The landscape around us is still green, but the drought is still on, too. It will be the focus of a series of four Town Hall meetings beginning Wednesday in Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park. Here’s a preview.

The schedule for the Town Hall Meetings is:

Santa Rosa

Wednesday, April 23, 6 – 8 pm

Santa Rosa Finley Center, 2060 W College Ave.

Rohnert Park

Wednesday, April 23,  6:00 – 8:00 pm

City Council Chambers, 130 Avram Ave.

Windsor

Wednesday, April 29, 6 – 8 pm

Town Council Chambers, 9291 Old Redwood Hwy.

Petaluma

Wednesday, April 30, 6 – 8 pm

Lucchesi Community Center, 320 N. McDowell Blvd.

 The Drought Drive-Up events all happen on April 23, between 7:30 am and 6:30 pm at the following locations:

Healdsburg (Co-Hosted by the City of Healdsburg)

•Healdsburg City Hall

Novato (Co-Hosted by the North Marin Water District)

•Vintage Shopping Center (near Chevy’s)

Petaluma (Co-Hosted by the City of Petaluma)

•Lucchesi Center

Rohnert Park (Co-Hosted by the City of Rohnert Park)

•Ashley Furniture parking lot

Santa Rosa (Co-Hosted by the City of Santa Rosa)

•Finley Center

•Roseland – Dollar Tree Parking Lot

•Coddingtown Mall – Whole Foods parking lot

•Veterans Memorial Hall

Sonoma (Co-Hosted by the City of Sonoma)

•Arnold Field Parking Lot (near Veterans Hall)

Windsor (Co-Hosted by the Town of Windsor)

•Windsor Town Green

  Northern California offers an abundance of scenic and challenging routes for bicyclists.  Now a local rider and writer has collected 75 of the best between the covers of a new guidebook.

  When it came time to winnow down the possible rides to just 75 (a number not strictly adhered to, if you count the various multi-day rides and those with several options), Oetinger says that one occasional criterion was the condition of the roadway itself.

Bill Oetinger will talk about his cycling guidebook at Copperfield’s in Santa Rosa Tuesday evening, April 22, night at six pm.

  We’ve all heard the saying,” It takes a village to raise a child.” But that same sort of collaborative community can play an important part in the lives of its older members as well. That’s what the Village Network of Petaluma is setting out to create., as we hear on today’s segment.

The Village Network of Petaluma will be holding their Kick Off and Membership Drive at the Petaluma Library Saturday afternoon, April 19 from 1-3 pm.  As their invitation says:

"The Village is having a big Kick-off Event and Membership Drive this Saturday, April 19, 1:00 - 3:00, in the Petaluma Library! Learn more about the Village, benefits of membership, and also about opportunities for sharing your skills as a volunteer. Live music, speakers from our Village and Sausalito Village, food, and fun! Come and help build a Village you'd like to be part of..."