“Hope for Haiti” Benefit Local community leaders in partnership with the City of El Centro and Red Cross will be holding a “Hope for Haiti” fundraising event at Town Square, located at 7th/Main Street, in El Centro from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2010. An afternoon of fun is planned – we will have food, refreshments, entertainment featuring local artists and musicians, games and lots of prizes! For more information call 760-337-4540 or 760-337-3453. El Centro, California - El Centro’s signature event is underway and the City of El Centro is now accepting applications for parade participants and vendors for the “Mardi Gras Light Parade and Street Festival 2010.” Mardi Gras will take place on February 13, 2010 with the festival beginning at 5mp and the parade at 6pm. For more information click HERE or call 760-337-3858. New 442 Area Code Overlay. Starting October 24, 2009 all telephone calls made from the Imperial Valley’s 760 area code zone will have to include the area code as well as the seven-digit number. Click HERE for more. The City of El Centro Police Department was awarded $1,134,072 in Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant money through the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funding. The grant will fund three police officer positions for three years including benefits. To date the City of El Centro has been awarded $3,924,725 in stimulus funds. Dead Vegetation is a Fire Hazard The City of El Centro’s Parks & Recreation Departments Art Class, led by Lourdes Guzman won three honorable mentions in this year’s “Art 4 Play” contest hosted by the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA). Please click HERE for more. Help us keep our city Drug Free Report illegal drug activity anonymously at (877) 754-2683. For Swine Influenza Fact Sheet, please click HERE. Property Tax Assesment press release (Home Owners, PLEASE READ) For a list of Cool Centers in Imperial Valley, please click HERE. Para la lista de Centros Fresscos del Valle Imperial, por favor oprima AQUI.