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Despite Moratorium, Tenants Say They Are Being Evicted From ‘Last Resort’ Motel

In an effort to clean up a notorious section of Fresno and to create more affordable housing, a housing nonprofit has a deal to purchase four "Motel Drive" properties. Using millions in state funds, the deal is in place, soon to be completed. But, several long-term residents of one Fresno...

Council Approves $4.5M Funding for Parkway Drive Makeovers, State Kicks in Millions More

Motel 99, Parkside Inn, Day’s Inn, and Welcome Inn along Parkway Drive in southwest Fresno are part of a notorious stretch visible to drivers on Highway 99 coming into Fresno. It's dilapidated condition is now on the cusp of a transformation. In a recent document, the city said the area supports...

Unique Urban Farm Sprouts from SW Fresno's $66M Climate Grant

Organizers broke ground Tuesday on a 7.5 acre 'urban farm' in southwest Fresno designed to expand access to healthy food in an area challenged by persistent poverty. When it opens, the unique community space will give residents in the area access to planting areas for growing their own vegetables, along...

Brusseau Apologizes, Takes Grief Over Clovis Housing Comments

For Terra Brusseau, it was a "grin and bear it" moment. In the first Fresno Housing Authority board meeting since she made controversial comments about a public housing project in Clovis, her colleagues let her know how they felt. Brusseau apologized, somewhat, Tuesday night for her March 26 comments that...

Clovis Mayor Answers Housing Commissioner: We Welcome All

Clovis leaders are pushing back against comments made by a Fresno Housing Authority board member who questioned the agency's first-ever project in their city. Terra Brusseau serves on the 14-member Fresno Housing Authority board. Brusseau's remarks, made during a March 26 discussion about a 60-unit housing authority project at Willow...

Leaders Applaud New Community Center for Highway City

Dignitaries and area residents gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Granville Northwest Community Center on Aug. 9.  The center will serve as a resource hub for residents of the area in the vicinity of Fresno's northwest border, known as Highway City. Construction of the 5,500 square foot building is being...

New Center Hopes to Lift Neglected Neighborhood

For people in Highway City, the sounds of gunshots and sirens going off in the middle of the night aren't out of the ordinary. Kids joining gangs and getting into other types of trouble are also not unusual occurrences. Across from older homes in this section of Fresno, a canal...

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