California continues to be the exception that Carey McWilliams former editor of The Nation observed about the state following the explosion and shift in the population westward. Today the California economy is facing a shortfall of 15 billion dollars in state revenues alone. This impacts how local governments like the City and County of Fresno provide everything from police and fire services, library services, health services and of course low income and affordable housing.
With its agriculture base providing wages and salaries diminishing each year with reductions in home prices, spiraling foreclosures, financial institutions like banks and insurer defaults, hedge funds going belly up, the citizens of Fresno, its municipal leaders, and volunteer and civic organizations have a can do attitude that is so quintessential of the California spirit of yesterday that it is likely to be a model for many local communities in positing better and best ways to create sustainable local community base economic development growth.
Construction is underway for hundreds of low income housing design by a specialist in affordable housing design, site preparation and land banking for hundreds of more affordable housing during the next two years is under a fast track with local builders pushed to high performance by home grown local competent project managers. There is excitement within the creation and re-invention of new neighborhood communities. While sufficiently challenged by the weight of recent history and old baggage there is a realization that the City and County of Fresno must use all of its human resources to compete for finite resources in the new global economy. Fresno, like California is shining a light on the future of the image of the city.
With its agriculture base providing wages and salaries diminishing each year with reductions in home prices, spiraling foreclosures, financial institutions like banks and insurer defaults, hedge funds going belly up, the citizens of Fresno, its municipal leaders, and volunteer and civic organizations have a can do attitude that is so quintessential of the California spirit of yesterday that it is likely to be a model for many local communities in positing better and best ways to create sustainable local community base economic development growth.
Construction is underway for hundreds of low income housing design by a specialist in affordable housing design, site preparation and land banking for hundreds of more affordable housing during the next two years is under a fast track with local builders pushed to high performance by home grown local competent project managers. There is excitement within the creation and re-invention of new neighborhood communities. While sufficiently challenged by the weight of recent history and old baggage there is a realization that the City and County of Fresno must use all of its human resources to compete for finite resources in the new global economy. Fresno, like California is shining a light on the future of the image of the city.
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