Foundation Receives Grading Permit (10/15/08)

• Pictured are Ken Scheidegger and Gil LaBrie holding the Discover the Delta Foundation's Grading Permit.  This permit allows the Foundation to begin groundbreaking at the site!

Foundation Opens New Office in Riverboat Marina

• Discover the Delta Foundation has opened a new office and volunteer center in the Riverboat Marina on the Delta Loop.Located in donated space next to Moore's Riverboat Restaurant, the office serves as a center of activity for business, fundraising, continued planning for the Discover the Delta Information Center and for recruiting new supporters to the organization.  It also is a gathering place for foundation contractors and volunteers, who will be working on a membership building campaign. 
  
  It contains photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and other information to provide an update on the new center, which will located at highways 12 and 160 just east of Rio Vista. Visitors will also be able to see examples and locations of the “ENTERING CALIFORNIA DELTA” signs that are being erected on state highway entrances to the California Delta.
  
  The new location provides visitors with interpretive displays about the geologic history and a wide range of issues related to the California Delta.
  
  In addition, the office houses the expanding supplies of Discover the Delta Foundation logo items that are made available as membership premiums. These include t-shirts, window stickers, coffee cups and the popular "ENTERING CALIFORNIA DELTA" signs that are mounted on foam boards.
  
  Those interested in the issues are welcomed to drop in to the center to meet with the directors, consultants and volunteers who work in the office.
  
  The contact information for the foundation will remain unchanged: phone, 916-777-4442; e-mail, info@discoverthedelta.org ; web site, www.discoverthedelta.org ; mailing address, P.O. Box 609, Isleton, CA. 96541. The physical address of the new office is 106 West Brannan Island Road, Isleton, CA  96541, on the Delta Loop.

Volunteers Needed for New office

• Volunteers are needed to help with work from the new Discover the Delta Foundation office. 
  
  According to Ken Scheidegger, President of the Foundation, volunteers are particularly needed to assist with providing information about the foundation and California Delta from the office. Scheidegger said he would like to have a volunteer available in the office seven days per week. 
  
  Volunteers are needed to help produce printed material, get mailing packets ready, contact businesses, prepare and deliver follow up items, assist with a direct mail campaign, enter names into the computer database and more. 
  
  For information or to become a volunteer, contact the foundation office at 916-777-4442, send an e-mail to info@discoverthedelta.org.

Use Permit Issued

• Discover the Delta Foundation’s Information Center is one permit closer to becoming a reality. Sacramento County issued a use permit to begin work on the site of the 7,728-square-foot, two story center, which will be located at highways 12 and 160 just east of Rio Vista. The permit means that the site has been approved for the center and that the project has cleared the environmental review process. Prior to the permit being issued, the foundation’s project was deemed to have no negative impact on the environment under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. With the permit in hand, grading and fill material can be brought in to build a pad for the site. The foundation’s engineers are doing the necessary work to apply for a building permit.

It's Not Us!

• Many have wondered whether the frame of a building at highways 12 and 160 is the foundation’s center. It’s not us. The frame is for the produce market built on the site.