REPORTS

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HUMAN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

Our vision is a vibrant economy, thriving educational systems and quality neighborhoods rich with assets and opportunities available to everyone.

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FRESNO AREA REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE

To achieve quality of life and regional competitiveness, systemic and chronic problems must be resolved.

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CHOOSING OUR FUTURE

There are some who believe that a State take-over is yet another easy way out, when all it does is delay the date when we finally must step up to take control of our own destiny.

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FRESNO REGIONAL JOBS INITIATIVE

Our region is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Regional collaboration is increasingly becoming the rule, not the exception.

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LANDSCAPE OF CHOICE

Strategies for Improving Patterns of Community Growth

The San Joaquin Valley is one of the most rapidly urbanizing regions in California and the nation.

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HII: MENTAL HEALTH

The Human Investment Initiative (“HII”) was launched in 2007 to address the destructive force of poverty in our neighborhoods and the lack of alignment of our community resources behind shared strategies.

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ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

This report is part of The New Valley Connexions program of the Great Valley Center in partnership with the California Trade and Commerce Agency, Office of Strategic Technology.

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LIFE SKILLS INITIATIVE

The Life Skills Initiative is designed to develop the most important resource we have—the people who live here. Together we can inspire the spirit of community in every neighborhood, classroom, work site and place of worship and create an extraordinary culture, one that delivers the outcomes everyone wants—inclusive opportunity, prosperity and wellbeing.

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