San Ramon Residents Invited To Culture In The Community Celebration

From the City of San Ramon: Get ready to enjoy food, fashion and vibrant cultural music and performances at San Ramon’s first-ever Culture in the Community event.

What: Culture in the Community Celebration

When: Sunday, October 15th, from 12:00 to 5:00pm

Where: San Ramon Community Center at Central Park, 12501 Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon

* Admission and parking are free. Food available for purchase

"We will have more than 20 different countries represented with cultural booths, music and performances, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate San Ramon as a diverse community," said Vanessa Berastain, event organizer. “We invite the entire community to join us and show their cultural pride.”

Highlights of the free event include:

· Multicultural performances

· Cultural booths

· Children’s activities

· Passports and prizes

· Chalk Art competition

· Cricket demonstration

· Multicultural fashion

· Food trucks

· Attendees are encouraged to wear multicultural attire.

The celebration is just one of many events and activities planned as part of the yearlong 2017 celebration of San Ramon 150 in recognition of 150 years of community in the once village and now City of San Ramon. Other events/programs still planned include:

· San Ramon 150 “Celebrate San Ramon” Lecture Series. Learn about the rich past, wonderful present and promising future of San Ramon at these enlightening presentations. You can find the lecture series schedule by accessing the digital San Ramon Recreation Guide at http://www.sanramon.ca.gov.

· San Ramon 150 Video Series. A 5-part video series that highlights San Ramon as a community, its rich history, vibrant business climate, and award-winning schools. Segments one and two are available at http://SanRamon150.com. Segments four and five coming soon!

· “Why I Love San Ramon” Video Stories. Community members are encouraged to share why they love San Ramon by posting an online video story. Go to SanRamon150.com/stories/ for details and guidelines.

Background

Supported by a San Ramon City Council Resolution establishing 1867 as the San Ramon community’s founding year, San Ramon 150 commemorates the 1867 building of San Ramon’s first permanent, two-room schoolhouse, signaling a time when San Ramon had all the components of a well-rounded, viable community—a place folks were proud to call home. 150 years later, San Ramon remains a successful and cohesive community of diverse residents, great schools, prosperous businesses, beautiful parks, open space and community assets.

“With the many incredible improvements within arm’s reach including construction of the San Ramon City Center and bike/pedestrian walkways over Bollinger Canyon Road, and improvements to the Iron Horse Trail and San Ramon Library, I can’t think of a better way for us to celebrate San Ramon than with the San Ramon 150 yearlong anniversary,” said Mayor Bill Clarkson.

Through a collaborative, grassroots effort of proud citizens, businesses and community leaders, San Ramon celebrates 150 years of community with a series of dedicated events, partner events and programs, pioneer presentations and historic displays that reflect the historic roots of the San Ramon community, highlight the wonderful qualities of present-day San Ramon and look forward to a promising future for all who live, work and play in the community.

In addition, San Ramon 150 features declarations and visual displays of community and civic pride including light pole flags on main San Ramon thoroughfares, commemorative pins and momentos, a special San Ramon 150 poem by the City’s Poet Laureate, an official San Ramon 150 geocache and a San Ramon 150 photo/video “Why I Love San Ramon” campaign.

San Ramon 150 Primary Sponsors

· Presenting Sponsors:

o City of San Ramon

o San Ramon Chamber of Commerce

o Discover San Ramon

· Trailblazer Sponsors:

o Bishop Ranch

o Riley Design Associates

o Chevron

· Founder Sponsors:

o Republic Services

o Diablo Magazine

o First American

To learn more about the San Ramon 150 celebration, go to http://www.SanRamon150.com/.

Image courtesy of the City of San Ramon