CHURCHES: SPORTS: AUTOMOBILE Most denominations are represented in the Fresno area Fresno residents and visitors enjoy a well-balanced, year- and have convenient locations throughout the city. round program of sports. Fresno has professional , REGISTRATION: auto racing, wrestling, boxing, hockey and bowling. Fresno Registration for a driver's license is required State University offers fine competition in collegiate football, within 1O days of beCOming a permanent resident of California. , baseball, track and minor sports. For over 50 years, Car licenses, however, will be honored until the month of their SERVICE GROUPS Fresno State University has hosted the West Coast Relays the expiration. first weekend in May. For California automobile registration and driver's license Fast AND CLUBS: The Greater San Joaquin Valley Sports Association information, contact the State Department of Motor Vehicles, There are numerous adult and youth clubs, associations sponsors the California Bowl football game at Fresno State 655 W. Olive, Fresno, CA 93728, or call (209) 445-5469. and other organizations in Fresno. For a copy of our new University's 30,000-seat football stadium. The fourth of these Professional Associations, Groups and Clubs directory, con- NCAA-approved bowl games is to be played in December, tact the Chamber of Commerce for price information, 2331 1984. Fresno State's Seiden Field baseball facility was com- HUNTING AND FISHING: Facts Fresno St., Fresno, CA 93716 or call, (209) 233-4651. pleted for the 1984 season. The new 3,578-seat stadium is the Fresno County offers some of the finest hunting and fishing largest facility of its kind on the West coast and the nation's to be found in the West. For specific information about hunting sixth largest collegiate baseball complex. is and fishing seasons, non-resident licenses, etc., write to: Cali- home to the hockey team and houses the fornia State Department of Fish & Game, 1234 E. Shaw Ave. , TOURIST INFORMATION: regional NCAA playoffs. The city recently approved an $8 Fresno, CA 93710, or call (209) 222-3761 . Fresno is the center of a great tourist area. We invite you to million project to expand its capacity from 7,000 to 10,000 write to the Fresno Tourist Information Center, 1429 W. Olive, seats. Fresno, CA 93728 or call (209) 486-5218. Boating, fishing and water skiing are available at Millerton Lake, Pine Flat Reservoir, Bass Lake, Shaver and Huntington Lakes. QUICK FACTS: ELEVATION: City, 328 Ft County Maximum 14,254 Ft Only 1½ hours drive away, downhill skiing is available at A~· eity, 72 SQ Qi County {Approx) 6,000 Sq.Mi CD Sierra Summit and Badger Pass ski resorts. Cross-country P PULATION City Mfitro Area County u skiing is also available in the near-by Sierra 252,598 377,900 545,957 Mountains. ..CD CLOVIS ...... 36,225 MENDOTA ...... 5,859 COALINGA ...... 7,270 ORANGE COVE .... 4,277 E FIREBAUGH ...... 3,938 PARLIER ...... 5,925 E California FOWLER ...... 2,696 REEDLEY ...... 11,876 HURON ...... 3,328 SANGER ...... 13,249 a KERMAN ...... 3,972 SAN JOAQUIN . .... 2,075 ... KINGSBURG ...... 5,639 SELMA ...... 12,216 a City County .. Number of Households ...... 92, 122 ...... 200 ,491 Median Effective Household .I Buying Income ...... $19,243 ...... $19 ,350 E Assessed Valuation . ...$5,670,787,542 ....$14 ,265,515,849 Retail Sales ...... $1,454,758,000 ....$ 2,258,426,000 ti CLIMATOLOGICAL CHART -30 Year Average .t' Total c., Daily Daily Rel. Normal Sunshine ·- Max. Min. Humidity Rainfall % "D JAN ...... 54 .8 ...... 35.8 ...... 83 ...... 1.84 .. . .50 C: FEB ...... 60.8 ...... 39 .0 ...... 76 ...... 1.72 ...... 66 ca MAR .....66.6 ...... 41 .2 ...... 67 ...... 1.62 ...... 79 APR .. . ..74.3 ...... 48.2 ...... 58 ...... 1.24 ...... 85 MAY ... ,.J2.9...., ...... 51 .9 ...... 47 ...... 89 f JUNE . ..JQ.3.-! ...... 57 .5 ...... 44 ... ..,a..J!L ...... 94 :I JULY ...... 62.9 ...... 41 ...... 2Q.- ...... 96 AUG ...... 60 .8 ...... 48 ..... _QL...... 96 SEPT ...... 58.5 ...... 51 ...... ,...QL ...... 94 a OCT ... ~-. . . ..48 .8 ...... 57 .. .. .42 ...... 88 0 NOV .....66 .1 ...... 40.8 ...... 75 ...... 1.22 ...... 67 DEC .....54.6 ...... 38 .9 ...... 94 .. . .. 1.71 ....47 fi YEAR . ...76 .3 ...... 48.2 ...... 60 ..... 10.24 ...82 !! APRIL, 1984 u. 8rC8 2331 Fresno St. • P.O. Box 146 HISTORY: HOUSING: HOSPITALS: "Fresno" is Spaoisb to• a:.h, and like the many Spanish Housing is available in Fresno, either for rental or purchase, There are six general hospitals in the Fresno area, with a names throughout California, it is a legacy from the Mexican in a wide price range depending upon the location and type of total of 1,563 beds. Average daily cost of a semi-private hospi- era. The original Fresno County seat was at Millerton, located housing desired. tal room is $216.60. on the San Joaquin River, from 1856-1875. With the coming of In Fresno, new tract prices range from $59,950 to Fresno Community Hospital, a non-profit corporation has the railroad, the populace voted to move to a new site selected $115,000. The average resale home price taken from the Multi- 452 beds, including a 51-bed psychiatric ward. 25 miles to the south - a wilderness point on the new Central ple Listings Service during the first half of 1983 was $76,830. St. Agnes Hospital is operated by the Sisters of the Holy Pacific line then, but now occupied by the City of Fresno. Cross and has a total of 300 beds. Incorporation of the City of Fresno transpired on October 27, Sierra Hospital has 95 beds and is operated as a non-profit 1885. corporation by the Sierra Hospital Foundation. Valley Children's Hospital operates a 137-bed facility and is LOCAL GOVERNMENT: capable of treating infants through adolescents. The City of Fresno has a council-manager form of govern- ment with seven elected councilmen, one of whom is the UTILITIES: The Veterans Administration operates a 265-bed hospital elected mayor and employs a chief administrative officer who is Electricity and gas are provided by Pacific Gas and Electric in Fresno. responsible to the council. Fresno County is divided into five Company. Telephone service is provided by Pacific Bell and Valley Medical Center has a total bed capacity of 274, GTE. Water is supplied by the City of Fresno and the Malaga supervisorial districts. Fresno County also employs a county which includes 40 in the psychiatric ward. County Water District. The Fresno-Clovis Regional Waste administrative officer who is responsible to the Board of Water Treatment facilities provide sewer service. Supervisors. SMALL BUSINESS: There are excellent opportunities for small business in this area. It is suggested, however, that persons planning to invest in small retail business should first make a personal survey of the area to determine whether or not the type of business BANKING AND planned can be sustained. Further information can be obtained from the local office of the Small Business Administration, 2202 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Monterey, Fresno, CA 93721, (209) 487-5534. As the financial center of the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno has many banking offices including: American National (2), State Board of Equalization license is required for the A Bank of America (15), Bank of Fresno (2), California First Bank collection of the state sales tax and a city license is also (2), California Valley Bank (1), Central Bank (6), Continental required. For specific infonnation, write to: Bank of Commerce (2), Crocker National (4), First Interstate Sales Tax - California State Board of Equalization Bank of California (4), Lloyds Bank (3), Security Pacific (13), District IV, State Building Sumitomo (1) and Wells Fargo (4). There are also 13 savings 2550 Mariposa Street and loan association offices with a total of 31 branches. Fresno, CA 93721 (209) 445-5285. City License - Fresno City License Department BAKERSFIELD 2348 Mariposa Street Fresno, CA 93721 (209) 488-1351 MILEAGES FROM FRESNO Bakersfield ...... 108 EMPLOYMENT: Employment opportunities are not handled by the Chamber NEWSPAPERS: Carmel ...... 164 is published daily at 1626 E Street, Fresno, of Commerce, but there are several excellent sources avail- Kings Canyon CA 93786 (209) 441-6111 . The Fresno Daily Legal Report is National Park ...... 55 able. For more information, contact private employment !inns also published daily at 2514 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or write the California State Employment Development Depart- Los Angeles ...... 222 (209) 237-0114. A total of 18 newspapers service the Fresno Monterey ...... 150 ment, 1050 "O" Street, Fresno, CA 93721 (209) 445-5291. area. Sacramento ...... 171 San Luis Obispo ...... 139 MALLS: San Francisco ...... 184 Fresno's downtown malls are not only centers of Sequoia commerce, finance and government, but exhibit one of the National Park ...... 85 finest collections of public art in the nation. RADIO & TV STATIONS: Yosemite ...... 92 There are seven television stations (UHF) in the Fresno Fulton Mall, the first of its kind anywhere, provides con- area, and 23 radio stations. All major broadcasting networks FRESNO, CALIFORNIA venient shopping in 77 retail stores for downtown employees. are represented. The only place in the nation Fashion Fair Mall and Manchester Mall, with 65 and 71 just an hour and a half stores respectively, have a wide variety of retail outlets includ- from 3 National Parks. ing large department stores and small specialty shops. Fresno County and City Chamber of Com TRANSPORTATION: Fresno, designated a U.S. Port-of-Entry, is a hub of trans- portation facilities of all kinds, connecting Central California to destinations anywhere in the world. With two municipal airports, Fresno provides facilities for AGRICULTURE: both private and commercial aviation. United Airlines, Frontier, Fresno County is the nation's number one farm county, Republic Airlines, Pacific Southwest (PSA), Western, West Air averaging slightly under two billion dollars a year in production and Dash Air operate regularly scheduled flights from the of close to 200 commercial crops. Leading crops are grapes, Fresno Air Terminal. Both Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rail- cotton, cattle & calves, tomatoes, milk, catalopes, plums, roads have extensive freight terminal facilities here and service oranges, alfalfa hay and nectarines. Amtrak passenger trains. Greyhound and Continental Trail- ways buses have terminals in Fresno, in addiUon to Fresno Transit providing local service. Dozens of trucking firms pro- CROP VALUES vide service of every description to all parts of the country. Field Crops $ 510,565,000 Seed Crops 40,420,000 Vegetable Crops 268,132,000 Fruit and Nut Crops 650,412,500 Nursery Products 5,360,000 LAND COSTS: Livestock and Poultry 251,072,000 Land costs in Fresno County vary considerably from loca- Apiary 6,539,000 tion to location throughout the county. For details on specific $1,732,500,500 areas, contact us for a list of recommended realtors (209) 233-4651. CONVENTION CENTER: Fresno's central location, high quality facilities and com- petitive price structure attract conventions from throughout TAXES: California and several western states. The Fresno Convention An overall 6% tax is added to all retail purchases in Califor- Center seats 2,359 continental style in its award-winning Wil- nia. One percent of this is parceled to the city and county, ¼% liam Saroyan Theatre. Selland Arena, home to the Fresno is given to the county specifically for road improvements and Falcon hockey team, accomodates over 7,000 in large gather- construction and the remaining 4¾% is budgeted to the state. ings of all types. The city hosted 301 conventions with 129,120 delegates in 1982-1983. Convention spending averaging The combined commercial and industrial property tax rate $215.50 per delegate circulated $27.8 million throughout the for 1982-1983 is $1.00/$100 of market value, plus additional community. The Centre Plaza Holiday Inn and Community increments depending upon voter-approved bonded indebted- Conference Center enhances Fresno's ability to attract large ness in specific areas of Fresno County. conventions through its 320 guest rooms, meeting rooms and parking facilities adjacent to the Fresno Convention Center.

J • Fresno, CA. 9~716 • 1-209-233-4651 SCHOOLS: Elementary and Secondary PARKS AND Public PLAYGROUNDS: Fresno Unified School District has approximately 50, 460 The City of Fresno operates two major parks: Reeding Park students. There are 55 elementary schools, 13 middle schools with 160 acres and with 240 acres. There are for grades 7-8, one freshman high school for 9th graders,_ 4 30 city-operated playgrounds and six community centers that 9-12th grade senior high schools, and 2 10-12th grade senior provide hot meals to senior citizens and varied recreational and high schools, including a continuation high school. The school social services. In addition, the city operates two 18-hole golf district also administers a complete special education pro- courses, seven swimming pools and a campground located at gram. For enrollment information, contact Fresno Unified Dinkey Creek in the High Sierras. School District, Tulare and M Streets, Fresno (209) 441-3000. Reeding Pan< includes the fourth largest zoo in the State of Parochial California and Rotary Playland for children. Storyland, also in Fresno has six Roman-Catholic parochial schools, five Reeding Pan<, features display and walk-through units that elementary with an enrollment of 1,600 and one high school depict various well-known children's stories. with an enrollment of 900. The County of Fresno has one major pan< adjacent to The Lutheran denomination operates a school, the Em- Fresno (Kearney) and has developed recreational areas at manuel Lutheran, with an enrollment of approximately 80 in Lost Lake below Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River and at grades K through 8. Avocado Lake on the Kings River near Pine Flat Dam. The Seventh Day Adventist Church operates one school, The City Parks and Playgrounds Department operates a the Fresno Adventist Academy, with 335 students, grades K year-round program for youngsters and adults that includes through 12. Babe Ruth and Spartan League baseball, numerous bas- Christian ketball, softball and volleyball leagues, square dancing and Fresno has a selection of private christian schools funda- swimming. mentally based on biblical principles offering grades K-12. Post Secondary Academic MUSEUMS: Fresno City College is a two-year community college with The Fresno Arts Center, located at 2233 N First, is the an enrollment of about 14,057. only fully-accredited arts museum within 100 miles of Fresno. It features two main galleries, a lobby, a 152-foot concourse California State University Fresno is a four-year college and "childspace," a $90,000 hands-on gallery devoted entirely offering a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate pr~- to exhibitions for children. The Center also includes a Gallery rams, as well as day and evening classes. The enrollment 1s Shop and Rental Gallery. 15,840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science The Mennonite Brethren operates Fresno Pacific College houses a permanent collection evoking our Central California with 850 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate cultural heritage in a newly-renovated facility at Van Ness and programs. The Brethren also operates a Biblical Seminary with Calaveras. 150 students. The Discovery Center encompasses seven acres at 1944 San Joaquin College of Law, with an enrollment of 100 N. Winery. A hands-on science museum, the Center includes students, offers a four-year, part-time evening program toward an American Indian Exhibit, a cactus garden, two ponds, a a Doctor of Jurisprudence. greenhouse, an earth worm farm and picnic grounds. Humphreys College School of Law, with an enrollment of The Fresno City and County Hlstorlcal Society operates 30, is a four-year part-time evening program which offers two museums in Fresno, Kearney Mansion and Fort Miller courses toward a Doctor of Jurisprudence. Blockhouse. The La Paloma Guild produces tour programs of California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno the city's historical churches. campus, with an enrollment of 137, offers classes toward the Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology, with majors in rural com- munity psychology and child psychology. CULTURAL ARTS: A Jesuit university, the University of San Francisco, Cultural Arts in Fresno have become a very significant part College of Professional Studies offers bachelor and master of the character of the community. Increasing in importance degree programs in management related fields to 150 students every year, local instruction, shows and productions of all enrolled at its San Joaquin Valley regional center. kinds rival those found in larger metropolitan areas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, Fresno Arts Vocational Center, Philharmonic Orchestra, Children's Theater, libraries Fresno also has a wide variety of vocational schools offer- and museums offer residents unlimited opportunity of ing diversified training in such fields as court reporting, real expression. estate, management and industrial trades. For names of these schools, call the Fresno County and City Chamber of Com- merce (209) 233-4651.