This week's Atherton Online features: 

• How Atherton Got It's Name
• Existing ADU/JADU Survey
• Invitation to an ADAPT's Neighborhood Block Party Near You
• Announcement from the San Mateo County Area Agency on Aging
• SamTrans' Redi Wheels Program

Existing Accessory Dwelling Unit Survey

By answering just four questions about your accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit (ADU/JADU), you can help the Town with its housing planning efforts. Take the survey here.

You're Invited: ADAPT's Neighborhood Block Parties

There’s a saying in the disaster preparedness community: when the earth is shaking you rely on yourself.  When the earth stops shaking, you rely on your neighbors.

It can’t be emphasized enough that a major disaster—and especially a major earthquake—will impact the systems we rely on in our daily living.  Water, food, energy, shelter, medical support, communications—all stand to be compromised for an indeterminate amount of time.  

Neighbors being there for each other extends and amplifies the preparedness each of us do ahead of such difficult times.  We have a tool, they have a skill, being together bolsters morale, and together we are more resilient than each of us by ourselves.

Each year ADAPT holds a number of neighborhood get-togethers to foster relationships and know-how for when disaster strikes. These get-togethers are based on 14 Areas used by ADAPT to organize efforts at a more local level.  Please visit www.getreadyatherton.org and enter your address to learn in which Area you live.

• August 12: Areas 7 & 9 from 4-6pm at 250 Austin Ave
• August 31: Areas 4, 5, & 6 from 4-6pm at 6 Fenwood Drive
• September 10:  Areas 1, 2,and 3 and Lindenwood Homeowners Association party from 3-5pm at the cul de sac near 238 Catalpa Drive
• September 17:  Area 8 from 4-6pm at 2 Odell Place
• Areas 12 and 13 will have a get-together in September, TBD, and Areas 10 and 11 will have one in October, TBD.

As always, everyone is encouraged to come to ADAPT’s monthly meetings the first Saturday of the month from 9-10 at the Town Hall Council room.  See you there on October 7^th!

The San Mateo County Area Agency on Aging Wants Your Input!

Help us make San Mateo County a great place to live for older adults! SMC Health is sending out the Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults to 3,200 randomly selected households to help us better serve our community members ages 55+. Please check your mailbox for a postcard and a survey for selected participants. For more information, visit www.smchealth.org/pod/aging-and-adult-services-spotlight.

Didn’t receive the survey in the mail? The survey will open to the larger community online on August 14th. https://polco.us/californiaopen23