Daniel Mintz Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The membership of the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) will stay the same with the Board of Supervisors’ approval of three reappointments. Maya Conrad, a Realtor who is the McKMAC’s chair, and Kevin Jenkins, owner of McKinleyville Ace Home and Garden Center, and realtor Kevin Dreyer were reappointed…
McKinleyville Community Forest in works
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – McKinleyville may be one step closer to getting its own community forest. At the Aug. 26 Zoom meeting of the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee, member Patrick Kaspari said that the a grant application has made it through the first round of review by the State of California Natural…
McKMAC supports fire dept. funding measure
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) voted unanimously June 24 in support of a ballot measure to help fund the town’s fire department. The measure, which will likely appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, would raise taxes on a typical single family home by $118 a year, as…
McKinleyville gets almost $200K for bike/ped plan
Jack Durham Mad River Union MCKINLEYVILLE – Humboldt County Public Works has received nearly $200,000 in grant funds to plan for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in the unincorporated community of McKinleyville. The effort to obtain the $196,700 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant was led by the Redwood Community Action Agency on behalf of the county.…
Should McKinleyville be renamed Dalhagali’?
Arguments echo Arcata’s statue debate Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Across the United States, citizens are grappling with the nation’s history of racism by taking down statues of Confederates and calling for the names of military bases to be changed. The movement has now come to McKinleyville, where some citizens are asking for…
McKinleyville considers homeless shelter
“McKinleyville has an opportunity to provide the same type of services here,” said Tony Giraud of the Church of the Joyful Healer.
McKMAC visualizes Town Center, tiny houses
The Humboldt County Planning Division has commissioned local architect Kash Boodjeh to draw images of what the McKinleyville Town Center should look like based on the public input that’s been received.
McKinleyville seeking homelessness solutions
Anne Pierson, the owner of the McKinleyville Shopping Center, said that the criminal problem became so bad that she was forced to hire security for the shopping center three years ago and has spent $165,000. She has also spent thousands of dollars cleaning up trash left behind in camps. In recent years, volunteers have had to carefully scour the lawn for discarded needles before holding the annual Easter Egg hunt.
The Town Center McKinleyville wants
Survey participants said they want the Town Center to be child-friendly with areas to bicycle and walk. They said they wanted wetlands protected. They want open space and areas to gather and socialize.
Reshaping McKinleyville’s Central Avenue
“What if we began to think of Central as a unique place that has an identity, that is starting to be attractive, as a different sort… of Town Center to what it’s historically been?” Ford asked.