Community effort spruces up downtown

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook residents were invited to join a community effort – "Spruce Up Downtown" – March 27 to help ready the area for the annual Avocado Festival coming up April 27. According to long-time resident Jackie Heyneman, that event is the town’s opportunity to put Fallbrook on the path for increased tourism, a goal that has been the aim for many years.

Close to 30 residents showed up that morning to help beautify the downtown area, removing weeds and invasive plants. Without volunteers, this kind of caretaking would not happen.

Fallbrook is an unincorporated community, not a city. Hey...