Redding Record Searchlight
Thursday, February 18, 2010
by Scott Mobley
Shasta County residents are among the unhappiest and unhealthiest in the United States, according to a Gallup poll conducted last year.
The greater Redding metropolitan statistical area - which includes all of Shasta County - ranked 159th out of 185 metros on a nationwide well-being index developed by Gallup and Healthways, a Tennessee-based firm.
Shasta County scored low across the board on a half-dozen well-being measures, with one striking exception - healthy lifestyle habits, according to the Gallup poll.
Dejeune M. Shelton, senior program manager for the Great Valley Center in Modesto, said Shasta County's low score on the well-being index is not a surprise. Other Central Valley areas scored low, too, reflecting the area's chronic economic malaise, she said.
"The valley continues to have issues we have had for many years," Shelton said. "Now with the new economy, a lot of people have been displaced from their homes, and that adds to the stress. The foreclosures are a serious factor, along with a lot of unemployment and poverty."
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Valley Futures Forum: February 18
New Models for Land Development in the San Joaquin Valley: Fresno's Southeast Growth Area With Keith Bergthold
February 18, 2010
5:00 - 6:45 pm
Great Valley Center
201 Needham St.
Modesto, CA
Fee for the Forum: $10 (payable at the door)
For more information e-mail nuplanner@gmail.com
About Keith Bergthold:
Keith Bergthold is the Assistant Director of Planning and Development for the City of Fresno and has served as the Assistant Director since February 2007. Keith holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Behavior from the School of Professional Psychology in Fresno and a BA Degree in Sociology from California State University, Fresno. Keith was born in Fresno, is proud of it, and believes that the San Joaquin Valley is a gift from God, ordained to be sagaciously developed, or woe be to us and our heirs. He also loves BMW motorcycles and long rides to Canada, and gratefully travels each day down Highway 168 to explore the possibilities germinating from his current day job.
About the Valley Futures Forum (VFF):
The VFF is a dynamic conversation on development issues in the San Joaquin Valley. The forum takes place at 5:00pm on the third Thursday of each month, from January through November.
The VFF is presented by:
American Planning Association, Central Section; Building Industry Association of Central California; Congress for the New Urbanism, NorCal Chapter; Great Valley Center; Local Government Commission; Modesto Chamber of Commerce.
→ Download a flyer here
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Faculty wanting to focus research in the Central Valley
Discussions regarding Community Engaged Scholarship are getting off the ground.
Take a look at this article from the Merced Sun-Star (and reprinted in the Fresno Bee):
→ Local community the focus of UC Merced task force - (2/8/10, Merced Sun Star)
Monday, February 1, 2010
GVC Monthly Media Advisory, February 2010
The Great Valley Center's February 2010 media advisory is now available. This monthly resource for members of the media and others in the community features information on what's happening with the Great Valley Center and throughout the Central Valley during the month.
February's advisory includes briefs on:
* Regional story ideas
* GVC and regional events during the month
* Programs that are new to the Great Valley Center
* Reports, Publications, and Resources Currently Available
→Download the February 2010 Media Advisory
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