Why the Valley Needs More Shade, Not Just More Roads
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September 19, 2026
As infrastructure budgets get debated again this summer, shade infrastructure deserves the same urgency as traffic projects.
As infrastructure budgets get debated again this summer, shade infrastructure deserves the same urgency as traffic projects.
Weekday afternoon meeting times quietly exclude the working residents whose input matters most.
New solar-powered lighting along a two-mile stretch of the towpath is meant to make evening walks and commutes safer.
The new division gives the Valley’s adaptive sports program its first team-based wheelchair competition option.
Nine independent coffee shops have joined a new passport-style trail encouraging visits across neighborhoods.
A weekend celebration will honor the department’s history, including several members who have served for more than four decades.
What began as a seventh-grade science assignment now supplies fresh produce to three food pantries across the Valley.
Three generations of the same families have sat in his chair, and he says he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
The local crisis line is adding two additional overnight counselors after call volume climbed nearly 40% over the past year.
Free clinics across the Valley will offer heat-illness screenings and cooling supplies as triple-digit temperatures approach.