Thank you for checking out another edition of 209 Magazine. As we head into summer this magazine is featuring one of the nation’s greatest treasures — Yosemite National Park.  If you’ve never been to Yosemite, now is a great time to go. And if you don’t want to battle the summer crowds, there a number of great nearby hikes featured in our Great Outdoors section.

Summer also means fair time in the 209, and we are previewing the Merced Fair, Mother Lode Fair, Stanislaus County Fair and the Amador County Fair. We also feature a Turlock woman who won the Bobcat Backyard Makeover contest. The folks at the Bobcat Company transformed the local’s self-described “dust bowl” backyard into an accessible oasis for the wheelchair-bound gardener.

These are just a few of the people and places featured in this issue of 209 Magazine.

Through this and every other product we publish we continue to maintain our focus on the communities in which we live, work and play.  Thank you for taking the time to read this and every issue of 209 Magazine. We welcome your comments, calendar events and stories. We hope you will support the businesses and charities that have chosen to partner with us. We appreciate them and look forward to being the most relevant magazine in your home, a place called 209.

Hank Vander Veen

Publisher/Owner 209 Magazine

hvanderveen@209magazine.com