Gourd Art Festival Attracts Out Of State Visitors

Rising gas prices won’t be keeping over 5,000 gourd art enthusiasts, over half of whom come from out of State, from visiting the Welburn Gourd Farm in Fallbrook, CA for the 15th and Final Gourd Art Festival, being held on Saturday, June 25th and Sunday, June 26th 2011.
As one recent gourd enthusiast commented, “The Gourd [...]

2011 Folsom Citizens Academy

Would you like to get more involved in your community? Perhaps you would like to learn more about the wonderful community in which you live? Here is an opportunity for you to do both!
The Citizens Academy is an educational program designed to create a greater understanding and trust between public safety agencies and the residents [...]

MyFolsom.com Holds 10 Year Anniversary Party

My Folsom is a discussion board where you can make posts about things you care about, make friends, spar with them, tell jokes, post pictures and videos, carry on discussions, and solve the problems of the world.

“Three Stages” Design Makes It The Crown Jewel of Folsom

Curtis Owyang, a designer and architect talked to FolsomLocalNews.com last week, about the design of the “Three Stages Performing Arts Center” at the Folsom Lake College.

Folsom Visual & Performing Arts Center is magnificent!

The Folsom Lake College Regional Visual & Performing Arts Center was opened for a special media day. The Center aims to nurture the next generation of performing artists; to open up a world of culture to the region and to present the best in live performances from diverse traditions and disciplines.

2010 Folsom Christmas Basket Program Supports Twin Lakes Food Bank

Officers and Volunteers will be there to accept new toys from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Food, toys, and monetary donations will be gladly accepted through Friday, December 17. Baskets are distributed on Monday, December 20.

Social Media for Local Businesses

Social Media has become the popular way to stay in touch with your friends and friends. You have a Facebook page, you tweet, you have a website, a blog, you may even post videos on YouTube and photos on Flickr.

YourCommunityPlace.com is your local solution for Social Media! The website is focused on local events, local news and local topics of interest. Major benefits include the ability to post your business information to both Facebook and Twitter simultaneously, streamlining this process will reduce the time it takes to post to all your social media sites. With more time on your hands, you can focus on what you do best….running your business.

Decorate Trees for Wild Nights, Holiday Lights at Zoo

Parks and Recreation is recruiting local organizations, businesses and families to adopt a tree in an enchanted forest of 80 trees. The zoo will supply the trees, one for each of the zoo animal residents. Volunteers who adopt a tree will be asked to donate LED lighting and decorations, and to decorate their tree.

Folsom, El Dorado Food Bank Blitz Sunday

Benefiting Food Bank of El Dorado County and Twin Lakes Food Bank, the Food Bank Blitz is on this Sunday.
Hands4Hope is looking for volunteers in this campaign to fight hunger. You can volunteer for a 2-hour shift to collect donations of food, cash, and gift cards to benefit those in need in El Dorado [...]

Water Conservation Demonstration Garden Needs Volunteers

The demonstration garden is designed to educate residents and school children on the importance of water conservation in landscape design. The garden will feature drought tolerant ornamental and native plants, the latest in low-volume irrigation, and irrigation controller technology that will track water use in landscape.