Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Tehachapi Railroad Depot and Museum under the direction of the Friends of the Tehachapi Depot (FOTD), celebrates its fifth year of successful operation this month. With yearly attendance figures steadily increasing the all volunteer staff could see upwards of ten thousand visitors this year. With some 60 guests and visitors in attendance the ceremonial cake is about to be cut and served by FOTD Board Member Keith Sackewitz, Board Member Sheryl Bovi, Board Advisor Tim Trujillo, Tehachapi City Manager Greg Garrett, Tehachapi City Council...
TEHACHAPI, CA – On May 27, 2015, the City of Tehachapi announced that Airport Manager, Tom Glasgow, has chosen to move on to new skies, returning to the private sector as a chief pilot. Glasgow has served as the City of Tehachapi’s Airport Manager since 2011 and has left a great legacy at the municipal airport. “Tom has been such a great asset to this organization and to this airport and will leave a valuable legacy,” said City Manager, Greg Garrett. “His aviation management expertise was incredible and while we will miss him around the offic...
On May 12 the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) hosted a "bear aware" public meeting at the BeeKay Theater in Tehachapi. The presentation on how to cohabitate with our native California black bears was very informative. We were treated to nearly a full hour of slides and insights as to black bear behavior by CDFW biologist Vicky Monroe. Ms. Monroe is known for her research into the native California black bear and its relationship with humans. She informed the audience of how...
WWS was awarded 2015 Outstanding Business Award from America’s Small Business Development Center Regional Network for the remarkable transformation, evolution and sustainability of their small business. The second generation wind entrepreneurs, accompanied by city dignitaries, traveled to Fresno on May 7 to receive their award. Pictured above from left are WWS partners Nikki Cummings, Buddy Cummings and Harvey Stephens with Jay Thompson from the Small Business Development Center. Bottom picture is Michelle Vance, Harvey Stephens, Nikki and B...
Howdy – Tehachapi City Manager Greg Garrett told the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) on May 6 at The Shed restaurant that the California High Speed Rail project is moving forward. “Love it or hate it, they’re coming to town,” he said. “We’re working with the HSR folks on the proper alignment.” Due diligence moving along -- Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD) CEO Eugene Suksi said transition from TVHD to Adventist hospital operation is set for Jan 1, 2016 and the hospital will open the third quarter of 2016. Coun...
The fundraising continues as Souza Family Vineyard welcomes City of Tehachapi Manager, Greg Garrett and his lovely wife, Krizzy. They'll be pouring wine on Sunday, March 8 to raise funds for the Family Life Pregnancy Center in Tehachapi. This local nonprofit assists the community with free pregnancy testing, counseling, childbirth education, parenting help and abstinence education. Come out and support the cause!...
Making the rounds of informational speeches, City Manager Greg Garrett brought the Lions Club up to speed on happenings last year and plans for fiscal 2015. Getting a laugh using his usual opening comment ("We're the government; we're here to help!"), Garrett announced the county was awarding Tehachapi a new tourism grant through their KERNCOG program and this would give the town new tools to attract new business. "Remember," added Garrett, "we see a lot of business people come through our city - by car, by plane and for events like the...
The City is like a corporation, with City Hall as the corporate headquarters, and the City Council as the Board of Directors. The customers are the residents and the business owners. Greg Garrett, Tehachapi City Manager, used this analogy as he outlined the City's success and progress at a recent Kiwanis Club meeting. Garrett stressed how important it is that the City live up to the expectations of its customers who want an active and high quality life style. There are 9 thousand residents in...
At its regular meeting on January 20 at the Wells Education Center, the Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to adopt an "Urgency Ordinance" that establishes a temporary moratorium on the permitting of hookah lounges within the Tehachapi city limits. City Manager, Greg Garrett, reported that the city had received a permit request to locate a hookah lounge in a currently vacant building on South Green St. The emergency measure would give the city 30 days to further study this land use and to...
On Jan. 22, County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, City Manager Greg Garrett, Mayor Susan Wiggins and Tehachapi's Economic Development Council (EDC) were treated to a tour of the new 32-acre greenhouse in Cummings Valley which is owned and operated by SunSelect. The Canadian company is 100% family owned and operated by the Krahn family, which has operations in Toronto and British Columbia. The company has over 100 years of sustainable greenhouse growing experience and is headed by Chief Executive Offi...
Last week, I attended a meeting at the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District, as I often do, and I was approached by someone there who thanked me for the Christmas lights at our Wastewater Treatment Facility. This person told me that he enjoyed seeing the lights on his nightly commute and that they gave him the feeling of being home. Though the lights are temporary, they serve as a bit of a landmark for him, and maybe some others, that indicate they can relax and enjoy this great place...
Last week, I had the opportunity to see a new movie. I sat in the dark, with a drink and a bucket of popcorn, and enjoyed the fruits of labor performed by hundreds of people who either wrote, produced, directed, designed, built, supported, or marketed the movie. After the movie, it occurred to me that I now had an opinion about the final results of their labors and could criticize the set design, the length of the movie, the quality of the dialogue, or any one of the million pieces that go into...
The Tehachapi City Council, at its Dec. 1, 2014 meeting at the Wells Education Center, approved the introduction of two ordinances written in response to citizen complaints of an increase in bothersome solicitation and of people rummaging through residents’ garbage. One ordinance would prohibit loitering and aggressive solicitation at specified locations, and another ordinance would prohibit “unauthorized entry into waste containers” – otherwise known as dumpster diving. “The foraging of waste...
Thanksgiving is here already! Can you believe it? This a great time of year in Tehachapi and I’m grateful for this wonderful community. In the spirit of this gracious holiday, I’d like to take the opportunity offer my own sincere thanks for some of the many things I am grateful for. First and foremost, I am thankful to live under the flag of our great nation. Each year, as elections come and go peacefully, I’m reminded that despite our shortcomings and disagreements, we are still a nation full...
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming elections in Tehachapi, and the candidates and issues that will be considered by voters as they cast their ballot this November. As an employee of the City and not an elected official, my role is to manage the day to day business of the City and to avoid political discourse when possible. Instead of engaging in political debate best left to those individuals running for office, my staff and I do our best to provide facts and i...
The Tehachapi City Council formally adopted a major update of the municipal zoning code in a 416-page document that incorporates a hybrid of conventional and form-based elements. The document "is a reflection of us," City Manager Greg Garrett told the Council Oct. 20 at its regular meeting at the Wells Education Center. "We are proud of this document," Garrett said. "It tells the story of what we do and how we do it, all the things we pride ourselves in. It tells a really good story." Council...
The Stallion Springs CSD held its annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 4 with over 3,500 people in attendance over the course of 6 hours. They were so busy they ran out of bratwurst and had to send out for a backup supply. Beer lines were long all day and the Property Owners Association sold out of the root beer, cream soda and water provided for the non-beer drinkers. Kids filled the playground. Inside the crowded Community Center vendors were busy selling their wares. An even larger crowd...
In asking the Tehachapi City Council to approve the placement of a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot, City Manager Greg Garrett said the municipality is not desperate for the money and it's a good time to plan ahead. "We're lean and mean and at some point we need to build capital," Garrett told the Council on Aug. 4, 2014 at the Wells Education Center board room. The members voted 5-0 to place a measure on the November 4, 2014 ballot that would increase city sales tax from 7.5...
City of Tehachapi budget FY 2014-15 City-wide Revenue $16,991,975 Expenditures $16,799,357 It was with a large measure of pride that Tehachapi City Manager Greg Garrett and Finance Director Hannah Chung presented the 2014-15 fiscal year budget and preliminary five-year budget to the City Council June 23. “The budget is spot on,” Garrett told Forde Files. “We’re very proud to be working for the city of Tehachapi. The entire team, staff and residents are of one accord.” Garrett said the city has...
The June 27, 2014 official dedication and open house for the new Tehachapi Police Department building on 220 West C St. drew dignitaries and members of the public eager to see the state-of-the-art facility. Retiring Chief of Police Jeff Kermode – who had the task of forming the police department in 2007 when the city chose to establish its own department rather than extending a contract with the Kern County Sheriffs Office – swore in the new chief, Kent Kroeger, whose father Joe pinned on his ba...
The Woods Pavilion grand opening was absolutely a grand affair held in their newely created space. The Chamber Directors Kathy Carey and Claudia White; Chamber Ambassadors Pat Doody, Kathleen Kline, Tina Larson, Harriet Clendenin joined Chamber President Ida Perkins along with City Manager Greg Garrett and Ryan Rush from Supervisor Scribners office, Susan Wiggins Mayor Pro-tem, Terri Cryer Tehachapi Police Dept. and princesses and queens along with Jim LaMar, President of Greenlawn Funeral...
The sleek, uber-sexy ICON A5 Light Sport Aircraft will be manufactured in Northern California but Tehachapi is where it was born. From 2008 to the present, research and development of the recreational amphibious aircraft has been taking place in relative obscurity inside hangars at Tehachapi Municipal Airport. Now it is ready to meet the world and the A5 is leaving the nest. ICON Aircraft Company officers confirmed on May 14, 2014, that they selected Vacaville as the location for its...
Engineers designing the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) must move mountains – and people, houses, roads, orchards and maybe a corral or two. Farmers and residents at ground zero in the first segment of the first HSR track to be under construction – a 29-mile stretch from Madera to Fresno – are faced with the reality that they are expected to get out of the way. In spite of funding difficulties and vociferous opposition to the project, it appears the train has left the depot. The next const...
One of the best things about being the City Manager of this great city is that I have seen the improvements we’ve made over time. I can be proud that we’ve delivered projects that, I believe, have increased the quality of life for the residents of Tehachapi. What’s more, our team is working every day to develop future improvements that I know we will all be proud of as we continue our community’s forward progress. In the last decade, we have designed, funded, and constructed over $20 million in...
The city of Tehachapi's 2013-2014 mid-year budget adjustment, showing an anticipated fund balance change of negative $1.7 million, graphically illustrates the down-and-dirty battle between the city and the state of California over Redevelopment Agency (RDA) funds. The RDA program – which enabled Tehachapi to carry out acclaimed projects like the Centennial Plaza (and enabled less conscientious cities to rip off the program, which contributed to its demise) – no longer exists, but the city and...
