(PHOTOS) Volunteers Spruce Up Old Town During Community Cleanup and ‘Project Eureka’ Events
Eureka City Councilmember Leslie Castellano wearing her regular garb during Saturday’s community cleanup in Old Town
Despite the chilly, wet weather, community members gathered in Old Town on Saturday morning to help beautify the neighborhood some picking up trash as a part of the Intergalactic Community Cleanup, others planting greenery for Project Eureka’s community work day.
Starting at around 9:00 a.m. masked volunteers met at the gazebo for the community cleanup, organized by Synapsis and the Old Town Community Alliance. Trash pickers and buckets were provided, as well as coffee and live tunes performed by Bandemoneum to help keep spirits high. Volunteers a few in space-themed costumes walked around the surrounding streets, in what Eureka City Councilmember and Synapsis Director Leslie Castellano called a “choose your own adventure cleanup.”
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Posted By Linda Stansberry@lcstansberry on Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 1:00 PM click to enlarge A marathon special meeting of the Eureka City Council, stretching from 7 until 11:30 p.m., resulted in the council voting 3 to 2 in favor of a resolution temporarily prohibiting all syringe exchange services within city limits, with councilmembers Natalie Arroyo and Leslie Castellano dissenting. The wording of the resolution is tangled, stating that the city “supports” syringe exchange programs but nevertheless, “the City of Eureka needs to temporarily prohibit SEPs starting on December 16, 2020, until an ordinance is established, subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act.” “I feel sick to my stomach,” said councilmember Austin Allison as the matter came to a vote. “I feel awful that we’ve come to this place. Harm reduction saves lives …but, yeah