Planning Committee wants feedback from residents The latest construction cost estimate for the Pickleball Courts project has risen considerably from previous figures, the Planning Committee learned at its Nov. 14 meeting. A pre-construction estimate delivered to GRF staff less than 24 hours before that meeting now pegs the project at nearly $4 mill...

Over 30 vendors participated in Health Fair There are many reasons that residents come to the annual Health Fair put on by Rossmoor Counseling Services. Some are doing their homework, planning and seeing what is available as their health needs change. There may be one issue on someone’s radar, or they want to know what to do when a crisis does stri...

As Rossmoor leaders grapple with how this community should market itself to potential new residents and others, they realize it will be difficult, if not impossible, to play up both Rossmoor’s affordability and the qualities that make it so inviting – many of which come at a monetary cost. “We’re not going to be everything to everybody,” Marketing ...

Discussing the hot-button topic of whether political columns should resume in the Rossmoor News, Policy Committee members made one point clear at their Nov. 13 meeting: Their expressed preference is to not resume publishing that type of opinion, even with a modified approach. A draft of changes to Policy 601.2 that governs the newspaper’s editorial...

Mutual leaders want to know as soon as possible how member residents prefer to receive information and documents – including annual Mutual budgets – whether by email, via the U.S. Postal Service, or both. Around the final week of October, member residents were sent copies of the “4041 form,” which since January 2023 has been a legal requirement und...

From Interfaith Council of Rossmoor The annual Harvest Festival, sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Rossmoor, will be held the Monday before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 25, from 4 p.m.to 5:30 p.m. in the Event Center. This year the theme is “Ubuntu” from the South African tradition meaning “we are nothing without each other” or “I am because you are....

Over 130 residents receive updates from Matheson GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson said he was “ecstatic” with the turnout at Nov. 6’s “Meet with the GM” gathering, where the main event was him answering residents’ questions about Rossmoor. One of those questions was why this session wasn’t booked for the Event Center’s main room, instead of the sm...

North part of lot fully reopens Arecent Tuesday morning saw a small squadron of trucks and other construction equipment under the new Gateway solar panel canopy structures make the short move a few hundred feet to the south. Welcome to Phase II of the GRF solar canopy project, in which almost all of the main Gateway parking lot will be covered with...

HLAA has helped Rossmoor residents over the years The 40th anniversary of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Diablo Valley Chapter is a testament to its longevity and commitment to serving and supporting those in and outside the gates of Rossmoor. Th r ough t he d e cades , HEARING: HLAA has supported residents for four decades the orga...

Barbara “GG” Proctor has a gift for storytelling and connecting with young students. That gift has led to an amazing donation effort by students at Indian Valley Elementary School in Walnut Creek. The Rossmoor resident, who reads to third graders at that school twice a week, told them about the need for socks for unhoused people who use the clothin...