SLO Reporter

City of Atascadero issued the following announcement on Sept. 29. 

Atascadero Job Fair!

Reminder - a citywide job fair is being held tomorrow, Wednesday September 29, from 3-6pm, at Sunken Gardens!

This free event is a joint effort by the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce and Eckerd Connects; and is sponsored by the Department of State Hospitals – Atascadero. 

This job fair will be a great chance for businesses to meet with potential new employees; and for anyone seeking a job to find out about local opportunities that may be the perfect fit!  

ob hunters can stop by anytime between 3-6pm here at Sunken Gardens and will be able to speak to employers about job openings and the skills that may be needed.

The job fair is being held tomorrow at the same time as Farmer’s market.

Information can be found in the Atascadero Chamber’s website.

Colony Days Parade & Festival 2021!

The annual Atascadero Colony Days celebration will be held this coming Saturday, Oct. 2, beginning at 10am!

It will run down El Camino Real, from Davis Auto Body to West Mall and Palma Avenue by Sunken Gardens.

The Festival will start immediately following the parade and will continue until 3PM, with a variety of vendors, live music and lots of great food to enjoy, all located in and around Sunken Gardens.

The Wiener Dog and Small Dog Races begin at noon.

Then there’ll be a dog costume contest too!

The Parade awards will be announced at 12:30 p.m.

Colony Day is brought to you by the Atascadero Colony Days Committee, and we thank the committee and their volunteers for the hard work that goes into putting on this event each year! 

For more information, visit www.colonydays.org

Atascadero Creek Clean Up Day 2021 – Great Success!

On Saturday, September 18th, we had over 60 wonderful volunteers that came out to assist with Atascadero’s annual Creek Clean Up Day!

We give very special thanks to Atascadero Mutual Water Company and Waste Management for all their help and coordination;

We’d also like to give shout outs to the terrific members of the Atascadero Land Preservation Society (ALPS), the Beaver Brigade, and Atascadero High School Earth Club for all their hard work;

Not to mention the members of the Lyons family, for gathering up over 30 tires too!

Thanks everyone for your time and dedication to this clean-up effort!

Cornhole Tournament 2021 -

A total of 160 participants (or 80 teams) played in the 5th Annual Showdown Cornhole Tournament.

The event this year was filled with different experiences including the new miniature golf course at the Ravine Waterpark on Friday, and live music on Saturday in Sunken Gardens by the Deja-Vu Band.

A very special thanks to Mike Lopicolo with Knights of Columbus and Kiwanis of Atascadero for bringing back this family-fun event!

Participants attended from all over San Luis Obispo County, as well as from San Diego, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley. 

Over $1,400 in cash prizes were awarded;

And approximately $6,000 in proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of the Central Coast and Atascadero Boy Scout Troop #51.

Mark your calendar for September 16th & 17th in 2022!

Rotarians Repaint Senior Center-

On Sept. 25, about 20 volunteers from the Atascadero Rotary Club spent four hours repainting the recently reopened Atascadero Senior Center to help revitalize it.

Members of the club donated a lot of labor and time and Terra Paints donated all of the paint.

The senior center reopened a few months ago, after being closed for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They are offering many valuable and needed services to our area seniors again.

Cal Poly Architecture Students Tour City Hall -

Last week, Tom Lewis of the Atascadero Historical Society gave a special tour of City Hall to a group of 3rd year undergraduate architecture students from Cal Poly;

The students were accompanied by Cal Poly Assistant Professor of Architecture, Meredith Sattler.

Original source can be found here.