Weekly Digest for June 27, 2022   

This week's features

• Register your block party for National Night Out!
• Local Menlo Park eateries receive grants to support outdoor dining 
• Help your trees avoid long-term drought damage
• Download Clipper card on your phone

Upcoming public meetings and events

• Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m.
  Preschool/Toddler Tuesday: Stacey Peasley Music
• Tuesday, June 28, Noon
  English Conversation Club
• Tuesday, June 28, 6 p.m.
  City Council meeting
• Thursday, June 30, 10:15 a.m.
  Wildmind Science Learning: Wild Rainforest
• Saturday, July 2, 2 p.m.
  Stellar Personalities with Pandora Astrology
• Saturday, July 2, 4 p.m.
  Story Time for Adults: online or in person
• Monday, July 4, all day
  Fourth of July Holiday - Administrative Offices Closed
• Tuesday, July 5, 10 a.m.
  Preschool/Toddler Tuesday: Nanny Nikki Music
• City calendar
  View the event calendar

Register your block party for National Night Out!

National Night Out is fast approaching and we want to make it the best one yet! This year’s event will be Tuesday, Aug. 2 with celebrations starting around 5 p.m. National Night Out is a national community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and crime prevention. National Night Out is a great opportunity to engage with your neighbors, police officers and city staff. In keeping with past tradition, several Menlo Park neighborhoods will host outdoor gatherings…Click to continue

Local Menlo Park eateries receive grants to support outdoor dining 

The City of Menlo Park has provided approximately $72,000 in reimbursements to local eateries for the Temporary Outdoor Dining Grant Program. In response to initial health orders prohibiting indoor dining in 2020 and 2021, the City Council approved an outdoor dining grant program to provide financial assistance to local eateries to enhance outdoor dining options. The grant program recognized that outdoor dining has become essential to continue operations and safely serve customers. The $100,000 program budget…Click to continue

Help your trees avoid long-term drought damage

You can help preserve Menlo Park’s Tree City USA heritage this summer by making sure your trees avoid long-term drought damage by following some simple tree care guidelines. Water mature trees once a month by irrigating near the edge of the tree canopy (drip line). Use a low flow rate for a long duration to allow water to moisten the soil to a depth of 18”-24” (Rule of thumb - use 10 gallons per 1” of trunk diameter). For young trees not yet established, water every 3-5 days within the drip line. Before watering, check the moisture level…Click to continue

Download Clipper card on your phone

Getting around the Bay Area is easy and now you’ve got options. You can manage your account with the Clipper app and add Clipper to your mobile wallet to pay fares. No more scrounging around for your Clipper card, it’s now all in one place! The Clipper app gives you the same account access as the website, but on your phone. You can add cash value and passes to your account, set up autoload, view your activity and other features. You can also combine multiple Clipper cards in one place. Available through the Apple App Store or Google…Click to continue