Spend this traditional, family-centered evening 5 – 6:30 p.m. with neighbors and friends at the Community Resource Center, 406 Wildwood in Rio Dell. Santa arrives in the fire truck parade. There will be refreshments and more, and the lighting of the tree on the median outside. This is also the chamber’s annual meeting, with a chance to join or renew your membership for 2026. Start the holiday season with this event on your calendar.
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5th Annual Christmas Decoration Contest
The Rio Dell-Scotia Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 5th annual Christmas Decorating Contest for all Rio Dell and Scotia residents, with categories for homes and businesses. Cash prizes provided by the Volunteer Fire Department.
Wildwood Days is coming!
Mark your calendar! Wildwood Days in Rio Dell will be July 31 to August 3, full of traditional, favorite events and some new ones. Check it out here: Wildwood Days
The event is sponsored by the Rio Dell Volunteer Fire Department. The parade is put on by the Rio Dell Scotia Chamber of Commerce, see the Parade Flier Here and the Parade Application Here.
Chamber membership and ad renewals are now due!
We’re reaching out to let folks know, if you are running an ad in our free, monthly newsletter (for which we thank you for your support!) it is time to renew. Small ads are still $120 per year (only $10/month) and large ads are still $240 ($20/month).
Memberships in the chamber are also coming due and are available at several price points, from indvidual to business to several levels of sustaining.
Watch for notices, or reach out – you can send your payment to us at PO Box 95, Rio Dell, CA 95547. Contact us with questions at (707) 506-5081 or rdschamber@gmail.com. Let us know if you want to change your ad copy, become a new advertiser and/or member, or move to a different size ad and/or level of support. We hope you will continue to support us in the coming year!
Sign up to win cash prizes!
Sign-up for the Home and Business Decorating Contest is open now through Dec. 13 for all homes and businesses in Rio Dell and Scotia to be included in judging, to win cash prizes (courtesy of the fire department) for best home and best business holiday decorations!
Go here to register online: https://forms.gle/Mc292Z45JT3bSJ8h9 . Get a sign-up form at Shotz Coffee or the Community Resource Center, fill it out and drop it off at either location by Dec. 13. Businesses can indicate if they want to be judged on their interior or exterior decorations.
By noon, Dec. 16, a map will appear online, and a paper map will be available at Shotz and the Resource Center, showing the locations that have signed up for judging. Check them out and vote for your favorite home and favorite business decorations. Winners are selected by popular vote!
Recalling the 1964 Flood – a special event
The chamber is hosting a free event on Sat., Dec. 21 from 1-4 p.m. at the Scotia Lodge to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 flood. We will be showing High Water Mark, the video produced 10 years ago by a local team, with extensive interviews and stories about the flood by those who lived through it, as well as other historic materials.
Do you have memories or artifacts to share? Bring them! We will have an open mic and space to lay out materials to view.
Join your friends and neighbors in the historic Scotia Lodge, which will be extensively decorated for Christmas, for refreshments and to share this part of our history. This will be the chamber’s annual meeting, you can join or renew your membership and get preparedness information to be ready for future possible disasters.
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Get your holiday season started!
The annual tree lighting will take place at 5 p.m. on Sat., Dec. 7 at the Community Resource Center, 406 Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell, at the corner of Columbus. Santa arrives in the fire truck parade, the resource center will have refreshments and more. Santa lights the tree on the median, outside, at 5:30 p.m. Join your friends and neighbors for this holiday tradition! Thanks to Humboldt Redwood Company for the tree!
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All residents and businesses in Rio Dell and Scotia are invited to participate in the third annual holiday decorating contest. There are separate categories for homes and businesses, and businesses can indicate if they wish to be judged on outdoor or indoor decorations.
Cash prizes of $250 for first place, $150 for second, and $100 for third, are again being offered by the volunteer fire department in each of the two categories.
Register by Dec. 14 to have your home or business judged: Go to the Rio Dell-Scotia Chamber of Commerce Facebook page to sign up online or fill out a short paper form available at Shotz Coffee Rio Dell or the Rio Dell Community Resource Center, 406 Wildwood. (For businesses, indicate if decorations to be judged are indoors or out.)
The entries will be put on a map and made available online at the chamber Facebook page and in paper formats at Shotz and the resource center. Get a list of locations to vote on, in one of these two formats, start checking out the homes and businesses, and cast your vote.
Vote Dec. 16-midnight, Dec. 24 if you are casting your ballot online. If you are voting with a paper ballot, make sure you turn it in during the hours Shotz or the Resource Center are open (which may vary during the holiday weekend).
Winners will be notified. This is a project of the Rio Dell-Scotia Chamber of Commerce. Prize money has been donated by the Volunteer Fire Department. Technical expertise is courtesy of Mavis Amen of Famous Amens Handcrafted Seasonings, Fortuna.
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Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
Saturday, December 2, 5 – 7 p.m.
406 Wildwood, corner of Columbus, Rio Dell
Meet Santa, and join your friends and neighbors for refreshments, family-friendly activities, music and more.
Santa arrives at 5:30 p.m. in the fire truck parade and lights the tree on the median at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Rio Dell-Scotia Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Rio Dell Community Resource Center and Volunteer Fire Department. Thanks to Humboldt Redwood Company for donation of the tree.