95033 Pages

There are a number of sites for our residents to interact with each other. Each site is owned and maintained by different people – all volunteers. There is no coordinating group or oversight committee. Please contact the moderator / owner of each group with questions and comments. Owner email addresses can be found on the group site.

This page is one person’s attempt to list them all.

In addition to these pages, we also have local Facebook groups – 95033Neighbors is the largest FB group for the area. And, there is also Nextdoor. Lots of choices!

 

The 3 “big” ones:

95033Talk – With 2600 members, this is the group for anyone living in the 95033 zip code or related areas of the Santa Cruz / Los Gatos Mountains to discuss local issues.

  • asking for recommendations for services
  • asking for advice / sharing advice
  • discuss local and timely issues
  • notifying neighbors of upcoming events
  • provide / get information on emergencies / fire

Please be aware that this group generates a lot of posts. If you do join, make sure you update the settings to manage the amount of emails you receive.

95033Free has about 1400 members and is the group that is all about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It’s better for someone else to reuse your item than recycle the materials in it or have it end up as trash. 

This also means finding people near us to minimize energy use and pollution. The better we care for our planet, the better it takes care of us (and our kids).
If you live (or work) in the local 95033 community and can resonate with the Free Recycling principles above, you need to join!

95033Market has about 1000 members and is the group for people who want to buy and sell stuff and who live in and around the 95033 zip!

Pretty much anything goes – produce, household goods, cars, clothes, plants etc.
Keep it legal, and clean (no adult only type items or firearms)
Make sure you have permission to post whatever you’re posting (images etc)
NO asking for money type ads

But wait, there are more:

95033Chat has about 200 members, and bills itself as your virtual general store with people sitting around and chatting. It’s for people who don’t like facebook but want to chat.

95033Fire has about 125 members, and is a place for people who want to trade information on how to survive, and have their house survive, a fire like the Camp fire that destroyed most of Paradise, CA. The idea behind it is to have a place where we hash out technical details and try and make well thought suggestions for the broader 95033talk list.

95033Food has about 120 members, and is the place to chat about anything yummy and food related. You can post recipes (for people and pets), share BBQ ideas and techniques and ask questions. Postings about food events are also welcome!

95033Garden has about 100 members, and is a place where residents of the 95033 mountain community can ask questions, or share what they have learned, about gardening (both ornamental and edible) in our challenging, rural environment.

95033-PGE-SUX has about 75 members, and is for discussions about the ongoing PGE issues that plague the Santa Cruz Mountains.

95033barter has about 30 members, and was set up to be the place to exchange goods without any money changing hands. 

 

Other Sites

If you would like to help the community, feel free to donate to the Loma Prieta Community Foundation at their website.