Communities throughout Folsom will team up with the Folsom Police Department Tuesday, August 6 for National Night Out, a nationwide program that promotes involvement in crime prevention, police-community partnerships, and neighborhood camaraderie. The Folsom Police Department, Folsom Fire Department, and city officials will join hundreds of residents at neighborhood parties that have been organized by local Neighborhood Watch groups. Attendees can expect to learn useful crime prevention information, have the opportunity to meet police officers and firefighters, and possibly even the Folsom Police Department K-9 or mounted units. Parties will be hosted in many Folsom neighborhoods. To see if there is a party in your neighborhood, contact Jessica Hess at 916-461-6516 or [email protected] .

Thousands of volunteers will complete more than 65 service projects on Saturday, September 21 at the sixth annual Community Service Day, Folsom’s largest day of volunteerism. Community members can now register to volunteer. This citywide volunteer effort is centered on the belief that many hands make light work. 

 

Community Service Day is organized by the City of Folsom and more than a dozen local businesses and community organizations.The annual event is made possible thanks to generous sponsorship support from Intel, Dignity Health, Rotary Club of Folsom, Style Media Group, Folsom Telegraph, Rotary Club of Folsom, Lakeside Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, AKT Investments, Kaiser Permanente, Dokken Engineering, Folsom Ranch, Tax Audit, Lowe’s, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Gekkeikan Sake, Lane Florence LLC, Brittany Black – Lyon Real Estate, SAFE Credit Union, SMUD, SRC Contractors, Birlasoft for Community, and Junk King.

The City of Folsom, Folsom Police Department, and Folsom Fire Department have joined Nextdoor, the free private social network designed to bring together neighbors and communities. The city will have the ability to deliver pertinent, localized information directly to residents, such as roadwork notices, storm notifications, and public safety tips.

The platform is already a well-adopted tool in Folsom— 83 neighborhoods have started Nextdoor websites and more than 20,000 residents have joined the network. Residents can sign up for Nextdoor at www.nextdoor.com . To view all the City of Folsom’s public information platforms and social media accounts visit www.folsom.ca.us/communications .

The first meeting of the Historic District Parking Solutions Ad Hoc Committee will be held Thursday, August 8. The 11-member committee will explore possible solutions to alleviate traffic and parking concerns in the residential portions of the Historic District. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.  The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Folsom City Hall (Public Works Conference Room) at 50 Natoma Street.

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The Folsom Public Library invites the community to consider donating blood at its summer blood drive from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 6. The library is teaming up with Vitalant (formerly Blood Source), the local organization that produces a blood supply for those in need. To meet their current demand, Vitalant must collect 700 pints of blood each day. Since less than 10 percent of Americans donate, the lives of many depend on the generosity of a few. To make an appointment to donate blood, visit www.bloodsource.org/drives and enter the code D327. Call Vitalant at 1-877-258-4825 for more information.

The City of Folsom website is a primary information source about city programs, services, amenities, events, and resources. A new website is planned w ith a goal to simplify navigation, improve customer service, and be more responsive across all platforms, including desktop and mobile. The website will be redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up. Before we begin our redesign process, we’d like community feedback. Please take a quick survey to tell us a little more about how you use the current website. Your feedback will help us shape how we organize pages and prioritize information. The survey closes on August 25.

Intermittent closures of East Natoma Street will take place between 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, August 8 and 9. The intermittent five-minute closures will affect both eastbound and westbound traffic on East Natoma Street. Motorists who want to avoid delays are encouraged to use alternate routes.



The intermittent closures will allow crews to add permanent lane striping along sections of East Natoma Street between Fargo Way and Prison Road. This is the final phase of the roadway impacts from the construction of the Oak Parkway Trail Undercrossing. The new undercrossing is nearly complete and scheduled to open for public use later this month.

 

The Oak Parkway Trail Undercrossing is a new addition to Folsom’s recreational trail system. The project includes a tunnel directly under East Natoma Street to provide a seamless and safe route for trail users to transition between the Oak Parkway and Johnny Cash Trails.

 

For more information about the project, contact City of Folsom Senior Trails Planner Brett Bollinger at [email protected] or call 916-461-6632.

Amateur photographers of all ages are encouraged to enter their photographs that showcase life in Folsom. The 13 ^th annual photography competition is sponsored by the Folsom Arts Association. Contestants are not required to be city residents, but all contest entries must be of images taken in Folsom. Capture images using one of the four contest categories as your guideline: Folsom Outdoors, Folsom Wildlife, Urban Folsom, and Macro Photography. Submit entries August 12 through 23 to the Folsom Senior and Art Center, 48 Natoma Street (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday). Contest entries will be featured at the Community Gallery at 48 Natoma, and winners will be announced Friday, September 13 during the public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Find complete contest details and entry forms at www.FolsomArts.org .

Fun Factory Preschool offers classes for four-year-olds Monday/Wednesday/ Friday, and Tuesday/Thursday for three-year-olds; classrooms are located at the Folsom Community Center and at the Andy Morin Sports Complex. Fun Factory introduces children to the structure of a classroom setting with learning activities that include small group stations, arts and crafts, and carpet time for songs and stories; plus outdoor exercise, and a snack break. Theme days, holiday celebrations, and occasional off-site field trips are held throughout the year. 

Kindergarten Readiness introduces children to the joy of learning in the unique setting of the Hinkle Creek Nature Center. The curriculum is focused on preparing students for grade school with social and academic skills. Class is held Monday through Thursday; students must be age four by September 1 to enter the program. Kindergarten Readiness focuses on pre-reading skills including alphabet sequence and phonics, plus verbalization of facts and concepts.

Both programs start in August and continue through May, following the Folsom Cordova Unified School District instructional calendar (except staff development days). Call 916-461-6610 for more information and to arrange a classroom tour.