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\n Mission Sonoma Recovery<\/h1>
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Helping Sonoma County Recover from the 2017 Wildfires<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Our hearts go out to those suffering the rash of CA fires that again have devastated so many communities<\/p>[vc_btn title=”Ways to Help Fire Victims” style=”custom” custom_background=”#f4bd00″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”|||” el_class=”popmake-295 | popmake-ways-to-help”]<\/div><\/div>

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\n Why Mission Sonoma? <\/h3>
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In October of 2017, which was just days after the last of the Sonoma County
\nfires, Matrix Precise hosted our annual event. The tragedy taking place in
\nthe North Bay was on everyone\u2019s mind. We could see the smoke from our
\nvenue and many of us had friends and family members seriously impacted
\nby this tragedy. Right then we vowed as a company to find a way to help the
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\n Is Sonoma ready for visitors?<\/h3>
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In October of 2018 we drove up to Sonoma to visit businesses that were severely impacted by the 2017 Wildfires. It was almost a year since the tragic wildfires and we were apprehensive about seeing the lingering devastation.\u00a0 We were also curious to see if there had been visible progress toward the recovery.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was Coffey Park, a high-density residential area in the heart of Santa Rosa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n How we are Helping!<\/h3>
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Local businesses are the bread and butter of our economy. For every $100 you spend at local businesses, $68 remains in the community. \u00a0Independent retailers return more than three times as much money per dollar of sales to the community in which they operate, and they are more likely to hire locals, who in turn, reinvest in the community where they live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Businesses We Supported<\/h1><\/div>
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In our Sonoma County Giving Back mission we wanted to let the local businesses know that we specifically came to see them, see how they are doing and wanted them to recover faster, stronger and better. We saw a strong Sonoma, but in order for them to fully recover from the devastating fires, the region will need the support of locals and visitors alike.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Backyard Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>

6566 Front Street, Forestville, CA 95436 - backyardforestville.com<\/em><\/p>

Backyard is a hyper-local restaurant in Forestville with menus that can change daily. Food ingredients are grown, raised or line caught locally. They use the season\u2019s harvest from their local farm, Bee Run Hollow, to create a style of rustic, California cuisine, in a West Sonoma County fashion. Backyard's mission is to bring the experience of Sonoma County's backyard to your table. They also have a wonderful dining on the patio.During the 2017 wildfires, Backyard closed down the restaurant for weeks and turned their kitchen into a much-needed community cooking center. They offered their supply of farm fresh food by the truck load. Backyard chefs and cooks made meals around the clock for food deliveries to wildfire victims.

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Bee-Well Farms <\/strong><\/p>

101 Trinity Rd, Glen Ellen, CA 95442 * 707-217-7788 * bee-wellfarms.com <\/em><\/p>

Austin and Melissa Lely started Bee-Well Farms in 2015. They were growing an acre and a half of produce for local farmers\u2019 markets, and raising more than 400 chickens for egg production.

Although their animals were saved, the 2017 wildfire destroyed most of their farm equipment and property. With support from local community, the couple have been working through many challenges to rebuild their farming business again. They plan to open an on-site farm stand and build a website where they can sell commodities online. Facebook Page<\/a>

Ways to help:Request a giftcard for their farmers market stand or farmstand<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Hector\u2019s Farm<\/strong><\/p>

Hector\u2019s Honey Farm * 707-579-9416 * hectorhoneybees@comcast.net <\/em><\/p>

Hector is a lovely small local honey bee farmer that sells his products primarily at the Farmers Market or a local Farmstand. He lost 52 beehives in the 2017 Wildfires and the recovery process has been quite difficult. He needs to buy equipment, build new boxes, re-establish more colonies, and find locations with enough forage for his hives.

Products:<\/strong>Honey, Eggs, Vegetables, Herbal-Teas, Candles, Gifts

Ways to help:<\/strong>Purchase his products at the local farmers Markets or contact him directly for larger quantity orders.

Farmers Markets:<\/strong>Santa Rosa Luther Burbank Center, Sonoma Farmers Market at the Plaza Link<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Sonoma Valley Farmers Market <\/strong><\/p>

Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market |\u00a0241 First St. W., Sonoma <\/em><\/p>

Open year-round, very popular with locals popular with locals, and it\u2019s a great place for visitors to put together a picnic for a day\u2019s outing. It offers wonderful fruits and veggies, locally-produced foods baked goods, flowers and plants, and numerous hand-made craft items.

Open Fridays: <\/strong>9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Old World Winery<\/strong><\/p>

850 River Road, Futon, CA 95439 * (707) 490-6696 * oldworldwinery.com * Farm <\/em><\/p>

Old World Winery is a small, family owned winery and farm. Fourth generation winemaker. Darek Trowbridge is the Winemaker and his Great-Great-Grandfather started the farm in 1890. Darek uses the traditional practices to produce all-natural wines and cider; no yeast or chemicals are added to the fermentation process. Chickens and pigs are also raised on the farm.

Grapes are harvested annually through involving community members only. Everyone can participate usually in the month of September.

<\/strong>Darek and his family lost their home to an accidental fire the previous year and lost a Syrah vineyard that Darek had spent 5 years working on to bring it to health and was hoping to see the fruits of that labor in 2018. The fire took a toll on all their health. The air was toxic for quite a long time. They lost friends, and everyone new someone that lost their home.

Since October they have lost 50-60% of local visitors to their tasting room that had been established a decade ago. They state they have gained a deep appreciation for what they have and for their amazing community.

Ways to help:<\/strong> Visit them in their Tasting room. Purchase their fabulous natural wines, and sometimes you might even get to know their fun farm animals and pick up some eggs along the way.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Event: Holidays Along the Farm Trails <\/strong><\/p>

Nov.18 - Jan.1 <\/em><\/p>

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Tierra Vegetables<\/strong><\/p>

651 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa CA 95403 * (707) 544-6141 * tierravegetables.com <\/em><\/p>

Tierra Vegetables produces high quality food and fiber products through sustainable farming. They sell locally grown and produced fruits and vegetables on their farm, including many varieties of chilies and beans. They also offer a great CSA box program which contains seasonal produce weekly.
Tierra Vegetables lost a majority of their customer base from the loss of nearby neighborhoods\/homes.
Ways to help: Purchase produce, Chile jam, hot sauce polenta dried beans
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Beltane Ranch<\/strong><\/p>

11775 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442 * beltaneranch.com <\/em><\/p>

Beltane Ranch is a sixth-generation family-owned operated working ranch, a vineyard, a winery, a registered landmark and a Bed & Breakfast Inn with roots way back to 1892.
They also rent their ranch out for weddings which usually occur during the weekends.

Ways to help:<\/strong> Farmstay, Food+Wine Experience, or bottle of wine

Large areas of the ranch were damaged in the 2017 wildfire. The fire even burned through the water pipes feeding the Beltane hoses, forcing the family to manually use shovels and rakes to keep the fire away from valuable structures. Many structures were saved, but some of their valuable wine and other property was not.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Paradise Ridge<\/strong><\/p>

8860 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, CA 95452 * (707) 282-9020 prwinery.com <\/em><\/p>

Paradise Ridge is a winery in the Russian River Valley established in 1994 by owners Walter Byck and Marijke Hoenselaars. The winery is a place where guests can savor vineyard-designated wines and take in sweeping wine country views.
The two-story tall, metal Love sculpture still stands at Paradise Ridge Winery, in Santa Rosa. The winery\u2019s estate tasting room, wine production facility and some of the surrounding vineyards and gardens were destroyed by the Tubbs.
Luckily their vineyards and art survived and became a source of comfort to the community. They are planning to rebuild.


Ways to help:<\/strong> They have a tasting room on 8850 Sonoma Highway that is open, Join Wine Club, purchase their Wonderful Wine<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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Restaurant: The Stark\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>

starkrestaurants.com <\/em><\/p>

Mark and Terri met while both were working for the California Cafe Restaurant Group in Palo Alto. They married in 1999, and relocated to Sonoma County shortly thereafter where Terri has four generations of family. The Starks believe it\u2019s not enough to just provide great food and service in a comfortable setting; their goal is to provide an experience that will leave diners saying, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to come back.\u201d
Mark and Terri Stark together own and operate six Sonoma County restaurants:<\/p>