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Archived Events, Notices & News

2010	Events / Notices
thru May	Borrego Springs Art Walk - 1st Friday of each month 5 - 8 pm
Jan 15	Community Sundowner - 5 - 7 pm at Borrego Springs Resort
Jan 15	Food Bank Distribution - 2 -4 pm at St Barnabas
Jan 19	Chamber Board Meeting 8am at Chamber Office
Jan 20	Dinner Show 6 pm at Borrego Springs Resort $45 per person RSVP 760-767-3057
Jan 21	Stakeholder Process Meeting at BWD office 10 am - noon
Jan 21	Art Guild Luncheon - noon at de Anza Country Club
Jan 23	2nd Annual Rotary Casino Night Fundraiser 6 - 9 pm at Borrego Springs Resort $50 per ticket
Jan 23	15th Annual Truckhaven Challenge
Feb 20	Artist Talk by Damon Day at 5:30pm see flyer
Feb 26	22nd Annual Woolcott Memorial Auctions, Golf Tournament & Dinner
Feb 28	Soroptimist Home Tour - noon to 4:00 p.m.
Mar 5, 6, 9, 10, 13	"Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" at Performing Arts Center, www.bspac.net
Mar 5	"dark skies, luminous space" - Deep Space Paintings by Jodie Forrest Reception at The House of Borrego Springs, exhibit runs through April 4. see Flyer
Mar 6	27th Annual Community Health Fair at Christmas Circle
Mar 6	College of Borrego 2010 BBQ - RSVP 760-767-4525 or 760-445-1831
Mar 17	Tribute to Frank & Dean at Borrego Springs Resort
Mar 19	12th Annual Borrego Springs Golf Classic at Borrego Springs Resort - see details
Mar 20 - 21	Annual Circle of Art Festival - www.circle-of-art.org
Mar 26	Crazy Like a Fox
Mar 28	12th Annual ABDNHA Desert Garden Tour 760-767-3098
Apr 4	Easter Luncheon Brunch at Borrego Springs Resort
Apr 7	Annual Groundwater Town Hall Meeting at 4pm - Performing Arts Center
Apr 8 - 11	Borrego Hammerhead Roundup (Southwest)
Apr 8	Public Meeting on Palm Canyon Dr Improvements at High School Community Room, 4:30 pm
Apr 10	Logo Contest Deadline - 2010 Desert Festival
Apr 10	Energy Day 3:30 - 4:30 pm at Desert Nature Center
Apr 10-May 16	Thomas Antel, Photographer, at House of Borrego click for details
Apr 17	Farewell Party for Austin Custodia - 6pm at the Center Mall
Apr 17	Benefit for the Boys and Girls Club
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2009	Events / Notices
Feb 06	Chamber Appreciation Breakfast
Feb 25	Benefit Stargazing Event
Mar 06	Art Walk
Mar 07- Apr 18	RAVEN - a juried art exhibition
Mar 14	Tour of Borrego Bike Ride
Mar 21 - 22	Circle of Art
Mar 28 - 29	Vallecito Days
Mar 29	Garden Tour
March - April	Calling All Artists - Borrego Days LOGO Contest
April 03	Art Walk
April 04	Music & Stories
April 14	Solar Workshop - RSVP
April 18	Tour Historic Cary Ranch
April 24 & 25	Borrego Springs Modern III
April	Advertise in the New 2009/2010 Village Guide
April	Financial Assistance with your electric bill
Apr 24 - May 31	Borrego Springs Modern Exhibit
May 8	Tourism Borrego website launched
May 12	A Message from the Chamber President
May 23	Borrego Springs Modern Book Signing
May 27	Borrego New Moon Poetry Circle 6 pm House of Borrego Springs, 2420 Stirrup Rd. Reminder: Please bring only scent-free products to protect those with allergies. Questions? Call Becky, 760 331-7526
Oct 15-17	Jeep Jamboree USA
Oct 15-17	Borrego Akrofest 2009
Oct 22-25	Borrego Days Desert Festival 2009 - Starry Starry Nights
Oct 20	Borrego Springs Art Exhibition & Book Signing
Oct 24	Change the way you place your phone calls!
Nov 07	Glo Ball Golf
Nov 20	Sundowner 5-7pm at The Tumbleweed in The Mall
Nov 28	2nd Annual Rotary Club Tamale Festival - Christmas Circle Park 11am - 3pm. For more details call 760-767-5093
Nov 28	Artist Talk with Dennis Mammana 6:15pm at House of Borrego Springs
Nov 28	Breakfast Fundraiser at Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Dept. 7am - 11am. 5841 Highway 78.
Nov 28	Plant Festival - ABDSP Visitor Center. 9am - 5pm. For details call Kim Marsden at 760-767-4960.
Nov 30	Public Hearing to consider adopting an Environmental Assessment Mitigated Negative Declaration. Borrego Water District office at 9:15 am
Dec 04	Annual Hot Shopping on Chili Nights sponsored by Chamber of Commerce. 5pm - 7:30pm call Chamber for details.
Dec 04	Annual Festival of Lights - Santa Claus is coming to town. Christmas Circle Park, 5pm - 7pm. Sponsored by Soroptimist Int'l.
Dec 05	Annual Christmas Craft Fair at Roadrunner Club 8am - noon. For details call 760-767-1072
Dec 05	Acting Classes begin at the Performing Arts Center. For details call 760-767-1118
Dec 06	Second Annual Pearl Harbor Day Golf Tournament - see calendar for details
Dec 07	ABDSP Botany Society - Training Program for volunteers. 10am - Colorado Desert District Conference Room. For details call 760-767-4960
Dec 10	Art Guild Annual Christmas Party Luncheon - de Anza CC at noon. RSVP at 760-767-5303 or 760-767-7484 by Dec 8.
Oct- May 2010	Borrego Springs Art Walk 2009 / 2010 - First Friday Night of each month thru May 2010
Nov- Jun 2010	Borrego Springs Sell-a-bration - Second Saturday of each month thru Jun 2010
Dec 12	Cookie Walk. Women's Circle at Community United Methodist Church. 9am.
Dec 12	Wine Tasting Benefit for Performing Arts. 2pm - 5pm at the Mall in front of Borrego Outfitters.
Dec 18	Borrego Sundowner 5 - 7 pm at Assagio Restaurant (airport)
Dec 27	Borrego Springs Century Bike Ride

Archived News

2009

Jan 23	Field of Flowers Protected - MyDesert.com
Jan 26	Borrego Airport Upgrades - County Supervisor Bill Horn
Mar 18	Borrego Sun has been Sold - SD Union-Tribune
Mar 26	A Peek At Life of Hideaway - SD Union-Tribune
Mar 28	Reveling in Raptors - SD Union-Tribune
April 17	Borrego Springs - Among most Affordable - Money Magazine
Jun 03	Closing parks will be hard - SD Union-Tribune
Jun 08	2009-06-08 "San Diego's North County: Bucolic Southern California," Foster Travel Publications
July 24	The Heat is ON - SD Union-Tribune
July	Prehistoric Creatures Roam in Borrego Springs!

2008

2008-02-03 Borrego Springs Eternal - Reprinted by permission of Dune Magazine

2008-02-21 Desert Flower Bloom Begins - NBC San Diego (link expired)

2008-03-01 Deserts in Bloom - Wall Street Journal

2008-03-01 All Abloom - San Diego Union-Tribune (link expired)

2008-03-04 Borrego in Full Bloom - CBS Video (link expired)

2008-03-16 Flower Safari in a California Desert - Washington Post

2008-03-22 Spring Awakens Desert's Beauty - LA Times

2008-04-20 Chasing the Desert Lily - Cape Cod Times

2008-04-26 Beauty and the beasts - San Diego Union-Tribune (link expired)

2008-05-01 Dark Skies - Bright Future - San Diego Union-Tribune

2008-05-12 Prehistoric Animals Bloom In Local Desert - CBS News Article & Video (link expired)

2008-05-13 Hundreds pack meetings on proposed Powerlink - SD Union-Tribune (link expired)

2008-05-21 Some Like it Hot Survivors' Guide (printable brochure)

2008-05-28 Will These Keep the Lights On? - San Diego Reader

2008-06-08 UCI to run reserve - Orange County Register

2008-07-25 It's All About the Lighting - Wall Street Journal

2008-11-03 California Commission Judge Rejects SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink

2008-11-18 Anza-Borrego Spared ! - SD Union-Tribune

2008-11-28 Borrego Sun for Sale - SD Union-Tribune

2008-11-30 Motorist Hits Tree - SD Union-Tribune

2008-12-13 Metal menagerie in desert - SD Union-Tribune

2008-12-15 Bobby L. Barrett Re-elected Viejas Tribal Chairman

2008-12-18 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Spared in Decision - SD Union-Tribune

2008-12-19 State PUC approves $1.9-billion Sunrise Powerlink - LA Times

2007

2007-08-28 Thunderstorm Drops 3 Inches Of Rain Near Borrego Springs - 10 News

2006

2006-02 Trekking in Anza Borrego - San Diego Magazine

2006-04-25 Green Homes - Clarum Zero Energy Homes

2006-10-20 Borrego Springs Man Concerned Over SDG&E Project - 10 News Video

2005

2005 Borrego Springs & Borrego Valley - A San Diegan's Perspective (pdf)

2005-02-13 As town of 'Borego' grew, so did its name - San Diego Union-Tribune

2005-02-16 Woolcott Memorial Tournament - San Diego Union-Tribune

2005-02-17 Flowers Gone Wild - San Diego Union-Tribune

2005-03-10 A Blooming Sight in the Desert - USAToday

2005-03-13 "Anza-Borrego, painted with wildflowers," LA Times California’s desert parks have a few more things to offer than just sand and cacti, like millions of flowers blooming every winter. http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-escape13mar13,1,2596102.story

2005-04-17 A day at the oasis - San Diego Union-Tribune

2005-07-23 New Leadership at Chamber - County Supervisor Bill Horn Newsletter

2004

2004-06-11 "Road Trip: Hidden California," MSNBC.com Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel. The tiny desert town of Borrego Springs is all that Palm Springs used to be.

2004-08-28 Helen K. Copley - San Diego Union-Tribune

2004-09-11 Flash Flood Hits Homes - San Diego Union-Tribune

2004-10-27 The 'Beav' to leads the Parade - San Diego Union-Tribune

2004-12-24 Chamber Director Resigns - San Diego Union-Tribune

2003

2003-03-16 Staking a quiet corner of stark Anza-Borrego LA Times

2003-07-31 10 great places to get some stars in your eyes - USAToday

2002

2002-02-10 Sounds of Silence in the Anza-Borrego Desert - New York Times

2002-04-01 Borrego Mulls Plans - SD Business Journal

2002-04-22 "X-Files" Films Final Scenes in local desert - SD Business Journal

2002-06-10 Film Production means Big bucks - SD Business Journal