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Annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival is coming up
The 52nd annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival is scheduled to take place downtown on the weekend of Sept. 7-8.
Hosted by the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, the annual event typically draws large crowds and fills Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Avenue.
This year’s Art & Wine Festival is expected to include over 350 artists, various live musical acts, food, drinks, a kids zone and an array of activities, according to the festival’s website.
The festival is slated to run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free, but the event includes various items for sale.
The Voice is among the event’s sponsors.
For more information, visit mvartwine.com.
City to host workshop on Moffett Boulevard rezoning
The city of Mountain View is scheduled to host a community outreach workshop this week to gather input about the Moffett Boulevard Precise Plan that it is developing.
The city is in the process of creating a precise plan for the area along both sides of Moffett Boulevard north of downtown Mountain View. The plan would lay out a comprehensive vision and guiding principles for future development in the area.
The workshop will begin with a presentation about the plan area and its existing conditions, followed by smaller group discussions to get input from attendees. The comments gathered will be shared at future Environmental Planning Commission and City Council meetings, according to the city.
The workshop is slated to run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave.
Childcare and light refreshments will be provided, with translation services available upon request, according to the city.
For more information about the workshop and the precise plan, visit mountainview.gov/moffettblvd.
Forum on community policing this week
The Mountain View Police Department and Public Safety Advisory Board are hosting a forum on the “future of community policing” this week.
A member of the Public Safety Advisory Board will moderate the event, which will include a discussion about current scams impacting the community and tips on crime prevention, according to the city.
The forum is scheduled to run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave.
For more information, email Mountain View police Lt. Fernando Maldonado at fernando.maldonado@mountainview.gov.
