This Week's Rohnert Park Headlines

This week we started with an in-depth look at how the city's long-term credit rating could be further crippled by healthcare-related costs owed to retired public employees. According to city financial experts, Rohnert Park has never put money aside and allowed it to grow. A couple times in the past, monies were saved in a retirement fund, only to be used later. An actuarial report published in February puts Rohnert Park's total unfunded liability at 53.2 million..

The North Bay Centre, off of Expressway and Commerce Boulevard in Rohnert Park, is being refurbished by a Corte Madera-based developer, but the City Council this week disagreed on a couple building conditions. Mostly, it centered around environmental practices, specifically, rain water reuse. .

News broke this week that a wealthy couple who live in Sonoma, donated $12 million to Sonoma State University's Green Music Center. Read the here, and stay tuned this week for a follow-up.

People are talking already about who's going to take over the old Pacific Market that closed at the end of February. Do you know G&G Supermarket? We checked with one executive for the Santa Rosa-based grocer this week on possible plans to relocate here — he couldn't confirm whether G&G was coming to Rohnert Park, but he also didn't deny it. .

Remember the fire that engulfed Budget Inn last month? Turns out, it was more dangerous and caused more damage than all fires in 2010 combined. We thought that was pretty interesting. . The fire was ruled an accident.

A group of teens packed up last weekend and ventured to Mexico to help out a family in need. about Cross and Crown's annual Mexico Trip here, and the kids built here.