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RVCA Updates

New Membership BENEFITS

Have you Heard? Your Rio Vista Civic Association has a Here is a list of our current group of cooperating businesses:
new Member Benefit Program! Canyon, Yot, A Cut Above Butcher, Primo Liquor, Fresh First,
Press and Grind Cafe, and Garage Experts
We are so excited about our new program.
All members receive an ID card to use at Join RVCA and Enjoy!
participating businesses and RVCA events. If you are interested in becoming a cooperating business, please
The card has a QR code which will keep contact Lori Sterling, president@riovistaonline.com.
you updated on all the current offers.

WOWAWARD & OrchidUPDATE

City’s WOW Award goes to home in Rio Vista more than 1,000 homes, commercial buildings, office towers,
municipal facilities, special projects, landscape improvements,
and renovation projects have been recognized with this
prestigious award.
Rio Vista Native Orchid Repopulation Update

Congratulations to Frank and Barbi Barefield of Rio Vista Our first installation of the year will be April 29th
for winning the City’s January 2023 WOW Award! @ 9:30 AM-11:30 AM. There will be a workshop at
Vice Mayor Warren Sturman for Fort Lauderdale City Virginia Young Park to begin the day and then we’ll head out
Commission District 4 and Community Appearance Board into the neighborhood to install the orchids.
Chair Cabot Edewaard presented them with the recognition at
the January 24th Commission Meeting. Check out the
transformation on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=clxSRpI9XM4
The Community Appearance Awards are presented each year
to encourage aesthetic awareness and recognize individuals
and organizations for their outstanding efforts to enhance,
improve, and beautify Fort Lauderdale. The awards honor
property owners, architects, developers, builders, landscapers,
and homeowners associations for outstanding residential Can we count you in? To register or for more info, contact
commercial projects that enhance the City’s visual image and Lori Sterling, President, RVCA, at president@riovistaonline.com
economic vitality. Since the program’s inception in 1978,

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