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January 2021 Aptos Real Estate Update

January 19, 2021 by Seb Frey

763 Las Olas Drive in Aptos sold for $9,255,000 in December of 2020

If you ask around, you’ll find very few people who are sad to see 2020 in the rearview mirror. In so many respects, it was an absolutely awful year, for our community and the country as a whole. At the time of this writing, the nation records its 400,000th death attributed to COVID – with 113 of those deaths occurring in Santa Cruz County. Ironically, despite all the turmoil and tumult of 2020, the Aptos real estate market turned in a remarkably good year.

Of course, real estate markets the world over have thrived during the pandemic. In the United States at least, this has been driven by large numbers of people now looking for better and larger accommodations, since they are spending so much more time at home. This, coupled with record-low interest rates, have created a market with a voracious appetite for real estate, across the state, across the country – and right here in Aptos, too.

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A Look Back at 2020

The numbers for 2020 bear this story out. All the numbers used in this article are for single-family home sales; multi-family, condominium, and mobile home sales are excluded. These numbers are striking.

To begin: the median single-family home price in Aptos in 2020 was $1,175,000 – a 17.5% jump over all of 2019, when the median Aptos home price was an even $1,000,000. The average price in 2020 was $1,409,351 and in 2019 $1,198,532 – up 17.5% in a year.

The median price however is influenced by the kinds of homes which are selling in any particular time period. It is perhaps more helpful to look at the price per square foot: in 2020, the median price per square foot in Aptos was $630 – compared to $555 in 2019, an increase of over 13% on a per-square-foot basis. Likewise the average price square foot in 2020 was $745, vs. $613 in 2019 – a jump of nearly 22%. The price-per-square-foot is often a better barometer of values than median or single family home price.

No matter how you slice it, home sale prices were up sharply in 2020 compared to 2019. But there are some other numbers which illustrate just how incredible 2020 was in Aptos. For example, 301 homes sold in Aptos in 2020 – vs. 237 in 2019, a jump of 27%. What’s even more telling than this though is the ratio of listings to sales. 337 homes were listed for sale in Aptos in 2020 – which means that 88% of listed homes were sold in 2020. In 2019, that ratio was markedly lower – with 323 listings and only 237 sales, that works out to just 64% of listed homes selling.

There’s one last set of numbers I’ll toss in: homes sold in Aptos in just 28 days on average in 2020, compared to an average of 52 days in 2019, a decrease of 46% in time on market. Not only did homes sell much more quickly in 2020, they also sold much closer to list price. In 2020, homes sold on average for 99.7% of asking price; in 2019, the average was 96.7%, a whopping 3% lower.

505 Los Arboles sold for the median price of $1,175,000 in February of 2020

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What to Expect in 2021

Forecasting the future is a risky business, because anything could happen. At this point however it does seem clear that the Trump presidency has ended, and President Biden is seeking to inject extraordinary levels of stimulus into the economy, to ward off a long and deep recession, such as the Obama/Biden administration inherited in 2009 when they took office. This stimulus should help to achieve a high level of GDP growth in 2021; Goldman Sachs is predicting a 6.6% increase in GDP.

As mentioned in the beginning of this article, one factor driving consumer demand for real estate is the record-low mortgage interest rate. The California Association of REALTORS is forecasting that for all of 2021, the mortgage interest rate will average 3.1%, a historically very low number. 30 year fixed are mortgage rates today are around 2.5%, so it can be expected that rates will rise in the coming months, especially if the GDP does in fact grow at anything close to the 6.6% that Goldman Sachs is forecasting.

A rebounding economy and cheap money should be exactly the fuel that’s needed to keep buyers writing generous offers on homes for sale in Aptos. The demand for Aptos homes is therefore expected to remain strong; what’s more of a question is the supply of homes for buyers to choose from in 2021.

The short supply of homes has been a considerable factor driving the price increases in 2020. With so few homes available relative to the number of sales, buyers have engaged in merciless bidding wars for homes, driving prices higher. The question for 2021 is: will supply finally open up enough to tip the market balance in favor of buyers?

There are two prominent reasons this might happen. The first is that Biden may not be able to get enough stimulus through congress. GDP may not rise; it could in fact shrink. Likewise, unemployment – already up sharply due to the pandemic – could rise as well. So far, those who have lost their jobs are not primarily in the category of jobs which support home-buying, but if these higher paying jobs are lost, it would have the effect of both driving more homes onto the market while removing buyers from the market at the same time.

Another big wildcard is California Proposition 19, which was passed by voters 2020. This allows homeowners aged 55 or older to move their property tax basis to another county in the state. Many homeowners have been reluctant to sell their homes for fear of losing their low tax basis, trapping owners in homes which no longer meet their needs.

Proposition 19 will come into full effect on April 1, just in time for the spring market. The California Association of REALTORS is projecting that Prop 19 will lead to 10% more real estate sales. The question for the Aptos real estate market is: will Prop 19 mean more people will be leaving, or more will be coming? Or will there be a roughly equal number of those coming and going, resulting in negligible effect on supply, demand, and sale price?

815 Encino Drive sold for $470,000 in June of 2020, the lowest sale price in Aptos in 2020

The Bottom Line

One important thing to keep in mind about real estate markets is that they generally do not change overnight. People plan for months, or even years, to buy or sell a home. Markets maintain a certain momentum, and right now, there is considerable wind in the sails of the Aptos real estate market. Barring any major unforeseen events, the Aptos real estate market should be expected to perform well, at least for the first half of the year.

However, it’s quite likely that the market will remain strong throughout all of 2021. Indeed, Zillow is forecasting that the Aptos real estate market will see price increases of 11.4% in the coming year. If you’re thinking of selling your Aptos home in 2021, it looks as though you couldn’t have lucked upon a better year to do so.

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Write to the RTC on the Rail Corridor

April 27, 2020 by Seb Frey

The Coastal Rail Trail
Tell the RTC Your Thoughts on the Future of our Rail Corridor

The Regional Transportation Commission will soon decide if the Santa Cruz Rail Corridor will be used for passenger rail, or some kind of bus service. They are working on a Transit Corridor Alternatives Analysis – but they are only looking at two alternatives – fixed rail and bus.

This web site has frequently made the case that the best use of the corridor isn’t for passenger rail. Many (most!) Aptos residents are likely also opposed to any capital-intensive, low-use projects envisioned in the corridor. Please write to the RTC today at transitcorridoraa@sccrtc.org or info@sccrtc.org or via their Contact Us web page.

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Suggested Talking Points for a Message to the RTC

I’m writing to let you know that I OPPOSE the rail transit options and the bus option on the rail corridor. The rail options however are far worse than bus, because…

  • Rail transit will not move more people faster nor for less money than bus transit.
  • Rail transit is more NOT accessible, less comfortable, and louder for riders and neighbors. It also does not go where people need to go.
  • Rail transit will operate in a corridor creating additional traffic congestion in residential neighborhoods, so provides the least reliable service: NEVER on time any time.
  • Rail transit CANNOT be implemented sooner than bus transit, it will have NO IMPACT to be able to travel car-free, it WILL NOT lower our emissions, it WILL NOT fight global warming, and will have NO IMPACT to escape traffic congestion sooner.
  • Rail banking WORKS and absolutely protects 100% of the existing 32 mile rail corridor from easement threats. The Great Redwood Trail in Northern California is using rail banking for a distance 10 times longer than the Santa Cruz Corridor with not easement threats. The only threat here is from the extremists at the Friend of the Rail Trail.

Choosing rail transit means construction of the Coastal Rail Trail is ALREADY delayed and WILL NOT be completed within 10 years. Plans for the rail trail are shoddy and ridiculously expensive.

Bus Rapid Transit/Bus on Shoulder along Highway 1 offers South County riders the same access to improved public transportation as North County riders, RAIL transit does not. It would also clearly show single occupant vehicle drivers that there isa faster way to Santa Cruz.

Rail transit WILL NEVER double the use of public transportation county-wide. Please use SMART as an excellent example of Rail Transit Failure. You cannot get an entire county to accept the burden of financing public tranportation for 2% of the population.

Rail transit is THE MOST expensive to operate and maintain so, over time, rail transit will BANKRUPT SANTA CRUZ METRO.

Funding to implement passenger rail service is NOT REALISTICALLY identified in the State Rail Plan. With COVID-19, we will also be taking a massive hit to revenue in the county, making paying for such capital intensive projects even less feasible.

Tearing up the existing tracks to replace them with a road for buses or commuter rail would create environmental trauma such as TOXIC CLEANUP FROM DECADES OF PESTICIDES, GREASES and OTHER WASTER along with demolition waste, grading, miles of new pavement, and digging for storm drainage systems. This is minimized by replacing the tracks with an active transportation trail and keeping mass transit on the Highway 1 corridor where it belongs.

Rail provides the LEAST easiest access and minimal amount of bike storage per vehicle (rail 20 or more, most buses can only carry around 3). WE DON’T WANT A PLACE TO STORE OUR BIKES, WE WANT A PLACE TO SAFELY RIDE OUR BIKES!

It doesn’t matter if rail provides the access for wheelchairs if it is difficult to get to the locations to ride the train and to get to a final destination as the centuries old rail line does not pass through any current day employment area, government center or higher learning campus. Rail on a signle track cannot accommodate more people with personal mobility devices.

STOP WASTING OUR TIME WITH THESE STUDIES! STOP THE MADNESS OF RAIL AND THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND BUILD A TRAIL ON THE CORRIDOR NOW!

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, News, Parks, Parks and Recreation, Real Estate, Sports/Fitness Tagged With: Rail Trail

Ultra-Premium Affordable Home Debuts in Aptos

January 29, 2020 by Seb Frey

Affordable New Home in Aptos Pines

The future of affordable housing is here, and it’s at the Aptos Pines Mobile Home Park. Local company Joy Line Homes is offering the home for sale, and it’s unlike anything you’ve likely ever seen in a mobile home park, anywhere. The home consists of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,640 square feet and is currently listed at $639,000.

$639,000 might not sound very affordable, but for a brand new home of this size in Aptos, it would be almost impossible to imagine something like this selling for anything less than $900,000. Of course, Aptos Pines Mobile Home Park isn’t in a prime bay bluff neighborhood like, say, Rio del Mar – but it is a park where the you own the land, too. That keeps the HOA fee low (about $165/month) and provides significant appreciation in value over time.

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Even at the asking price, many people prospective Aptos home buyers would consider it to be at least a relatively affordable home – but it is nothing like any affordable home most people have ever seen. It has a stunning design and feels almost like a luxury home – more so than all but some of the finest in Aptos.

The home boasts:

  • 3,250sf deeded lot
  • Clean lines, high ceilings, open floor plan, and custom features throughout
  • Chef’s dream kitchen with quartz-slab waterfall countertops, expansive island with sink and eat-in bar, built-in gas cooktop, stainless steel appliances
  •  Courtyard-style front deck
  • Generously sized master suite with a glass-walled bathroom, walk-in shower, and large walk-in closet
  • Office/Den/3rd bedroom with distinctive glass partition wall! 

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While $639,000 is obviously out of reach for many buyers, the price is due in large part to the cost of the land. Ben West, the home’s designer and founder of Joy Line Homes, says most homes he delivers end up costing around $150 per square foot, delivered, installed, and finished on-site. This is a dramatically lower cost than for “stick-built” homes, which often end up costing $350-$450 per square foot (excluding land, permitting, and other soft costs).

Santa Cruz County has recently relaxed restrictions on the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and in fact they have waived permit fees for accessory dwelling units. Many Aptos and Santa Cruz home owners are considering constructing a “granny flat” in the back yard. At $150 per square foot, a 640sf ADU should be able to be built for just over $100,000.

The way we build housing in California is changing, and it is exciting to see that a local company is out in the forefront, bringing innovative solutions to our address our acute housing crisis.

Click the Image Below to see the Listing Details

21 Eugenia Avenue, Aptos, CA 95003

Joy Line Homes – The Pines Video Tour

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21 Eugenia Ave – Photo Slideshow Gallery

Filed Under: News, Real Estate Tagged With: affordable housing, real estate

County Supervisor Candidates Forum to be held in Aptos

January 8, 2020 by Seb Frey

Santa Cruz County Seal
Santa Cruz County Seal

Come out and join your community at Cabrillo College on Wednesday, January 29th from 6:30-8:30pm to hear from candidates running for Santa Cruz County Supervisor. This will be your chance to ask and hear from them directly about the issues that matter most to our community.

All candidates running for County Supervisor in the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Districts are invited to attend and offer their perspective about how we can make Santa Cruz County a better place to live and work.

The forum will be moderated by Aptos resident and man-about-town Steve Bennet, the Santa Cruz Sentinel Advertising Director. Each candidate will be given the opportunity to make a brief opening statement before being asked about the most important issues facing our community. These include homelessness and housing, transportation and traffic, environmental protection, and the County’s budget. Members of the audience will also be given the chance to submit questions via 3×5 cards, which will be curated by the moderator.

This event is free and open for all to attend, and parking will be available on site at Cabrillo College. You do not need to RSVP to attend, but you are invited to register so they organizers can plan for seating. Use this link to register.

This is a great opportunity to hear from candidates who, if elected, will be able to positively impact the direction of our county. There is little disagreement in the community that we face many and growing challenges, very few of which are being successfully managed by the current Board of Supervisors. Your vote counts, and participating in our democracy by attending this event is something you can do to lend your will toward making a positive change.

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Filed Under: Events, Government, News Tagged With: elections, government

Cabrillo College Measure R on March 2020 Ballot

January 8, 2020 by Seb Frey

Vote Yes on Measure R for Cabrillo College

The Board of Trustees of Cabrillo College has put together a new bond measure to appear on the March 3, 2020 primary ballot. Ballot Measure R will seek to raise $274.1 million dollars to improve facilities at both the Aptos and Watsonville campuses.

County residents may recall that there was a larger, $310 million bond measure for Cabrillo in 2016 (Measure Q). This effort failed to win the minimum necessary 55% “Yes” to pass – it fell about 1% short. This time around, the Trustees have put together a plan that has better support among students and faculty, and it is hoped that in 2020, the community will lend enough to support to get the measure passed.

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Specifically, this money will be spent on the following projects:

  • $84 Million: New Science Building
  • $72.9 Million: Library Renovation and Secondary Effects
  • $60.7 Million: Major Renovation of 200 Building to Co-Locate All Student Services
  • $23 Million: Watsonville Public Safety Center
  • $17 Million: IT and Facilities Allocation
  • $11 Million: Building 350 – Reconfigure Instructional Classrooms for Larger Lecture Halls
  • $3 Million: Building 500, 600, 1600 Modernization – CA State Match –
  • $2.5 Million: Critical Needs (emergency fixes)

Less specifically, the money will be used to:

  • Upgrade training classrooms to prepare students for 21st-century careers
  • Prepare more students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities
  • Improve educational resources for returning veterans
  • Update classroom technology and science, engineering and math labs
  • Expand access to college classrooms for people with disabilities
  • Upgrade aging classrooms and replace outdated wiring and sewer lines
  • Establish a public safety training center in Watsonville to train local firefighters and police to serve our community

If it passes, Measure R would impose a district-wide, 30-year property tax of $19 per $100,000 of assessed value. It is important to note that because of Proposition 13, assessed value is often much less than market value. Property owners that purchased years ago may have an assessed value of, say, $300,000 but a market value of $850,000 – in this case, those property owners would be looking at a $57/year increase in property taxes. If, however, you paid $1,000,000 for a home last year in the district, the assessed value will be roughly the same – meaning you’d be paying an additional $190/year in taxes in that case.

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The Board of Trustees is optimistic that the 2020 Measure R will be successful when 2016 Measure Q failed. The 2016 effort was not well planned, whereas boosters of the 2020 measure say the plan for how the money will be spent has been very carefully considered to closely align with the needs of the student body and the community.

Cabrillo College has put together a dedicated Yes on R web site, and has additional information on the bond measure on their main site.

In the most recent episode of the Bay to Bay Podcast, host Seb Frey discusses what’s going on at Cabrillo College, and spends about half the episode discussing the ins and outs, whys and wherefores of the 2020 Bond Measure R. You can listen to that below:

https://baytobaypodcast.com/2020/01/08/episode-49-cabrillo-college-in-2020

See also:

  • Good Times Article on 2020 Bond Measure
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel on 2020 Bond Measure R
  • 2016 Cabrillo Bond Measure Q Fails

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Filed Under: Developments, News, Schools Tagged With: cabrillo college

Discussion of the Anti-Chinese Movement in Late 19th Century Santa Cruz

January 4, 2020 by Seb Frey

Traci Bliss

Local author, historian, and professor Traci Bliss will discuss the anti-Chinese movement in Santa Cruz County during the late 19 th century.  Bliss will share compelling stories of resilience and humanity from her forthcoming book Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz (Arcadia History Press, May 2020.). This event will be held January 28, 2020 at the Soquel Congregational Church, Parrish Hall at 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Light refreshments will be served.  This event is free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Our Community Reads program hosted by the Friends of the Aptos Library. . This year’s selected book for Our Community Reads is Patriot Number One by Lauren Hilgers, which tells the true account of a couple who emigrate from Southeastern China to the U.S.

This is the first of thirteen events: films, discussion groups, art & culture, lectures and more that are offered by the Friends of the Aptos, La Selva and Capitola Libraries.All events are free and open to the public.  Visit FriendsOfAptosLibrary.org to see the complete list of events, presenter information and details.

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Nutcracker Returns to Cabrillo’s Crocker Theater

November 20, 2019 by Seb Frey

The Santa Cruz City Ballet brings its production of the Nutcracker to Cabrillo’s Crocker Theater this December for the ninth year running!  Kick off the Holidays with tradition and family fun. Add some sparkle to your season with the magical Nutcracker Ballet, a spectacular performance sure to delight and inspire. Gorgeous costumes, dazzling sets, and exquisite dancing!

Santa Cruz City Ballet @ International Academy of Dance will present the full length Nutcracker Ballet with local talent and guest artists from the Bay Area and beyond. What better way to bring in the season than with smiles, laughter, and joy?

There will be a total of four performances over two days – Saturday, December 14th and Sunday, December 15th, at 1:00 PM and again at 4:00 PM.

Tickets are available for purchase online using this link.

Children 2 and under sitting on your lap are free, all other tickets are $28, $35, or $40 apiece.  There are discounts available for groups of 15 or more.  More information is available on NutcrackerSantaCruz.com.

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Initiative Requiring Voter Approval for Santa Cruz Passenger Rail

November 18, 2019 by Seb Frey

Ballot Initiative to give the people the power to best spend transportation dollars

Ever since the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission (SCCRTC, or just RTC) acquired the Santa Cruz Branch Line Rail Corridor, there’s been a lot of debate surrounding just what the future of the corridor would be.  The RTC is championing an extravagant vision of an active rail line built alongside a pedestrian and bicycle path, which a number of “feeder” trails leading into and out of different areas along the 32 mile length of the corridor.  This plan is known as the Monterey Bay Scenic Sanctuary Trail (MBSST), and it’s won accolades and plaudits from many corners.

As much as the MBSST plan has been praised, it has likewise been heavily criticized by a large contingent of the public who feels that passenger rail service is not economically viable for a relatively small population base.  There’s been a spirited debate online for a number of years between those seeking some kind of active rail transportation in the corridor, and those who prefer a “trail only” or “greenway”  – which would be essentially a linear park with a wide multi-modal trail that would accommodate walkers, runners, cyclists, skateboards, and other personal transportation devices which may not yet have been invented.

As the RTC continues to advocate and plan for a “rail and trail” dual use in the corridor, opponents of the rail are organizing an initiative to be put before Santa Cruz county voters on the November 2020 ballot.  The initiative will be titled “A MEASURE REQUIRING AN ELECTION TO APPROVE ANY CONTINUED OR FUTURE WORK FOR THE RAIL + TRAIL PROJECT.”  Notice of this initiative was recently published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a formal requirement to begin the official process for getting the measure on the ballot.

If approved by voters, the initiative would:

  1. Require a majority of voters (at least 51%) to approve the continuation of any work related to a “Rail + Trail” Project in a regular election;
  2. Prohibit the RTC from taking any action that would authorize or permit the construction, studies, and/or continuation of a “Rail + Trail” project, or incurring any related debt or bonds, unless such election is held;
  3. Suspend any work currently in progress or associated with the “Rail and Trail” project until such election is held;
  4. Permit a “Trail Only” or “Greenway” project to proceed without any additional voter approval;
  5. Supersede and override any and all other requirements under which the RTC is governed; and
  6. Apply retroactively from the date the measure was found to have qualified for placement on the ballot.

A copy of the initiative can be downloaded using this link.

Those interested in helping gather signatures for the initiative are encouraged to contact Bill Smallman, who can be found hanging out on the Facebook group Rail AND/OR Trail Vote Group which he created for the purpose of facilitating this effort.

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Related Posts On AptosCommunityNews

  • Write to the RTC on the Rail Corridor (April 27, 2020)
  • Unified Corridor Investment Study Released, Workshops Planned (September 29, 2018)
  • Audio and Video from Aptos Greenway Presentation (February 24, 2018)
  • Santa Cruz Greenway Aptos Presentation (February 19, 2018)
  • TrailNow Presentation Video (March 5, 2016)
  • Rail Trail Debate Rages on (November 16, 2015)
  • Passenger Rail Opponents Meet on Thursday (September 15, 2015)
  • Ellen Pirie Talks Aptos Village, Rail Corridor (May 8, 2015)
  • Alternatives to Passenger Rail Service in Santa Cruz (July 24, 2014)
  • The Trouble with Santa Cruz Passenger Rail (July 19, 2014)
  • RTC Passenger Rail Study Workshop July 17 (July 15, 2014)
  • Rail Trail Faces June 4 Deadline (May 30, 2014)

Filed Under: Developments, News, Real Estate Tagged With: passenger rail, rail corridor, rail-trail, rtc

Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony 2019 Fall Concert

November 5, 2019 by Seb Frey

Hunter Bauman, Flute Soloist

The Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony, under the direction of Nathaniel Berman, will be giving its 2019 Fall Concert on Sunday, November 17th 2019 at 3 PM at the UCSC Music Recital Hall (402 McHenry Road on the UC Santa Cruz campus).

The acclaimed group will perform music by Malcolm Arnold, Aaron Copland, and Arturo Márquez, plus “Poem for Flute and Orchestra,” by Charles T. Griffes, featuring 16-year-old Hunter Bauman (pictured) on flute.

Also included: the world premiere of “Reflections of a 16-Year-Old Girl,” by Bay Area teen composer Miranda Yu. This promises to be a delightful and exceptional way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon! Children will be inspired to see other kids their age performing at such a high level. Adults will be amazed by the depth and beauty of the performance.

Homemade cookies and cakes for sale at intermission. FREE admission for students 18 and younger. Adults $15, Seniors $10, Students 19–24 $5. Tickets available online and at the door. Please support the arts in our community and plan to attend – and bring a friend!  This is a terrific way to start the holiday season.

Meet the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony

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Fire Safe Council Presents Wildfire “Home Hardening” Events

October 8, 2019 by Seb Frey

The Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County invites county residents and building professionals to attend any one of six free presentations being held Oct. 22 – Nov. 9 that are designed to provide education about how to make your home better able to withstand wildfires. Attendees will learn best practices to improve personal and structure safety, as well as “do and don’t” guidelines for the critical five foot area immediately surrounding a home. The presentations are made possible through a partnership with CSAA Insurance Group.

Dates and locations include:

Tues., Oct. 22
2pm-4pm
Highland Park Senior Center
8500 Highway 9
Ben Lomond

Tues., Oct. 22
7pm-9pm
Santa Cruz Police Dept.
Community Room
809 Center Street
Santa Cruz

Sat., Oct. 26
10am-12pm
Watsonville Civic Center
Community Room
Watsonville

Sat., Oct. 26
2pm-4pm
Aptos Grange
255 Mar Vista Road
Aptos

Wed., Oct. 30
7pm-9pm
Loma Prieta School
23800 Summit Road
Los Gatos

Sat., Nov. 9
2pm-4pm
Corralitos Women’s Club
33 Browns Valley Road
Watsonville

RSVPs are encouraged at www.firesafesantacruz.org/home-hardening-events-2019

About the Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County

The mission of the Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County is to educate and mobilize the people of Santa Cruz County to protect their community, homes and environment from wildfire. Learn more at www.firesafesantacruz.org and www.facebook.com/firesafesantacruzcounty.

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