The City of Visalia is in the beginning stages of forming a Ground Water Sustainability Agency (GSA) with the City of Tulare and Tulare Irrigation District (TID). The first stage includes forming a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to set the groundwork for the three entities to join together in a GSA. The Visalia City council […]
Visalia city council voted unanimously to send out a Request for Proposal (RRP) to hotel developers in order to promote properties close to the convention center. This action was prompted by three unsolicited expressions of interests from developers to build a down town hotel in the last six months. In February, the Visalia City Council […]
Every year the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) conducts a public opinion survey to gage how Visalians feel about their city. This year’s survey was conducted in April and results have recently been made available. The Citizens Advisory Committee uses an all-volunteer force to collect the approximately 300 responses. According to Eric Frost, deputy city manager, […]
Advocates for the Urban Farmers for Food Freedom (UFFF) filed their paperwork with the City of Visalia clerk’s office on July 6. Called the Family Food Freedom Act, the initiative will put to a vote if Visalians want to allow small farm animals in residential areas. The measure would allow up to 6 chickens and […]
A year ago the Visalia City Council fined homeowner, Abigail Trevino, $29,500. The fine was for code violations, late fees, excessive police calls to her house for 10 years and a SWAT Team raid February, 2014. The cost to the city was approximately $15,000 and the late fees added up to approximately $14,300. At that […]
With a refreshing of the Visalia Convention Center and upcoming remodeling of two major local hotels, coupled with the potential building of a new hotels in town, the Visalia Convention and Visitor’s Bureau could not be happier. A non-profit agency, “we are tasked with bringing tourism and conventions to the city,” said Suzanne Blanco, tourism […]
The Urban Farmers for Food Freedom (UFFF) has finalized their initiative and will be submitting their paperwork to the City of Visalia next week. The Food Freedom initiative states that a maximum of 12 food-producing animals will be allowed per residence. Those 12 animals could be composed of no more than eight fowl and four […]
The wells around the county are failing, miserably. And the issue is a lot more complicated than originally imagined. During a meeting with Tulare County Chief of Administration, Jean Rousseau, citizen advocates, Amy Dickinson Campbell and Eric Campbell, attendees learned that a local farmer drilled a new well to the depth of 1,200 feet and […]
Have you visited Mooney Grove Park recently? If you have, you have probably seen the park to be in fairly despicable shape. It’s true that the drought has significantly impacted the condition of the park and the health of the trees, but there seems to be another issue that is causing negative impact to the […]
Henry D’Ambrosio, a 2008 graduate of Mt. Whitney High School, has been selected to participate in Mixing With the Masters (MWTM), an intensive week-long seminar at Studio La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, that will feature master classes presented by “the world’s top music mixers and producers.” D’Ambrosio and 14 other engineers from around the world […]