NORTH BAY DESTINATIONS | ROHNERT PARK
Friendly Facts
n Call Me By My Name The name of the city was chosen by vote: “Rohnert Park” was preferred over “Cotati Park,” 398-128.
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n Cities in Common Rohnert Park is the sister city of Hashimoto, Japan. The planning concepts for Rohnert Park were inspired by Levittown, Pennsylvania, one of the first post-WWI planned communities in the U.S.
n Founding Father Paul Golis, one of the attorneys who first conceived of creating a city on the Rohnert seed farm, has been called "The Father of Rohnert Park.”
n Well-Known Grads NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann graduated from Rancho Cotate High School in 1995; former MLB pitcher Brandon Morrow graduated from Rancho Cotate High School in 2003.
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