Community Vitality

Yesterday, the warehouse renovation downtown passed the final inspection! Wasting no time, the Redding community is invited to a Launch Party today! Drop by California Street Labs between 3-7pm. [...]

On October 3rd, KRCR-TV Reporter Sade Brown reports on the forthcoming California Street Labs in downtown Redding. Click below to watch this overview of the new project at a formerly […]

UPDATED: Due to demand for tickets, this event is moving to a bigger venue–the Sheraton Hotel. Seats are limited, so RSVP via eventbrite here today! The 2nd annual Redding Cultural […]

On September 18th, Jefferson Public Radio’s Geoffrey Riley interviewed Rachel Hatch (Program Officer for Community Vitality at The McConnell Foundation) and Anne Thomas (Shasta Living [...]

Demolition at the former police station took place in August, thanks to the efforts of Eddie Axner Construction and Richard Huff of The McConnell Foundation.  The bricks were taken offsite for [...]

Here are photos that give a taste of the hard hat tours to give community members an early taste of the potential for California Street Labs, a project to activate […]

On September 4, 2018, Reporter David Benda of the Redding Record Searchlight interviewed Anne Thomas of Shasta Living Streets about the downtown project, California Street Labs. Click here to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The McConnell Foundation Gives Grant to Shasta Living Streets as Activation Lead for Downtown Warehouse Activation Redding, California (Wednesday, August 29, 2017)—The [...]

At the request of California Department of Housing & Community Development and the Strategic Growth Council, the Block 7 team participated in the California Climate Initiatives Planning [...]

The McConnell Foundation participates in a monthly meeting, convened by the City of Redding, dubbed the Downtown Collaborative. As it sounds, this is a group of downtown organizations who help [...]