Category Archives: Concord

Join our hands-on workshop and you and your child can build a rain gauge house, so you and your budding scientist can measure the rain dropped by spring storms. Once the gauge is built, your child can paint their project to personalize it.

All kids get to keep their craft, receive a FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last. Children must be present at the store to participate in the workshop and receive the kit, apron and pin.

Saturday, Mar 4, 2017   9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

For more information and to register for this class, visit HomeDepot.com.

The Concord Police Department is currently accepting applications for the spring session of the Citizen Police Academy.

The Citizen Police Academy (CPA)  provides community members with an understanding of the purpose, function, and challenges faced by modern law enforcement. The curriculum and teachings are real examples of police methodology and casework; however, the weekly sessions are not designed to train the participant as a police officer.

Academy classes are taught by police executives and veteran police officers, and participants are encouraged to ask questions and express ideas and concerns to police employees.

Citizen Police Academy Participants are selected by the Chief of Police through an application process. Applications are available on-line, in the police department Front Lobby. Enrollment is limited to approximately twenty students per Academy Class.

Potential candidates for the Citizen Police Academy must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum age of 16 years.
• Live or work in the Concord Area.
• No felony convictions.
• No misdemeanor convictions within one year of application.
• Any requirement may be waived or modified upon review and approval of the Chief of Police.

For an application, click here or contact Community Impact Unit (925) 671-3075 or cleanup@cityofconcord.org for more information!

AARP will offering free income tax assistance at the Concord Library for a limited time. AARP volunteers will provide tax assistance to low and middle-income persons. Appointments or drop in appointments available.

Assistance available every Friday and Saturday 10am – 3:30pm.

Please call 925 405-5135 for more information on making an appointment.

Join the UC Master Gardeners for their monthly presentations!  This month, “Basic Composting for the Home Gardener”. Are you interested in turning your garden waste and kitchen scraps into a rich soil conditioner and fertilizer for your garden? This workshop will teach you how to start a compost pile, add the best ingredients, nurture its decomposition and produce rich humus for your plants. We will cover how composting works, compost containers, what and what not to compost, techniques to encourage decomposition and where and when to use your compost. This presentation is FREE!

The presentation will be held at the Concord Library, Feb 23 at 6:30pm.

For more information on Master Gardeners program, visit their website.