April/early MAY 2019
FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS AT: Mountain House Matters! • Mountain mhmatters.net House Matters 263 W Adoncia Drive Mountain House, CA 95391
Issue #78
April/early May 2019
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Local Media matters
Volume 8 • Number 4
Commuter Bus Service From MH to Vasco ACE Up and Running
Main Street Construction Closure Park Parking Lot Closed May 6 - Library access limited by June 15
The people spoke and RTD and ACE listened. At a November 2018 Mountain House Town Hall workshop, leaders from the transit agencies received an earful from Mountain House commuter residents about their desire to have shuttle/bus service to take them to
Community Egg Hunt Grows to New Heights
Mountain House, CA – “No parking” signs appeared April 30th in the parking spaces at Central Park, on Main St., at the entranceway to get to the library. As was explained at the April 10, 2019 CSD board meeting by Interim General Manager
Sarah Ragsdale, developers are moving forward with the planned expansion of Main Street, from Central Parkway to reach the new Town Hall. The new Town Hall building, currently being constructed adjacent to the new library, sits at what will soon become the corner of Main & Providence. Discussion at the board meeting was that this project was planned to begin May 1st. The No Parking signs indicate May 6th until August, which is arguably a more reasonable estimate. Deputy Public Works Director Anush Nejad was reached for an update, and explained the latest.
The Main Street parking lot at the Central Park entrance will be closed as of May 6, 2019 as road construction preparations begin. The library, however, will remain open, with access for
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25,000 candy-filled plastic eggs dotted the grassy long field at Central Park for the annual Egg Hunt just before noon on Saturday, April 20, 2019. O rg a n i z e d b y a substantial crew of volunteers from Southwinds Church, in conjunction with the Mountain House Community Services
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Music In The Park Starts May 18 Food Truck Night Now Every Friday see page 13
Restaurants On Wheels Goes to Weekly at Central Pkwy @ Main
MOUNTAIN HOUSE, CA – Taking a cue from the popular South Bay destination, Santana Row, organizers of the new Restaurants On Wheels food truck nights are going with a “Mountain House Row” theme. Early success of this event and overall community enthusiasm has organizer, Carlos Gaytan, hopeful about a lasting, thriving, venture as the event moves from twice monthly to weekly. Friday evenings seem a perfect time for many, too. Who wants to cook on a Friday when you can gather up the kids, go to the park and have a wide variety of food types
at your disposal from which to choose. It’s dinner for the whole family! “We had seven food vendors at the April 26th event, ” Carlos said. With the Main St. parking lot road closure happening for the next couple of months, Mountain House Row will occupy the edge of Central Parkway from Main St. continued page 4 north.