Community Academy Offers Opportunity to Network, Engage, Transforms.

Applications are now available for the Spring, 2024 session of Half Moon Bay’s annual community engagement program, Half Moon Bay NET (Network – Engage – Transform). The deadline to submit an application is Friday, April 19, 2024. Interested community members can get an application either online at www.hmbcity.com/net, from City Hall at 501 Main Street, or by calling (650) 750-2013.

Enrollment is limited to 25 participants, who will be randomly selected from all applicants. The NET program is free. Due to high demand and to ensure as many community members as possible have the opportunity to participate in Half Moon Bay NET, the City will not accept applications from those who have already been through the program.

This four-session community academy provides an overview of the management and governance of Half Moon Bay and its programs, while helping to build relationships that will strengthen our entire community. For 2024, NET will take place Wednesday evenings: April 24, May 1, May 8, and May 15, from 6 – 9 pm. At each session, participants will take part in interesting and fun group activities illustrating how the City’s various operations function, meet and talk with City staff and City Councilmembers, and meet other community members who share an interest in being more engaged with the City.

It’s a great opportunity to get an “insider’s” view of the City of Half Moon Bay, become more knowledgeable about how the City works, and help to build and strengthen the communication, bonds, and relationships that make a great community.

The objectives of NET are to involve and engage people in learning about and understanding the operation of City government, and to improve communication between the City and those who live and work here. Participants will learn about how decisions are made, how City funds are allocated, and how City departments operate with each other. They’ll also have the opportunity to sit down with City Councilmembers for frank discussions of issues, projects, politics, and plans for shaping the future of our community.