Recent impact of DRIVE's

Place Initiatives

When we invest in all neighborhoods, especially those that have been overlooked, we provide the opportunities all people need to be healthy and live well. By investing in affordable and safe housing, transportation, and public spaces, we make it easier for people to live, work, and succeed, no matter where they live. This is part of how we build an economy that works for everyone.

Explore the recent impact of DRIVE's Place initiatives.

Place Initiatives

Downtown 2.0

Downtown 2.0 is Fresno’s bold, community-driven effort to restore the city’s historic core as a vibrant, inclusive neighborhood where housing, culture, and small business come together to create opportunity and belonging for all.

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31,162

Number of hours worked by downtown Fresno ambassadors – the equivalent of 15 years of work, in just 10 months.

14%

Decrease in overall crime in downtown Fresno.

97,752

Number of visitors to Downtown Fresno Partnership events annually with another 905,700 people reached on social media platforms promoting downtown.

Fresno Opportunity Corridor

The Fresno Opportunity Corridor is an effort to invest and connect the central core of Fresno by building affordable homes, improving public transportation, and creating stronger neighborhoods, while also making sure residents have a voice in planning and development decisions.

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Southern Blackstone Smart Mobility Strategy

Laid the groundwork for the City of Fresno incorporating the Southern Blackstone Smart Mobility Strategy.

Resident Leadership Along Cesar Chavez Corridor

Partnered with Jackson CDC in engaging hundreds of area residents to provide community vision for new facilitates and programs being planned by ownership of the old University Medical Center along the Cesar Chavez corridor.

Food Innovation Hub in Southwest Fresno

Partnered with St Rest Church in developing a new Food Innovation Hub along the Elm Corridor to spark investment in Southwest Fresno.

Permanent Affordable Housing

Fresno’s Permanent Affordable Housing Initiative brings together policy reform, community leadership, and innovative financing to create and preserve over 12,000 affordable homes, ensuring all of Fresno’s families have stable, high quality housing

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39 Affordable Units Rehabbed

The Community Development Corporation and Community Land Trust ecosystem development initiative purchased and rehabilitated 39 affordable housing units.

Tenant Advocacy Team Created

Creation of a strong Tenants Rights advocacy team to support renters against landlords who do fail to meet their responsibilities

Revolving Loan Fund

Completed feasibility study for revolving loan fund to renovate affordable housing units.

Civic Infrastructure

Fresno’s Civic Infrastructure Initiative invests in the people, places, and community organizations that build local power. Through a network of neighborhood hubs, resident leaders work to ensure every neighborhood has the tools to shape its own future.

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10,000 Residents Engaged

Over 10,000 residents and youth engaged through 18 place-based partnerships, with 3 public green spaces and 8 street improvement projects completed.

253 Residents Trained

253 individuals participated in workforce development programs, and a Community Land Use Academy was launched to support resident-led neighborhood solutions.

Leadership Cohorts

127 adults and 64 youth completed leadership cohorts, with 4 adults hired as Hub staff.

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