Archive: Year: 2017
Redwood City Improvement Association Invests $10,000 to Install Automated External Defibrillators in Downtown
The Redwood City Improvement Association (RICA), a community benefit district that works to enhance Downtown Redwood City, is investing $10,000 to install four new automated external defibrillator (AED) units in Downtown Redwood City. Two AED units have been installed by the City of Redwood City Redwood City Fire Department and Public Works Services Department in the Courthouse Square and on the front of the Redwood City Public Library Downtown Library. Two more centrally located Downtown AED…
Redwood City Improvement Association Installs Doggie Bag Dispensers in Downtown
The Redwood City Improvement Association (RCIA), a community benefit district that works to enhance Downtown Redwood City, has installed doggie bag dispensers around Downtown Redwood City to make the Downtown more pet friendly and maintain the cleanliness of the area. The City of Redwood City helped the RCIA install 15 green dispensers scattered throughout Downtown Redwood City, making it easily accessible for pet owners. Click here to view full press…
Redwood City Improvement Association Installs Umbrellas and Seating in Downtown to Activate Public Spaces
The Redwood City Improvement Association (RCIA), a community benefit district that works to enhance Downtown Redwood City, is installing 30 green and blue umbrellas in Downtown Redwood City and 10 tables and chair sets along Theatre Way. There will be 20 umbrellas in the Courthouse Square and 10 umbrellas on Theatre Way accompanied by 10 tables—each with four chairs, activating Downtown Redwood City’s public spaces and making the Downtown a more desirable place to come and…
Redwood City Improvement Association Celebrates Redwood City’s 150th Anniversary with New Magic Lantern 3-D Show, April 18
- World-renowned light show artist, Bart Kresa, designs new 3-D video mapping display for Redwood City’s 150th anniversary - REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (April 6, 2017) – On Tuesday, April 18, the Redwood City Improvement Association, a non-profit community benefit district that works to enhance the Downtown Redwood City experience, will release a new 3-D video mapping light show in honor of Redwood City’s 150th anniversary. The Magic Lantern 3-D Show is designed by world-renowned light…
Redwood City Improvement Association Launches Mural Installations throughout Downtown
The Redwood City Improvement Association, a non-profit community benefit district that works to enhance Downtown Redwood City, will install six interactive murals to be completed by Jane Kim, a local artist from Cole Valley, San Francisco. Kim’s project is titled “Flora from Fauna” and will show unlikely residents of Redwood City offering gifts of Chrysanthemums to passersby. A variety of animals will be included in the murals like bald eagles, a fox, squirrels, deer, a Great Blue Heron…
Redwood City Improvement Association Announced as a Presenting Sponsor of Redwood’s City’s Sesquicentennial Celebration
On Monday, Jan. 9, Redwood City kicked off its Sesquicentennial Celebration in honor of Redwood City’s 150th Anniversary. The Redwood City Improvement Association (RCIA), a non-profit community benefit district ran by a board of property owners, residents, community members and businesses, is one of the presenting sponsors donating $25,000 to benefit the City’s year-long celebration and will be hosting a 150th Anniversary-themed Magic Lantern 3D Show in the Courthouse Square commemorating…