Solid Hire
We’re continually amazed at the wealth of talent in Sonoma, quietly doing good works in the community. One such person is Mr. David Pier, just announced as the newexecutive director at the Boys & Girls Club Valley of the Moon. Coming from Hanna Boys Center, where he has been in senior management since 1995, Pier earned his undergraduate degree from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont and a master of arts in psychology from Sonoma State University. A graduate of Sonoma Valley High School, he is a long-time resident of Sonoma and has completed the Sonoma Valley Leadership Program offered through the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce. Pier said that he was excited to “realize this opportunity to serve, especially with local youth in Sonoma Valley.”
The Boys & Girls Club is an integral part of community life here, daily serving hundreds of our youth and making a positive impact in their lives. We commend the club’s board of directors on their selection of Pier and look forward to his continuation and expansion of the Club’s programs in the years ahead.
Behind Closed Doors
We suggested last week that “the game’s afoot” with regard to the disposition of the hospital. All the parties appear to be fully engaged now, with the Sonoma Valley Health Care Coalition resuming its weekly meetings and the Sonoma Valley Health Care District board, based on the agenda items for its special meeting this week, stepping up its consideration of the Cirrus proposal.
We want to be clear that we are not yet endorsing the board’s proposal, or Cirrus’, or any other. Like the rest of the voters, we are waiting on the results of the ongoing evaluations by the coalition, which has now deferred the date of its final recommendation to mid-March, after the vote on the short-term $195 parcel tax.
The big news, reported elsewhere in this issue, is that hospital CEO Bob Kowal has announced acquistion of the land needed to complete the real estate puzzle for the hospital’s Broadway site, signing last week a letter of understanding to acquire the 5-acre Serafini-Zepponi property. This will enable the hospital to develop a site-specific plan and provide the coalition with a more complete proposal for evaluation.
Since the press is not invited to the coalition’s steering committee meetings or to the hospital board’s closed sessions, we, like the rest of the voters, remain anxiously curious and look forward to having the right information to make a choice, come June.
