Community Vitality

On April 17, 2018, The McConnell Foundation closed escrow with the city of Redding on the former Redding Police Station located at 1313 California Street in downtown Redding. The due […]

The McConnell Foundation has granted Viva Downtown a grant to help support live music in downtown through a series: Summer Nights with Major Seventh. Viva Downtown is a National Main […]

The newly completed Downtown Specific Plan update includes Pop-Up Provisions which will set the scene for a new approach to downtown revitalization. They were adopted April 3, 2018 in full. […]

In Year 1 of the Community Vitality work, we’re looking at examples of parks, plazas and open spaces in some of the great American cities. One place to start is […]

It is important to look back in order to look forward. So at a time when the community is embarking on revitalization projects in downtown–and specifically along California Street–it [...]

On January 23rd, 2018, Carl & Linda Bott of Free Fire Radio (KCNR) interviewed City Manager Barry Tippin as well as The McConnell Foundation’s Rachel Hatch about downtown community [...]

Watch this video for a quick look at Community Vitality highlights from 2017 and a sneak peek at what 2018 has in store…  

Redding Fashion Alliance Receives Grant from The McConnell Foundation to Activate Underutilized Space Downtown Redding, California (Wednesday, December 20, 2017) — The McConnell Foundation [...]

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 […]

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 [...]