A few volunteer spots are still open for our 9/24 Tour – primarily traffic, ramp monitors and alternates. Each volunteer receives a special pass to visit any and all homes on the Tour plus a free commemorative t-shirt with the Floating Homes Association illustration (the logo at the top...
To keep everyone up to date on what the FHA Board has been doing, here’s a bullet list of the important and interesting things that happened at the July 18, 2016 Board Meeting: Our webmaster is developing a comprehensive community map for the website. The Conservation Corps North Bay has offered to partner with the...
To keep everyone up to date on what the FHA Board has been doing, here’s a bullet list of the important and interesting things that happened at the June 20, 2016 Board Meeting: Members of the Point San Pablo floating homes community attended the meeting and asked questions about steps necessary to purchase their marina. Jim...
Nearly half of the 500 advance tickets being offered for our September 24 Open Homes Tour have already been sold—before we’ve even issued our first press release. Congratulations to JoAnn Dunaway for arranging for two busloads of folks from the Sacramento area, and to our social media pros, Windy...
To keep everyone up to date on what the FHA Board has been doing, here’s a bullet list of the important and interesting things that happened at the MaY 16, 2016 Board Meeting: First Aid for Disaster Response Training was scheduled for June 25th. Click here for details. CERT Training will be held on Saturday, October...
Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rapper Tupac Shakur, died recently at Marin General. She was 69. Shakur was aboard one of 4 floating homes she owned on West Pier with a family member and friend when she began experiencing physical discomfort, and...
Ten residents of South 40, Liberty and Main docks have offered to open their homes for our Sept. 24 tour. The Tour Committee is now looking for one or two backup boats on Liberty or Main. If you’d like to help, please contact Michele Affronte: maffronte99@gmail.com. To date, over 100...
The Marin County Board of Supervisors has notified the FHA that it will hold a public hearing at the next regular meeting of the Marin County Board of Supervisors. WHERE: in the Board Chambers (Room #330—Administration Building) Civic Center, San Rafael. WHEN: Tuesday, May 3 at 1:30 pm PURPOSE: to consider a proposed...
It’s time to resurrect the Humming Toadfish Marching Kazoo Band for Sausalito’s 4th of July Parade. This marching unit has been a long-time feature of the parade, and was actually judged Best Entry in 2009. The job of Director involves recruiting kazoo players, selecting the playlist of appropriate songs (Yellow...
You’re probably familiar with CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture, but there are now CSFs—Community Supported Fisheries—that source local, sustainable seafood. You can subscribe to a service that drops off healthy, flavorful, sustainable seafood for you to pick up at participating locations. In our area, there’s a Thursday drop at Davey...