Time to Trestle

In March of 2021, the Petaluma City Council deemed the Trestle Rehabilitation Project as one of the city’s highest priorities. Immediately, the Petaluma Woman’s Club asked how we could help make this project a reality. We offer our historic Clubhouse for Community Visioning Meetings, and offer our experienced PWC member in grant writing to get those grant applications submitted. In the near future, we will be raising funds to help make our Petaluma Riverfront Promenade a beautiful addition to our historic downtown. One milestone has now been completed – a material analysis – which would not have happened without the help of the Petaluma Woman’s Club (PWC) and the River Park Foundation. We need your support to encourage the City of Petaluma to break ground on this project in the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. Please send an email using the QR code and / or sign our petition below.

It’s Time To Trestle, Petaluma!

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It is Time To Trestle!

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City of Petaluma Historic Trestle Reconstruction Project updates:

In November, the City Council added $375k to the Trestle Rehabilitation Project. Here is the update from the City of Petaluma:

We are currently focusing our energy on moving forward expeditiously with project design and permitting. Fortunately, we were able to secure money in our current fiscal year’s budget to begin the design process. Additionally, we continue to recruit and hire new staff to augment our resources for this and the other 100+ important capital projects throughout the City.

We certainly agree on the importance of proactively seeking funding and applying for grants, and we are discussing having support for this with our consultants as part of their scope.

Lastly, our team is and has been very busy with projects and preparing the upcoming capital budget for FY24/25 (which includes the Trestle). I’d like to propose that we meet in early January, as we will have more to share at that time with regard to schedule and upcoming 2024 project milestones to ensure shovel readiness by next December.

Note: The City of Petaluma has had no updates since May of 2023.

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Sign our Petition

Please take a moment to sign our Citizen’s of Petaluma Petition below.

Let’s encourage the City of Petaluma to move forward on the Riverfront Trestle Rehabilitation project in FY 2023-2024 and build a beautiful Riverfront Promenade in the heart of our downtown. Thank you!

Note: We will only use your information to keep you updated on the Trestle Rehabiliation Project.

Imagine a beautiful Petaluma Riverfront Promenade instead of the chain-linked deteriorating trestle that we have now.

We do!

Petaluman’s and visitors alike will enjoy a park-like setting in the heart of our downtown. Imagine dining, strolling, city events and more on our riverfront promenade.

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Join the Petaluma Woman’s Club to help us raise awareness!

Thank you.

It’s Time to Trestle!

When Ida McNear founded the Petaluma Woman’s Club in 1896 she set this as our creed:

We desire to do all in our power to make Petaluma an ideal town, that will be known as a town of good citizenship.

In the effort for clean streets, good water, pure food and better sanitation, we will constantly be on the alert to aid our street and city officials.

In the spirit of the founding mothers, the Petaluma Woman’s Club is active in supporting the City of Petaluma’s efforts in the Riverfront Trestle Rehabilitation Project.

Look at what the ladies of Petaluma can do! Let’s focus our energy now on beautifying the heart of downtown Petaluma and help the city build a Riverfront Promenade by breaking ground on the Petaluma Trestle Rehabilitation Project.

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