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NEIGHBORHOODS EDUCATION A home for every taste A wealth of knowledge 2018/2019 Biennial The first choice for your real estate needs. With over 25 years combined experience, our team offers... Superior Marketing, Negotiating and Service Top Producer From left to right: Deb Tillis, Elise Souza, Kristie Spencer, Cathy Freeman Deb Tillis Elise Souza Kristie Spencer 559-917-1915 559-392-5847 559-240-8929 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CATHY FREEMAN BROKER / OWNER, GRI BRE # 01724853 (559) 246-4824 | Direct [email protected] (559) 389-5896 | Office www.cfcorealty.com Table of Contents Welcome to Fresno 4 Your new home First Things First 6 Settle in, get connected Neighborhoods 8 Fresno County’s home market: Beat the Silicon Valley exodus Health Care 18 Big city care at home Valley Children’s Hospital 20 Mission extends beyond Fresno County Local brewing scene expanding 25 maintains family-friendliness Business 26 The economy at a glance Education 31 A place to learn, grow Places of Worship 34 True diversity In a tight rental market, 36 speed matters Out & About 38 Sit back, unwind Retail 39 A shopper’s guide Fresno 40 A beacon for the Arts Maps & Transportation 42 Advertising Index 44 Table of Contents FRESNO•COUNTY 2018/2019 1 Subject FRESNO•COUNTY Index 2018 - ISSUE - 9 44 Advertising index PUBLISHER 42 Airlines Gordon M. Webster, Jr. 39 Annual events 39 Art, culture and science GRAPHIC DESIGN 19 Assisted living Joe Verduzco 27 & 28 Average hourly wage Harold Foster, Jr 42 Bus service 7 Cable and satellite MANAGING EDITOR 29 Chambers of commerce Gabriel Dillard 34 Places of worship 6 City of Fresno utilities SALES & MARKETING MANAGER 9 Climate Kaysi Curtin Since opening our hospital in 1952, we have 12 Clovis 17 Coalinga MARKETING CONSULTANTS been privileged to serve generations of children and 29 Commercial real-estate brokers Brandie Carpenter 39 Convention venues Denise Champion 9 County Government Chris Pendergast families from every community in the Valley, 9 Distance to major markets 6 Utilities RESEARCHER the Central Coast and beyond. 39 Entertainment Edward Smith 29 Financial institutions 16 Fowler COVER DESIGN 43 Fresno metro-area map Harold Foster, Jr 9 Fresno County population Our greatest honor is the trust you have placed in us. 32 Higher education 18 Hospitals 17 Huron 12 Incorporated cities 16 Kerman Thank you. 16 Kingsburg 28 Labor force 27 & 28 Major employers 16 Mendota 11 Northeast Fresno 11 Northwest Fresno 17 Orange Cove 39 Outdoor recreation 39 Parks and amusement centers 42 Rail service 29 Real estate firms PUBLISHED BY 13 Reedley 16 Sanger 16 Selma 19 Skilled nursing facilities 38 Shopping malls 12 Southeast Fresno Pacific Publishing Group Inc. 11 Southwest Fresno 559-490-3400. Copyright 2016. 39 Sports teams All rights reserved. Any 7 Storage and moving companies reproduction, in whole or in 28 Tax rates part, without expressed written permission is prohibited. 2 FRESNO•COUNTY 2018/2019 Visit valleychildrens.org/usnews Welcome to Fresno Welcome to Fresno Often the people who live here are the worst critics. Gabriel Dillard is the editor of The former Fresno is the place I live, work The Business and raise a family. It’s a place where people Journal, and are mostly honest and trusting, where you works in can still purchase a home on a salary of Downtown $38,000 a year. There aren’t many places Fresno a few where you can bite into a fresh strawberry blocks from in the spring, a just-picked nectarine in the the hospital summer, big fat grapes in the fall and juicy where he was oranges in the winter. There aren’t many born. places within a three-hour drive of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Yosemite Fresno is one of them. This is Fresno: A center of gravity for chefs and If you have taken a job here, or are foodies who prefer to know the source of their considering a move to Fresno, let me be fruits and vegetables; an emerging tech center the first to welcome or encourage you. This where startups can land venture capital funding town has a lot to offer — more than any and students can learn the skills to compete one person can voice. on the global stage; a recreational home base for thrill seekers to explore California’s natural 58 Convenient Locations RV and Boat Storage We can use you as well. Not just your wonders; a big city with a small town feel where spending power or your tax revenues, but Open 7am-7pm, 7 Days a Week No Minimum Rental Periods the American dream is still within reach; a also your experiences, talents, brainpower cultural buffet where people can learn, adopt and collaboration. 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CourtesyMoving.com • 559-252-8000 USDOT 70719 • MC87113 6 FRESNO•COUNTY 2018/2019 FRESNO•COUNTY 2018/2019 7 Neighborhoods Neighborhood Stats Neighborhoods Fresno County’s home market: FRESNO COUNTY TOP 10 POPULATED CENTRAL DISTANCE TO MAJOR POPULATION BY RACE VALLEY CITIES ACCORDING MARKETS Beat the Silicon Valley exodus FROM THE U.S. CENSUS TO POPULATION ESTIMATES BUREAU, 2014 FOR 2018 City Mileage surrounding land for horses or livestock, the prices here. White 77.2% Fresno 538,330 Sacramento 164 David Castellon – STAFF WRITER chances are you can find what you’re “It may not be as affordable as Texas or Visalia 136,246 San Francisco 196 looking for in Fresno County, say local real Omaha, but it is affordable for California,” Hispanic or Latino 51.9% estate brokers. Cavazos said of Fresno County. (of any race) Clovis 113,883 Los Angeles 214 If you’re relocating from “And we’re not as expensive as Northern Reno 298 another state — or some or Southern California, but we still have Black or African 5.3% Madera 66,225 The high-rise exception access — easy access — to Northern and “Depending on the kind of home you like, American San Diego 343 other part of California Southern California,” said Briana Ramirez, Tulare 65,982 you can find the pocket or neighborhood,” a Realtor with the The Isaac Ramirez Co. American Indian and 3% — Fresno County may with the only significant exception being Porterville 60,798 Las Vegas 392 in Clovis and president of the Women’s high-rise apartments and condominiums Alaskan Native surprise you. Council of Realtors for Greater Fresno. Hanford 58,176 Phoenix 597 Certainly, being at the that are common in Chicago, New York Asian 10.7% and other cities.