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On November 21st, journalist Mike Chapman of the Redding Record Searchlight wrote this piece about The McConnell Foundation’s efforts downtown. Click the image for the full story:

PRESS RELEASE (November 20, 2018) The McConnell Foundation finalized the purchase of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall from Redding Lodge No. 271 on Nov. 15. The Italianate [...]

On November 8th, community members gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Redding for the second annual Redding Cultural District Summit. The focus? Business models to support arts and culture. Here [...]

What to Expect Nov. 29th: Join us as we learn from Jason Roberts, founder of The Better Block Project. Hear concrete examples of how other cities have temporarily re-envisioned a single block in [...]

On October 24th, Ben Wickham (Affordable Housing Director for Sonoma County) visited Redding to learn about the mixed-use development dubbed “Block 7” that is planned for downtown [...]

Watch this 1m10s overview of California Street Labs which is now officially up & running at 1313 California Street in the heart of downtown Redding: With thanks to Sara Oliviera […]

SAVE THE DATE – 6:30pm Thursday, November 29th Build a Better Block: Jason Roberts on Improving Your Community Cascade Theatre 6:30-7:30pm Thursday, November 29th (we encourage everyone to [...]

Community Standards In order to ensure that The McConnell Foundation’s social media channels remain a place that is welcoming and open to everyone, we ask that everyone follow these [...]

Thanks to Caltrans District 1, Caltrans District 2 & Caltrans District 3 for the invitation to speak about “Community Livability & Economy” at the North Region Managers Meeting” on [...]

Regional convenings are key for exchanging best practices with other communities. The October Future Valley Summit was no different. Hundreds of people gathered for the meeting–organized by [...]