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Three members of The McConnell Foundation staff–including Program Officer for Community Vitality Rachel Hatch–attended today’s North State Economic Forecast, an event powered by [...]

In case you missed it, the Buckhorn Mountain Stompers played a live concert on December 15th at California Street Labs. The event featured the world premiere video by Jefferson Thomas […]

The Shasta Builder’s Exchange hosted an event at California Street Labs today. The focus? Fire-resistant building materials, an especially important topic in the wake of the Carr Fire that [...]

On November 29th, Jason Roberts (Better Block Project) spoke to a crowd of 500 people at the Cascade Theatre. His invitation to the crowd? Build a better block, right here […]

Thanks to all who attended the December 7th talk by Ilana Preuss on Small-Scale Manufacturing & the Future of Downtown, hosted at California Street Labs (1313 California Street). In 2017, [...]

In December 2017, the Redding Fashion Alliance received a grant from The McConnell Foundation to activate an underutilized space in downtown Redding (details here). As a successful year draws to [...]

Thanks to the team at Leadership Redding for the invitation to take the Class of 2019 on a Downtown Field Trip during their December 6th session that was focused on […]

On North State Public Radio reporters Kim Weir, Sarah Bohannon, and Rachelle Parker recently featured California Street Labs on their program, Up the Road. Key excerpt: “Right now, it’s all [...]

Wondering how to stay in the loop on downtown projects and Community Vitality grants? Fill out this simple form to sign up for the Downtown Dispatch, which is the best […]

On November 24th, journalist David Benda of the Redding Record Searchlight wrote this piece about multiple efforts in downtown Redding, including The McConnell Foundation’s acquisition of [...]