Community Scene
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Community Scene – The Experience Artist
Spring Maxfield is all about creating community-driven arts and cultural programs. She’s been a key player in Maker Faires in the Bay Area and New York and cofounded the popular Great Handcar Regatta in Santa Rosa from 2008-2011. She’s active on various arts committees, supporting artists, businesses, and community groups, and holds degrees in Art…
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Community Scene – Taking Charge
Made Local (ML): Tell us about Sonoma Clean Power, and why it began? Geof Syphers: Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) launched in 2014 as California’s second Community Choice Aggregator (CCA), driven by the community’s demand for locally controlled, sustainable energy options coming out of the State’s energy crisis of the early 2000s. By 2014, we were…
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Community Scene – Heart of Sonoma
Made Local: Tell us about your podcast Sonoma County: A Community Portrait. What inspired you to start the podcast? Cincinnatus Hibbard: I’m a home gardener—and a utopian—which is just a home gardener in the larger sense. The podcast and my column in the North Bay Bohemian are together a venue home where local visionaries and…