Butte County Growth Scenarios Second Introductory Public Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2001
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Dan Ripke, Center for Economic Development
530-898-4598
Butte County Growth Scenarios Second Introductory Public Meeting
A second introductory meeting for the Butte County Growth Scenarios project will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Oroville State Theater, 1489 Myers Street, Oroville, Calif.
The meeting will provide an overview of this important project. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public about the purpose of the project, to outline the steps involved in the project, and to answer questions about the process of developing growth scenarios. Principal project partners include Butte County, the Center for Economic Development, and the Survey Research Center. During the meeting, these partners will present the step-by-step process that will be followed to develop scenarios to accommodate the county’s future growth. This process involves gathering information about existing areas planned for growth and carrying capacity of existing general plans of all jurisdictions in the county, as well as conducting a survey to document public input/opinions about growth opportunities and options. This meeting will be of interest to anyone who would like to learn more about this project.
Follow-up projects will include an inventory of growth-related organizations in the county, focus groups from throughout the county, e-mail interviews of growth-related organizations, a random telephone survey of 500 individuals, and development of approximately three scenarios of future growth in the county.
The meeting is being hosted by the Center for Economic Development, California State University, Chico. For more information, please contact M. A. Meleka at 530-538-6572 or Dan Ripke at 530-898-4598.
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