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Paso Welcomes Spring Release Weekend About 400 people attended the walkaround wine tasting event in Downtown Paso Robles City Park By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
Castoro Cellars Winery hosted tastings for the Paso Robles Wine County Alliance, Spring Release Event, last weekend. Contributed photo
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The workshop will be held March 24 in the City Hall building By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — The City of Paso Robles encourages the community to attend a public workshop regarding the City’s ShortTerm Rental Ordinance. The workshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, and will be conducted in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation options available.
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Paso School District to Go Forward with Georgia Brown Rebuild The board directed staff to move forward on drafting contract with architect for Aquatics Complex By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com
PASO ROBLES — The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 22, where trustees received an update on the Measure M budget and projects. The presentation was followed by discussion lasting over two hours. Assistant Superintendent Brad Pawlowski and Ricardo Reyes, manager of Facilities and CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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Paso City Public Workshop on ShortTerm Rental Ordinance Council last discussed the ordinance in the Aug. 18, 2020 meeting. At that time Council received a status report on short-term rentals in the City. The City implemented its short-term rental ordinance in 2019, and part of that included a yearly review. The City began receiving rental applications again on Dec. 9, 2019, and as of Aug. 1, 2020, the City received 398 applications. At the time, there were 45 non-compliant rentals operating without a permit in city limits, according to the staff report. Shortterm rentals need a permit to operate in the City. This accumulated to an 85 percent compliance rate for shortterm rentals in the City. Noise and parking were the majority of complaints
PASO ROBLES — Formerly known as Vintage Paso: Zinfandel Weekend, the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance (PRWCA) introduced its Spring Release Weekend on Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20. The threeday event celebrated spring, and wineries released their newest wines with an outdoor walk around in Paso Robles City Park. Friday’s downtown Paso event sold out, with about 400 attendees. Wine enthusiasts had 44 wineries to taste from at the Spring Release WalkAround Tasting in the park with live music from Dante Marsh. P RW C A C o n s u m e r Marketing Manager Jennifer Bravo recounted the weekend: “The warm weather was perfect for the Friday evening tasting, then guests spread throughout downtown and
filled up the restaurants. Town was busy!” W hile celebrating the spring equinox, wineries released some of their new wines. According to Bravo, the new Sextant Grenache Blanc, Willow Creek Wine Collective Chenin Blanc, and Cloak & Dagger Cryptology Rosé seemed to get people excited. In addition to the walkaround tasting, a New Release Seminar was held at Castoro Cellars. The sold-out seminar was a seated tasting showcasing newly released wines from five brands. A panel of winemakers from Alta Colina, Cass, Castoro, Ancient Peaks, and My Favorite Neighbor made the tasting a big hit. They discussed the vintage and how it is reflected in the bottle. On Saturday and Sunday, local wineries across the county held individual events, including barbeques, vineyard tours, winemaker dinners, and more. In addition, wineries like Opolo Vineyards, B & E Vineyard, Villa San Juliette Winery, Grey Wolf, and Barton Family Wines enjoyed live music and specialty foods at their tasting rooms. Bravo tells us her favorite
Georgia Brown Elementary kindergarteners created beauty and vibrancy in the garden with natural wreaths. Tiger students used all five senses as they prowled the garden to find the perfect leaves. Contributed photo
Paso Elementary Schools Welcome One Cool Earth One Cool Earth is a non-profit providing school gardens and outdoor education
entered a district-wide contract with One Cool Earth (OCE), a local non-profit dedicated to creating garden programs for schools. Now, all seven of the District’s elementary schools By CAMILLE DEVAUL feature a school garden with camille@pasoroblespress.com educational opportunities. PASO ROBLES — For Evie Kinkade, OCE Director the first time, Paso Robles of Communications and OperJoint Unified School District ations, commented, “That was
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an incredible and bold move for the District because before that, we were in only two schools. To have the District level say, ‘this is a perfect program we want for everyone,’ that was huge.” Following the contract agreement in January, three new gardens were built, and an update on the program was provided at the Tuesday, Mar.
8 school board meeting. Since their partnership started, OCE gardens have served 3,600 taste tests, harvested and distributed over 300 lbs of garden produce, and taught over 350 lessons in the gardens. Since its founding in 2001, OCE has held onto the same vision: Every Child Deserves CONTINUED ON PAGE A15
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