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1000
Friends of Fresno is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving
the quality of life of all the citizens of our community.
We
will strive to foster and support initiatives by other civic-minded
groups to achieve this goal. We are committed to ensure that
public officials and governmental agencies make decisions, especially
those regarding land use and development, that work toward this goal by
meeting these criteria:
they are the result of a planning
and deliberative process that complies fully with the
law and allows public scrutiny and
participation;
they have no deleterious effect on
the public's health;
they encourage the development and use
of public transportation;
they preserve the community's
architectural heritage and show respect
for its ethnic diversity;
they do not contribute to urban
sprawl;
and they serve to benefit the
entire community rather than
to enrich a few.
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 NEW TO THE 1000 FRIENDS WEB SITE
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Air
Quality: Information
on current air quality conditions, and tomorrow's forecast for
partiicles (PM2.5) and ozone and the American Lung Association's State
of the Air for Fresno County in
2009 .
Fresno received an F for High Ozone
Days, an
F for Particle
Pollution (24-hour), and an F
for Particle Pollution (Annual).
Also new to the Air Quality page are online interactive games for kids,
with air quality recources for teachers and parents.
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Water
Quality: Fresno,
California, is the only community in the United States to have received
a grade
of F from the Natural Resources Defense Council
for protection of our source
water, and
we received grades of D for Water Quality and Compliance, and for
Right-to-Know Reports. Our watersheds have been rated as among the
dirtiest/worst in the nation on the Environmental Scorecard.
Sources of Toxic Releases and Hazard
Waste in Fresno
The Fresno County
Transportation Authority is responsible for
administering Measure C funds to maintain our roads and freeways. The
current Agenda and Minutes for the FCTA
are
given on the Transportation page, as well as information about Fresno Area
Express routes, cost
of passes, Fresno Airport information, Fresno and Clovis bikeways
and maps and Fresno County parkways and trails.
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Livable Communities: List of
positive options for everyday life, including sources for
humane, vegetarian shoes and clothes,
contributed
by Tom Cotter (MySpace, Choix Du Jour). Also, information from 1000
Friends of New Mexico about the Albuquerque Alliance
for Active Living (Take a Friend for a Walk for Your Health).
The Kid-Friendly
Cities
report by Population Connection ranked the top 100 cities and
metropolitan areas on community, health and education criteria. Factors
included percentage of impoverished children, rates of violent crime
and number of environmental education programs. USA
Today.
- Downtown Fresno
Coalition
 To contact your Fresno City Council
member about the proposed decisions a ffecting the Fulton Mall,
please see the 1000 Friends of Fresno Elected
Officials
page, which provides addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and
district maps of all City Council members. To listen live to the Fresno
City Council meetings held on Tuesdays, click on the Listen Live icon.
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FresCAMP
,
Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides: New information
about their mission and meeting dates, contributed by FresCAMP member
Judy Stege. FresCAMP has introduced policy changes and educated
FUSD Board members and staff on the
merits of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) which emphasizes
awareness, prevention, and least toxic treatment.
- Recycling:
New information about Fresno's
recycling program , contributed by Patti Toews of the City of Fresno
Recycling Program, including places to recycle
E-Waste . Lots of sources of recycling games for kids and
educational resources for teachers. Also, information about the
E-Waste Recycling Program
at
California State University, Fresno.
- Elected
Officials: Handy
forms developed by the League of Conservation Voters and the Institute
on Money in State Politics that allow a person to enter their zip code
or their representative's name to see their voting
record instantly,
or to see who their contributors
are,
and the amounts
contributed . City Council and Board of Supervisors maps are
shown, and information about how to listen to the live
audio of
City Council and Board of Supervisors meetings.
- The
Arts in Fresno: Information about ongoing events,
including Arthop and Bikehop
,
with interactive maps of the galleries
involved.
Information about theatres, performing arts, venues, art organizations
and communities; film, photography, and fine art was contributed by
Mary-Frances Semsem.
- Media:
Links for local newspapers, television, radio
stations, Internet media sources, and major media.
- Community
Calendar: Information and links to hundreds
of Valley events in the categories of general events, events in the
arts, and environmental events.
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