place in schools. You trust us to keep your kids safe, to teach them to read, think, analyze, share and be kind. You trust that we are going to do everything we can to ensure that they come back to you better in some way than they were when they bounded away toward the playground on the first day of school. Know that we take that trust seriously. There is nothing more important to us than the safety of our students and staff. Given the concerns that have justifiably arisen over the past few weeks around school safety, I wanted to reach out to inform you of some initiatives we’ve undertaken to support student safety and well-being.
VINTAGE BUILDERS’ SUPPLY MAINSTAY GOES MAINSTREAM IN NEW LOCATION
ORIGINS A.F. Stevens (left) and crew at the lumber yard he bought in 1907.
It eventually became Healdsburg Lumber, finally closing down in April 2023. hokey ribbon cutting and a thanks to everybody that made it happen. And give them a chance to see the final product.” The hours posted on the new store’s frost-glass doors announced a change many have long sought: Healdsburg Lumber will
now be open on Sundays, 8am to 4pm. “I think we’ve always been very contractorbased,” Gaylor said. “Opening on Sunday is a big move toward developing a retail base.” The retail-contractor dichotomy is significant,
CLIMATE FEST BRINGS EARTH DAY HOME PLAZA EVENT WITH MUSIC, SPEECHES, GAMES AND A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE By Christian Kallen
Photo courtesy Fitch Mountaineers
EARTH MUSIC The Fitch Mountaineers, shown here on the Railroad Bridge in Healdsburg,
will play at the Climate Fest on Earth Day, April 22 at the Plaza.
Earth Day dates back to April 22, 1970 when Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed a nationwide environmental “teach-in” to bring awareness to the threats that unbridled development held for the limited resources of the planet. More than 50 years later, the need for environmental
because with the expansion and move Healdsburg Lumber now plays in the same ballpark as the area’s “big box stores” many home hobbyists frequent on weekends—Lowe’s and Home Depot. ➝ Healdsburg Lumber, 3
education has become secondary to the imperative for environmental action. Climate Action Healdsburg, a local citizens’ group of volunteers that grew out of Healdsburg 2040, takes that responsibility seriously and is organizing a focused environmental fair, called Climate Fest, to be held at the Healdsburg Plaza on April 22, from 1–4pm. For early risers, the event can begin at 8am with Rise and Shine Yoga upstairs at Little Saint, where Shannon Donovan will lead a vinyasa class. A $10 admission for this morning program will be donated to Climate Action Healdsburg. As the 1pm start time approaches, local musician and city council member Chris Herrod will play some of his original songs from the gazebo stage. ➝ Climate Fest , 6