The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds come alive each April for one crackling day, as 100 business and service provider show their wares. Join us to learn about new services, products and non-profits, and check out your competition! It’s Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Imagine yourself in the back of that limousine. Pet the delicious-feeling fur of a […]

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Even though it’s not broken ground yet, the Northern California Natural History Museum isn’t letting that slow its “Museum Without Walls” lecture series. Go to its award-winning Web site, www.ncnhm.org, to learn about this museum that will be a draw from all around the region. It is already enriching the lives of children, locals and […]

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Bob Speer did a nice job with today’s article in the Chico News & Review, “Slow but steady.”
I spoke with him Tuesday. He also talked with economics experts, building groups and developers, and points out the relative strength of our housing market:
Chico is an oasis in this sea of doom and gloom. Yes, housing values […]

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Being that it’s Martin Luther King Day, the markets are closed in the United States. They are open in Asia and Europe, though, and what a day it is! World stock markets are down sharply, in some cases as much as 8 percent in a day! This leads me to ponder what will happen in […]

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Well, 3 percent of 85,000 is 2,550. And you care, why? Because 3 percent has been the long-term population growth rate in Chico and growth is continuing at that pace. That means 2,550 new residents this year and probably next.
Planners understand that they are usually organized into households of 2.14 per household. So, 2,550 […]

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