Home for the Holidays Decorating Contest

PRESS RELEASE

The City of Eureka presents the Mayor’s 2nd Annual Home for the Holidays Decorating Contest, designed to spread joy and holiday cheer throughout the city.

Mayor Seaman is inviting Eureka residents to decorate their homes with their best holiday décor. This is an opportunity to drive the city to view the beautifully decorated homes in the City.

Individuals who have decorated their homes in an exceptional and creative manner will be recognized for their hard work.

The home with the most votes will receive the Mayor’s Holiday Award recognizing them for their contribution to bringing holiday cheer to our community.

Rules & Regulations

GOPD 2021 Schedule

Get Out & Play Day returns July 31!

Here’s the schedule so far. It’s subject to change of course.

You can download a PDF with all the events; including information about our photo contest by clicking on this link.

Summer In Heart of Eureka Ends This Week!

How do you play?

• Pick up a booklet from any participating merchant
• Follow the clues and answer the questions in the booklet
• Drop off your booklet at the Clarke Historical Museum by the deadline in the booklet. All completed booklets will be entered into a random prize drawing to win items donated from participating businesses.

Photo Contest Too!

There is also a social media-based photo contest so you can share your adventure and be eligible for even more prizes, which, of course, you can play without entering any facilities.

• Take a photo in Old Town or Downtown by Saturday, August 15.
• Tag it with #TheHeartOfEureka

Participating Merchants

You can print out your own booklet if you wish by following this link.

1. Scrapper’s Edge
2. Humboldt Herbals
3. Redwood Music Mart
4. Good Relations
5. Kinetic Museum Eureka
6. Tailwaggers 2 Thrift Shop (Sequoia Humane Society)
7. Living the Dream Ice Cream
8. Madrone Taphouse
9. Old Town Art Gallery
10. Art Center Space
11. Otto+Olive
12. Eureka Rubber Stamp Company
13. Many Hands Gallery
14. Stonesthrow Boutique
15. Proper Wellness Center
16. Taste of Bim
17. Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
18. Abraxas Shoes and Leather
19. Om Sweat Om

A special thanks goes out to Eureka Main Street, Clarke Historic Museum, Scrapper’s Edge, and the participating businesses who made this possible.

Visit the website about this fun promotion at TheHeartOfEureka.com 

UPDATE: Print Your Own Booklet for Summer Scavenger Hunt

This update reflects a more specific date when the booklets will be available and also provides a PDF that can be downloaded and printed.

Have you been looking for a way to help your community during these tough times?

Well, get ready to do that and have fun in Old Town and Downtown Eureka (“The Heart of Eureka.”) This is designed to be a socially-distant outdoor-based, safe activity. Masks and social distancing is required to participate. 

How does it work?

Eureka to Launch Community Scavenger Hunt to Revitalize Old Town and Downtown Eureka

Have you been looking for a way to help your community during these tough times?

Well, get ready to do that starting Friday, July 24, 2020 (updated) and have fun in Old Town and Downtown Eureka (“The Heart of Eureka.”)

We know there is a positive shift and an improved collective attitude in our community when we bring people together for a common goal, and since the pandemic has challenged us on so many fronts,  we are excited to announce an opportunity to reunite, reconnect, and recover by simply visiting Old Town and Downtown for a playful adventure for all ages: a self-led Community Scavenger Hunt in the “Heart of Eureka”.

How does it work?

UPDATE: City Of Eureka Launches Zero Waste Community Baseline Survey

This update reflects the addition of a letter of support for the program from the Mayor of Eureka.

Help the City plan for Zero Waste and be entered in a drawing to win Zero Waste prizes!

Take the survey here.

The City wants you involved the upcoming Zero Waste Action planning process! Residents, non-residents that work here, and frequent visitors are invited to participate via the November 2019 baseline survey.

In a letter to the community, Mayor Susan Seaman says:

“The City’s Zero Waste Action Plan will be a call to action for Eureka citizens and businesses to reduce our community’s waste, currently amounting to six pounds per per person per day…I urge you to join the City of Eureka as we shift our approach to sustainable materials management and Zero Waste prevention strategies by refusing, reducing, reusing, and recycling… Innovative waste reduction initiatives will become a point of pride for Eureka. Individual and business actions can have a measurable impact and as a community, we can make a real difference.”

(To view the letter from the Mayor of Eureka in PDF format about the City’s support for the Zero Waste Action plan, follow this link.)

City Of Eureka Launches Zero Waste Community Baseline Survey

Help the City plan for Zero Waste and be entered in a drawing to win Zero Waste prizes!

Take the survey here.

The City wants you involved the upcoming Zero Waste Action planning process! Residents, non-residents that work here, and frequent visitors are invited to participate via the November 2019 baseline survey.

Get Out & Play Day 2019 Video

We took the images you submitted for #gopd2019 and combined them into a fun video.

Thanks to everyone who submitted an image.

Winners of GOPD 2019 Contests

Part of the fun of Get Out & Play Day is taking part in the contests.

Here are the winners from #gopd2019

Photo Winners

• Best overall Photo: Ironman Spellmeyer on Facebook

Ironman Spellmeyer Winning Photo

• Best Family Photo: Annie Nisson on Facebook

Annie Nisson Winning Photo

• Cutest Photo of a Child: Sharon Plumlee

Random Drawing Winners

Bar Crawl Drink of the Day: Vista Paloma

Each day this week, we’re going to specialize on at least one drink for the first-ever GOPD Bar Crawl

This time, we’re focusing on the

“Vista Paloma”

Its made of Patron, Fresh Lime, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Soda Water and you can try it at the Vista Del Mar • 91 Commercial Street for just $10.00 on Friday night July 26.

If you’d like to pick up a booklet with the rules and all the drinks, you’ll be able to pick one up at the Adorni or you can download a pdf by following this link. In it, you’ll see all the bars as well as the special drinks they’ll be offering.

Plus, you’ll be able to win prizes!

In case you missed the details, follow this link to find it on this blog or go to our Facebook event.

Details: