Envision the Future
Kudos to RussellStudio for bringing the vision to life on a potential downtown mixed use project at the corner of Tehama & California: Ryan Russell did great work visualizing some […]
Community Input Meeting
This week, The McConnell Foundation and K2 invited Community Input on a potential downtown project. It was a larger-than-expected turnout, and we will be continuing to digest this input, but [...]
#WhatifRedding could win a second state-wide AHSC grant to help revitalize #downtown?
In October of 2017, The McConnell Foundation headed to Sacramento to learn about the Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and what it means for [...]
Cyclists Welcome! – Bell Rooms Early Stage Concepts
In early 2017, community members from This Place Matters Redding, Shasta Historical Society, Viva Downtown, Shasta County Arts Council and more voiced the importance they place on preserving [...]
Shasta College Global Expedition Program
Shasta College’s Global Education Center coordinates the Global Expedition Program in conjunction with Operation Wallacea. The Global Expedition Program develops study abroad experiences and [...]
Redding Cultural District – Community Vitality Grant
Redding Cultural District Awarded $242,500 Grant from The McConnell Foundation REDDING – Redding Cultural District (RCD), one of 14 communities statewide to be designed by the California [...]
Pop-Up Retail in Downtown Redding
In August 2017, a “lunch and learn” about pop-up retail took place in downtown Redding. The goal? To learn from people who are doing pop-up retail in Redding about their experiences so far, and [...]
Redding citizens interviewed on their experience as refugees of the Secret War in Laos
Lynn Fritz interviews Somneuk (Mickey) Chao, Philip Chao and David Saechao on the history and their personal stories of surviving the Secret War in Laos to become child refugees in […]
KCNR Free Fire Radio: Interview about New Community Vitality Program
On July 7th, 2017, KCNR Free Fire Radio’s Carl Bott interviewed The McConnell Foundation’s Rachel Hatch about the Foundation’s new Community Vitality program, which begin just [...]
What is Community Vitality?
As the Community Vitality program is just beginning, there is important definitional work to be done. But as soon as one asks the question: “What is community vitality?” it quickly [...]
