Family Film Festival

Join your Rancho Cordova neighbors for an evening of family fun, featuring activities for all ages and a FREE movie! Grab some movie munchies and head out to your local park for a free, family friendly movie. A different outdoor movie will be shown in a different location each week. This event is cosponsored by the Cordova Recreation and Park District and the Rancho Cordova Leadership Class. Pre movie activities start at 7:00 pm, movie starts at 8:00 pm or at dark. MOVIES AND LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO EVENT.

Bring your blanket or low lawn chair!

July 18 Hagan Park Akeelah and the Bee
July 25 Lincoln Village Park Kung Fu Panda
August 1 Stone Creek Indiana Jones, Crystal Skull
August 8 Eagles Nest Park Roman Holiday
August 15 Larchmont Park Wall•E

New Rancho CordoVan Service!

Late Summer Concert Featuring NASCAR Driver Jonathan Mawhinney

Looking for some late summer fun? Come hear five great bands and meet NASCAR driver Jonathan Mawhinney at Village Green Park on August 29, from 4 to 9 pm. This free event is sponsored by Cordova Recreation and Park District and Beazer Homes.

Bands scheduled to appear include:

Slapback Echo
Tommy Near
Duke LaCrosse
Cherry Bomb
Riff/Raff

Also appearing is NASCAR driver Jonathan Mawhinney and his car. Jonathan grew up in the Sacramento area, and has been racing since age 12. At only 18 years of age, he has a memorable list of achievements including multiple Championships, Top 5 standings, and several NASCAR rookie awards. Come meet Jonathan and see his great car!

For more information, visit www.CRPD.com, or contact Cordova Recreation and Park District at 916-362-1841 or crpd.@crpd.com.

Concert on the Green
Village Green Park
3141 Bridgeway Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
August 29
4:00-9:00pm
FREE

Village Green Concert Hits a High Note

By Jenn Taylor, CRPD Recreation Coordinator

Families brought their blankets, favorite dinner picnic foods and dancing shoes for a great night out at the recent concert in Village Green Park. The Nicole Hodson Quartet performed during the Village Green’s inaugural concert sponsored by Cordova Recreation & Park District and Procida Landscape. With Nicole’s sultry voice, husband Tim’s gifted drumming, John’s tantalizing keyboards, and a host of outstanding jazz musicians, this group dazzled audiences at the Village Green Park in Rancho Cordova. Families commented on the fun atmosphere and welcoming environment with one couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at the event stating, “I have been to music in the park events for many years and have never had such a lovely time.” This was truly an intergenerational affair with many families and extended families present sharing picnic dinners and listening to great music.

Family Game Show Night is Officially a Hit!

Rancho Cordova, CA- Family Game Show Night at Village Green Park in Rancho Cordova has been taking center stage for the past three Wednesdays as one of many free events sponsored by Cordova Recreation & Park District. The district is pleased to offer these fast paced, interactive, exciting and over-the-top events through a partnership with Kidomedy, whose programs provide engaging, fun, and rewarding experiences through improvisational comedy and theater. So come out and enjoy the warm Sacramento nights with your family, friends, and neighbors each Wednesday from June 17, 2009-August 19, 2009 at Village Green Park in Rancho Cordova. Your family has never experienced anything like Game Show Night!!

Dates: Every Wednesday, June 17-August 19
Time: 7:00pm
Price: FREE
Contact: Cordova Recreation & Park District | crpd@crpd.com | 916-362-1841
Location: Village Green Park, 3141 Bridgeway Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

A Children's Museum Grows in Rancho Cordova

The Sacramento region will get its first museum devoted to young children when the Sacramento Children's Museum opens in Rancho Cordova.

The museum is scheduled to open in January of 2010 in a building adjacent to City Hall, at 2701 Prospect Park in Rancho Cordova. Unlike other museums in Sacramento, this one will be tailored to children eight years old and younger.

Click here for SacBee's article on the museum and click here for the museum's website.

Getting You Back To Work Job Fair May 20th

Grocery Store Location Request

Many of our neighbors have been asking whether a grocery store is coming, and how to show our interest. Here is the location request process for both Trader Joe's and Fresh & Easy:

Trader Joe's

Go to: www.traderjoes.com
Click: "Contact Us" tab
Click: "Email Us" stamp
Under "Please Select a Subject," scroll down to "Location Requests"

Fresh & Easy

Go to: www.freshandeasy.com

Click: "Where We Are" tab

Click: "Customer" in the blue "Location Suggestions" box

Here is some text that you're welcome to use as a starting point and modify as you see fit:

The new community of Capital Village is a mixed-use urban community in the new City of Rancho Cordova. The innovative community emphasizes neighborhood connection and walkability and would be a great location for a neighborhood market. The suggested location is located off of Capital Village Drive near the intersection of Zinfandel Drive and Data Drive. For more information on the community, visit www.capital-village.blogspot.com.

Underwear Drive

Hello neighbors,

I am writing to solicit underwear donations. I admit it, my first reaction was to laugh, and it really would be funny if the need was not so real.

Did you know that the Folsom Cordova Unified School District had 680 documented cases of “homeless” students last year? For those students, Project 680 was born.

Project 680 is a grassroots team effort led by local residents to do something about the problem of student homelessness. This all started with a sock drive in December 2008. After learning of the “680″ from the District Liaison for Homeless Services, and that having new socks were a felt need among these students, it became our goal to collect 680 pairs of socks. Well, the Project 680 team was overwhelmed with generosity from the community as 3,144 pairs of socks came in. Local residents, neighborhoods, organizations, churches, and businesses all teamed up to make this happen.

The current mission is to collect underwear for these students. So many people generously give clothes, coats, etc., but the basics like socks and underwear are often overlooked. This is such a simple way to help people who really need it.

Here are the real (but admittedly chuckle-worthy) particulars about what is needed:

Only new undergarments in sealed packages will be accepted.

• Elementary Boys and Girls:

Sizes 4-10 (standard underwear), full briefs for older elementary

• Middle School and High School students:

Boys generally prefer boxers and could use a range of sizes from Boys 10-12 through Mens XL.

Girls generally prefer a modest bikini brief. Thongs are inappropriate for this project.

Sizes from Girls 12 to a range of teen sizes would be most useful.

Donations will be accepted until May 8, 2009.

Collection Points have been set up at the following locations:

Cordova Neighborhood Church: Church Office at 10600 Coloma Road Rancho Cordova

Cordova Gardens Area: Penrose household at 2301 Dawes Street Rancho Cordova

Cordova Meadows Area: Bellamy household at 10118 La Alegria Drive Rancho Cordova

Folsom: Girl Scout Troop 24 c/o the Scott Family, 765 Densmore Court, Folsom

Rancho Cordova City Hall: 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova

RC Neighborhood Center: 10665 Coloma Road, Suite 100 Rancho Cordova

Sunriver Neighborhood: 11121 Crooken River Ct., Rancho Cordova

White Rock Area: Jeppesen Household at 3239 Portsmouth Drive Rancho Cordova

White Rock Area: Wiese household at 3065 Swansea Way Rancho Cordova

White Rock Area: Tartaglia household at 3035 Stoke Ct Rancho Cordova

If you can help by offering another collection location, please contact Ryan Lundquist at (916) 595-3735 or ryan@cordovatowne.com.

For more information about Project 680 and the Underwear Drive, please visit their website at www.project680.org.

Thanks in advance for your generosity and for spreading the word about this very worthy cause.

Target Plans

Target plans to demolish the existing Rancho store and re-open the new store prior to the start of this year's Holiday shopping season. For those who may be curious about what the new store will look like, here are some pictures of the elevations and floor plan of the rebuild. The Design Review for this building was originally approved in August of 2007.

Eat at Rubios Thursday to Benefit the Cordova HS Seniors!

The Cordova High School Senior class will be holding a fundraiser at Rubios this Thursday from 3 – 9PM. If you eat at Rubios and mention the Cordova High School Senior class, Rubios will donate a portion of all proceeds for the night. If you work at VSP, Progressive, or any other business in the general area and can pass this on, it would be appreciated.