Community Vitality

Per press release 6/19/18 by the City of Redding: On Monday, June 18, the California Strategic Growth Council released the staff recommendation for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable [...]

At the June 19th Redding City Council approved a policy for parklets (see below). What is a parklet? An outdoor seating area–often with planters and lights–that is suited to outdoor [...]

It was a full house at RISE, a next generation business leaders program of the Redding Chamber of Commerce, where Program Officer for Community Vitality, Rachel Hatch shared about The McConnell [...]

The “community” part of Community Vitality (the name of The McConnell Foundation’s program area focused on downtown revitalization) is driven by the people who care about [...]

This month, we headed to the Bay Area for a field trip of sorts, as we continue early-stage conceptual development regarding the potential development on the site of the former […]

Ever wonder about the history of the former police station? We did. We were curious about the activities that happened on that parcel prior to its becoming a police station […]

On May 30th, 2018 the nonpartisan community group, League of Women Voters of the Redding Area invited The McConnell Foundation’s Rachel Hatch to speak about revitalizing Redding. The League [...]

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb The McConnell Foundation is providing a contingent grant to the […]

On May 22, Viva Downtown hosted their annual State of Downtown at the Atrium. They asked The McConnell Foundation’s Program Officer for Community Vitality to reflect on what she’s [...]

Here’s what we’re learning about the power of *temporary* places in the process of catalyzing long-term change in cities. This, in preparation for a temporary activation of the former [...]