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News Releases
| The City of Fresno, in partnership with Fresno Metro Ministries, would like to invite the media and public to join Mayor Ashley Swearengin, Council Member Mike Dages and PARCS Director Randy Cooper at Al Radka Neighborhood Park on Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 10:00am as the City launches its first community garden. The Fresno Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department (PARCS) recently completed construction of 90 garden plots at Al Radka Neighborhood Park in Southeast Fresno. PARCS designed and developed the 10’x20’ garden plots with ADA accessible pathways, installed water access to each plot, created an area for composting and added a storage shed for gardeners to share. >more |
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| Today, the City of Fresno was notified by the California Department of Public Health that a request for funds to modernize water infrastructure in the Herndon Town community has been approved. The City has been awarded a grant for $825,000 for Herndon Town work, which will provide clean and safe drinking water for residents of the small Northwest Fresno community Herndon Town, which was annexed into the City of Fresno in 1988, is served by a small, privately owned water company. Its pre-World War II water system is inadequate and unable to consistently provide reasonable water pressure to approximately eighty households in the community. >more |
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| The Mayor’s Community Advisory Panel (CAP) is pleased to announce the second in a series of town hall meetings with Mayor Ashley Swearengin and Fresno residents on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Retired Teachers’ Educational Center in Central Fresno. >more |
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| More than 500 Twitter users are now “following” the City of Fresno on the fast-growing social networking platform. The City reached the milestone after just over a month of use. The City uses its Twitter feed to update the public daily on local issues, road closures, special events and other information. “Twitter is an important part of the City’s public outreach effort, so I’m excited to see so many citizens linking up with us in this way,” said Randy Reed, Director of Communications >more |
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| As a result of recent water allocation reductions which have severely impacted the City of Fresno and the region, the City today joined in a federal lawsuit challenging the state and federal water allocations that impact the San Joaquin Valley. The City joins a number of water user groups, including farmers and water districts throughout the region, in challenging the water allocations. The lawsuits also challenge the underlying rationale supporting the allocations such as the recent U.S >more |
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| Mayor Ashley Swearengin today thanked U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Ron Sims for visiting Fresno to discuss ways to revitalize the City and region. “I want to express my appreciation to Deputy Secretary Sims for taking the time to get a first-hand look at Fresno,” Mayor Swearengin said >more |
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| Mayor Ashley Swearengin and Police Chief Jerry Dyer today announced that they will join forces with Valley Crime Stoppers to create a one-day Cash for Guns event at the Fresno County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 8 p >more |
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| Fresno Area Express (FAX) announced today that it has partnered with Google Transit to provide an online trip planning tool through Transit in Google Maps. This free trip planning tool combines the latest FAX data with Google Maps. It integrates transit stop, route, schedule, and fare information to make trip planning quick and easy for transit novices and seasoned travelers alike. "As part of Google's commitment to develop useful public-private partnerships, we are pleased to welcome FAX to Google Transit >more |
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| Following a nation-wide search, City Manager Andy Souza today named John Dugan to the post of Planning and Development Director for the City of Fresno. Mr. Dugan holds a Master’s Degree in City Planning from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School of Government. >more |
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| Mayor Ashley Swearengin will join California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver,today at Manchester Center in Fresno for a popular “one stop” event designed to help low-income residents access resources to help them become more financially secure. First Lady Maria Shriver will visit Fresno on behalf of the WE Connect program, a pioneering public/private partnership which provides assistance with programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Through EITC, working families earning less than $56,000 per year can obtain refunds of up to $4,800, even if they owe no tax. >more |
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