The Wildwood Days Parade will be at noon on Sat., Aug. 7. Download information and an application here. Participation is free, there will be judging and prizes in three categories. The theme is 50 years of Wildwood Days.
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Wildwood Days is Coming!
Rio Dell will be celebrating the 50th year of the Wildwood Days community festival in 2021. It kicks off the evening of Thurs., Aug. 5 downtown with a firemen’s muster. Fri., Aug. 6 features kids’ activities including bouncers, fire truck rides and the soap box derby, and the start of the Dennis Wendt softball tourney, as well as the Ernie Canaday car cruise, barbeque and dance and ends with a street dance featuring the Red Line band from 9 to 11 p.m. at DJ’s Burger Bar.
Saturday, Aug. 7 starts with a bocce tournament at 9 a.m., the continued softball tourney, the opening of the vendors and craft fair at 10 and a book sale at the library. There’s a parade at noon, a music festival in the park at 1 p.m., a Texas Holdem tourney at 7 p.m. and fireworks at the school field at 9:45 p.m. to celebrate the event’s 50th year. You can donate to the fireworks at a gofundme site online.
Sunday, Aug. 8 opens with the car show and shine at 9 a.m. in front of city hall and the duck race and the continuation of the softball tournament, vendor fair, and book sale. The firemen’s Bar-Be-Que will be at noon followed by an auction at 1 p.m.
Check out these walking and biking paths in Rio Dell
Through Caltrans Active Transportation Program funding, Rio Dell received infrastructure improvements in 2020 to improve safety and increase opportunities for students to walk and bike safely to school. A bike lane now connects the Belleview neighborhood to Wildwood and numerous pedestrian improvements were made to create safer walking connections throughout town. This pedestrian and bicycle route map that includes the time and distance to reach destinations was also developed as a tool to determine the safest routes to Eagle Prairie Elementary and Monument Middle School.
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Chamber activities in the time of Covid
The chamber, in compliance with “Safe at home” practices to contain the spread of Covid-19, is closed and not having activities that are usually scheduled. Reopening the chamber is part of Stage 4 as it stands now in the state’s guidelines, for activities and groups. Meanwhile, the chamber newsletter and Facebook page will continue to alert people to activities being planned for the future and things that are happening now, although differently than usual. The chamber board is meeting by phone at noon on the first Friday of the month instead of in person. Our minutes are posted under Chamber Business on this site.
Honor someone, sponsor a flag
Once, Rio Dell had flags on Wildwood for holiday weekends, though the flags are no longer in use, or available. The chamber is seeking to bring back that tradition, with the purchase of flags to place along Wildwood, with poles and a plaque on each to name the sponsor. Here’s your chance to sponsor a flag that would be placed out for holiday and other celebratory events (Wildwood Days for example) for years to come.The cost is $50 –you can have a 2-to 3-line message of up to 15 characters each line on the plaque. This would be a great way to honor a family member, friend, or other loved one on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, an anniversary, birthday or wedding . . . with an ongoing beautification of the community. Contact the chamber of commerce at 506-5081 or rdschamber@gmail.comwith questions, or send your check for $50 with your inscription message to PO Box 95, Rio Dell, CA 95562.
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The Chamber of Commerce will remain closed to business for the foreseeable future in order to protect the health of the community and to comply with requests to shelter in place.
Our monthly board meeting, scheduled for April 3, will be conducted by the board through online communications.
To reach the chamber about this or other matters, please email rdschamber@gmail.com.
Phone messages and mail will be picked up occasionally.
Call 707.506.5081 to leave a message or write to PO Box 95, Rio Dell, CA 95562.
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