Editing Forestville, California (section)

==History and features==
[[File:Forestville, California (1909).jpg|thumb|left|Forestville, 1909]]
Forestville's unofficial motto is "Forestville, The Good Life." This phrase appears on license plate holders sold at the local hardware store. The major road through town is Front Street for the length of the town, a distance of about three blocks, between Covey Road and Mirabel Road. It has been made part of Highway 116. The "downtown" blocks were first developed during the 1870s and 1880s. A fire destroyed many of the older structures, and existing buildings date mostly to the early 20th century. According to [[Sonoma State University]] professor [[Jonah Raskin]], Forestville "was a gathering place for bohemians and writers and artists, circa 1900."<ref name=nytimes1/>

Today businesses in the town consist of one gas station, one bar, one hardware store, a grocery store, two convenience markets, a pharmacy, several churches, a number of restaurants, a post office, an assortment of small businesses, a full time fire station operated by Sonoma County Fire District, a volunteer-run Youth Park, and three [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]]. The annual Forestville Youth Park Parade is held each June as a fund-raising event. It is associated with two days of music, [[Bingo (US)|bingo]], and carnival rides in the Youth Park. Food and handicrafts booths are staffed by local vendors and non-profit organizations.

A number of [[bed and breakfast]] inns and [[wineries]] have been developed along the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River]] and to the east.<ref name=nytimes1/>