Happy Holidays

RSCA would like to wish you all the best for the Holidays and the coming New Year. We’d also like to help you celebrate the Holidays with your neighbors. You could start by joining us in welcoming Santa to the Shores at the Redwood Shores Library between 1 and 3 pm on Saturday, December 12. In addition to visiting with Santa, your children can enjoy a story time hosted by the Library and have fun with arts and crafts projects. We’ll also have live music from the Library’s grand piano and holiday refreshments.

Then, if you’re feeling like dressing your house up for the holidays, we’ll be judging our annual Light Up the Shores holiday lights contest on the night of Friday, December 17. We’ll award a number of prizes, including a grand prize and several honorable mentions, and some special awards, like best decorations on the water and best town home. So, if you’re ready to make a statement for the season, get out those inflatable Frostys, Santa’s sleighs, singing trees, and lights of all hues and help light up the Shores for the holidays.

Tell Us What You Think

As your community association, one of RSCA’s missions is to advocate on issues that matter to Shores residents. Some of these issues are obvious. For example, most of us are concerned about public safety, which is why we’ve raised issues with the Police like cars running red lights and speeding, out of control parking at Marlin Park on weekends, and Police response times. We also address major issues that impact property values, such as certification of our levees. There are other issues we tackle that aren’t so obvious but that impact quality of life all the same. One such example is the rough pavement – caused by tree roots – that seems to have become a problem all over the Shores, with the worst conditions being on Redwood Shores and Bridge Parkways. We’ve recently raised this issue with the City in the hope of finding a solution that smoothes the roads without injuring the trees.

We’re sure there are other issues that you also care about. To help us identify these, we’ve posted a 60 Second Survey on our website that we’d like to you to complete. It won’t take long (seriously, only around 60 seconds) and simply asks you to rank your concerns about a wide range of issues that impact the Shores. With survey results in hand we’ll be able to focus our advocacy efforts on issues that matter to you the most. And, we’ll be in a stronger position with the City or other agencies when we can show from our surveys concrete data as to your concerns.

— Doug Crisman , RSCA President