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Southern California Resource Services to visit Farmers Market The City of Redlands Recreation Division welcomes Southern California Resource Services to the Saturday Morning Certified Famers Market July 3. Southern California Resource Services will be handing out free PPE, emergency kits and information on resources their organization provides. They’re a non-profit organization advocating for individuals with disabilities by providing them resources and support to live indep...endently and reach their goals. The Redlands Saturday Morning Certified Famers Market is located downtown between 5th and 6th streets in the parking lot next to Ed Hales Park and is open from 8 to 11 a.m. every Saturday morning, weather permitting. Double your SNAP benefits at our Famers Market. Visit the red info booth to use your SNAP benefits and we’ll match up to $10 with Market Match. For more information on the Redlands Certified Farmers Market or any of the programs offered through the Redlands Recreation Division, please contact Recreation Division staff at (909) 798-7579 or email staff at [email protected].

County of San Bernardino has established the San Bernardino County Rent Relief Partnership, an emergency rental and utility assistance program that will leverag...e more than $46.8 million in U.S. Treasury funds to provide rental assistance to county residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. San Bernardino County Rent Relief Partnership - a joint partnership between the County of San Bernardino and Inland SoCal United Way 211+ - provides rental and utility assistance to help keep San Bernardino County residents housed. Households must reside at an eligible address located in the San Bernardino County; address verification is required. Please visit: www.sbcrentrelief.com to apply or dial 211 for help. There’s hope. There’s help. There’s pandemic rent relief. #rentreliefpartnership #pandemicrentrelief #SBCountyTogether #LiveUnited #dial211

Redlands City Council meetings to reopen to public For the first time since March 2020, meetings of the Redlands City Council will be open to in-person attendance by members of the public beginning with the July 6 meeting. In response to public health restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council imposed restrictions last year, first limiting public attendance to allow for social distancing at the March 17, 2020, meeting and then closing the meetings to public at...tendance beginning in April 2020. Since that time, the City Council has continued to meet online with members of the public able to view the meetings on Redlands’ government access cable TV channels and streaming online on the City’s website. Provisions were made to allow the public to submit written comments, which were read aloud during the public comment period by the City Clerk and City staff. Meetings of all other City boards, commissions and committees also were conducted online. Following the State reopening on June 15, the City Council approved plans to reopen Council meetings without social distancing requirements. Public comments will again be taken in person. Advisory boards, commissions and committees will also resume in-person meetings following the Council’s July 6 meeting. The City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month beginning with a 5 p.m. closed session, followed by open session at 6 p.m. Meetings are televised live on Redlands TV Channel 3 for Spectrum cable customers and Channel 35 for Frontier cable customers. Meetings are also streamed live and archived for later viewing on the City of Redlands website at www.cityofredlands.org. Replays on Redlands TV are scheduled at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

Nominations sought for 2021 Beautification, Heroes awards The City of Redlands invites nominations for the City’s 2021 Beautification and Redlands Heroes Awards. Winners will be honored at the State of the City event at noon on Thursday, Sept. 16, at the University of Redlands Orton Center, 1200 E. Colton Ave. More than one winner may be selected for the Beautification Award, which will recognize non-residential buildings and facilities within the City of Redlands that captur...e outstanding landscape, cleanliness and curb appeal. Award recipients will be judged on the building exteriors for architectural design, sustainable design, general maintenance, landscaping, screening of utilities, building improvements, historical preservation, adaptive reuse and parking lot beautification. Redlands Heroes Awards will be presented to individuals and organizations residing or based in the City of Redlands who have performed voluntary activities that address a community need or enhance the quality of life for Redlands residents and demonstrate acts of generosity and kindness. The nomination should reflect a meaningful commitment of time and service by the nominee. Nomination forms are available on the City’s website at http://cityofredlands.org/nominations; in the City Clerk’s Office, 35 Cajon St.; Redlands Chamber of Commerce, 47 N. First St.; A.K. Smiley Public Library, 125 W. Vine St.; Joslyn Senior Center, 21 Grant St.; or at the Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. All nominations must be received by 3 p.m. Thursday, July 22.

Today we acknowledge the countless contributions made by Black community members, whose voices may not have always been traditionally heard, people like Dr. Amos Isaac, Natalie Collins Diggs, Dorothy Inghram and Israel Beal. You can contribute to the Redlands Community History Initiative by sharing photos, letters, diaries, receipts, artifacts, and oral histories, all of which add to the understanding of the many people who built and sustained Redlands over the years. For m...ore information, please visit: https://www.akspl.org//redlands-community-history-initiat/ #Juneteenth #Juneteenth2021 #JuneteenthCelebration #HappyJuneteenthDay