Loomis Garden Club to Form

In cooperation with High hand Nursery a Loomis garden club will be formed this Spring, If you are interested drop me a line

Loomis 25th Birthday Party

Loomis will be celebrating it's 25 birthday as a Town this December. Anyone that would like to help plan a birthday party is asked to call Town HAll at 652-1840 to help.
What kind of activities do you think we should have? Let us know

Planning Downtown

Help plan the downtown in Loomis. TRhe Town of Loomis is holding several meeting to get your opinion on what the downtown should look like. To add your input attend one of the planning meeting, To find the schedule go to the Town of Loomis web site

Free Swim Fridays

The Del Oro Pool is open every friday from 11:30 am to 3 pm for recreation swimming. This is a free program offered by the Town of Loomis

I LOVE LOOMIS

dO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE i LOVE lOOMIS PROGRAM?

Deer Hunt in Loomis

The Placer County Board of Supervisors is considering a deer hunt in Loomis. The reason for this is said to be the number of car accidents that have ocured this past year.
What do you think?

Where should moderate priced housing be built?

The State of CAlifornia requires Loomis to provide 200 moderate price living units. The Planning Commission has indicated a couple of possible locations, The include on Sierra College Blvd across from the college, next to th KOA camp ground on Taylor Road and Next to Clark Powers School.
What location do you favor or do you have a different location?. The site needs to be a minimum of 5 acres.
Let's hear what you think

State takes Loomis Money

The State of CAlifornia is planning to take 8% of Loomis property tax to help balance the state budget. Before this more the Town of Loomis had lost $350,000 in revenues because of declining property taxes and reduced sales tax. Now the state wants to farther Loomis financial problem by taking and additional amount of money from the Town.
Enought is enought. Call Ted Gaines in Sacramento and tell him to oppose this idea.

Loomis Hires Park and Open Space Planners

The Town of Loomis has hired ERM and associates to prepare the town's park, open space and stream plan. This plan will indicate where future parks should be located, How open space can be saved and how the creeks can be used by the whole community.
Work on this plan should begin in July with a series of public workshops. For additional information check the town of Loomis web site.

Best Tennis Players Comming to Loomis

Some of the top tennis players in the world will be at Del Oro from June 9 to 14. They will be competing for $10,000 in prizes, The best thing is that the tournament is FREE. All the seat are at court side. You can see a tennis ball go over 100 mph. Drop by Del Oro to see this great event

I Love Loomis

Check out the I LOVE LOOMIS web site, It has all kinds of information about Loomis. It has been made possible by a $5,000 donation from the Town. Local business people like Wild Chicken and Peter Oates are working on it. The purpose of the web site is to attract people to down town Loomis.
What do you think of the site?

Great Nursery Open in Loomis

Baker Nursery on Taylor Road opened this week. It features tree, plants and veggies at great prices. Not only are their prices great but the quality of the items is wonderful, No need to drive out of Loomis to get your veggie plants for that summer garden, Just stop in at Bakers

Tree Day this Saturday

Would you like a free tree for your yard? The Town of Loomis will be giving away free trees this Saturday between noon and 4 pm at the Sunrise Park. Stop by and get one

New Business in Town

The Black Bear Outdoor store has open in Loomis. Located on Taylor Road across from the Blue Goose this upscale sporting goods store carries a line of back packing equipment, rafts and does bike repairs . It also has fishing gear and supplies. Drop in an say "hello"

I love Loomis

"I love Loomis" has been chosen as the theme by local business for an campaign to attract customers to downtown Loomis. The campaign is being headed by Peter Oates and his firm.
Posters and other material based around the theme will be produced. The Town of Loomis has contributed $5,000 to this project. By a motion by Council member Ucovich the original $2,000
amount was raised to $5,000.

Downtown Business We lattended

Over 80 people attended the downtown business meeting on Monday January 19 at the Loomis train Depot. A presentation was made on prior plans for downtown and then a question and snswer period was held. A sig-up was taken of people who would like to be on various groups to work on plan for the downtown and improvement of business. The meetin gwas run by mayor Walt Schear.

Openings om Park and Open space committee

Would you like to be on the Town of Loomis Parks and Open Space Committee? Opening now exist for interested people. For additional information please contact Town HAll at 652-1840