The City of Piedmont now has an opportunity to consider how library service funds of up to $350,000 can be best utilized.  Click to read more »

More photos of the new Frank C. Havens School and of the community celebration for the project held on August 29, 2010 Click to read more »

Piedmont’s Annual Harvest Festival ~ September 26, 2010 ~ 11:30 –3:30

On Sunday, September 26, Piedmont will once again celebrate our edible gardens with growing and cooking contests, a farmers market, scarecrows, jazz festival and more. All Piedmonters are encouraged to enter their most successful fresh produce. Cooked or preserved harvest edibles are eligible for the culinary contest. Produce and culinary items for judging should be delivered to the Community Hall, Main Park, on September 26 before 10 am.

What mechanisms and funding sources are available to Piedmont for undergrounding its utilities?

Undergrounding may be accomplished in a number of ways – through a city-wide undergrounding program using various sources of funding, or through three different types of undergrounding districts funded by homeowners privately and/or PG&E monies. Click to read more »

After serving as Piedmont’s City Clerk since 1988, Ann Swift retires on Sept. 3.  During a celebration in her honor at the Piedmont Community Center on August 26,  Swift was greeted by a large crowd of well wishers and praised for her dedicated service to Piedmont over the past years. Former mayors, former and present City Council and School Board members, community volunteers, and City employees eagerly expressed their appreciation for the many ways Swift has served the City. Click to read more »

Dr. Daniel Kammen spoke at a public forum in Piedmont on Thursday, September 16. Dr. Kammen, is Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy and founder of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley. He presented the big picture of the energy future facing our nation and the world. Following his slide-show presentation, a panel of representatives from Alameda StopWaste, PG&E, and the City of Piedmont  focused on what individual homeowners can do to save energy at home, answering audience questions regarding energy efficiency, conservation, solar installations and green building/remodeling practices.  The event  was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Piedmont and Piedmont CONNECT.

Update: read the September 2, 2010 Wall Street Journal article on Alameda County pool closures.

Piedmont’s pool was one of many pools shut down, based on a legislative change regarding drain covers.  Alameda County has been closing “10 pools per week since July 1” because of the new regulations. Click to read more »

Piedmont residents with cable TV can watch KCOM programs through Comcast on Channel 27, but as more people switch to watching TV programs and movies on their computers, what will this mean for the future of our local cable TV station?   Is this good news or bad for the programming produced in the basement of City Hall? By Denise Bostrum. Click to read more »

Piedmont Swim Club pools re-open.  Lease negotiations with City continue. Click to read more »

An analysis of the City’s bidding process for the Piedmont Hills Utility Undergrounding District (PHUUD) construction project which cost Piedmont taxpayers $2 million in cost overruns.  By Rick Schiller.
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