Allensworth Community Plan Update

The Allensworth Progressive Association co-executive director traced the community's history and described the six-year, resident-driven effort behind the plan.

An Allensworth resident since 1979, she described the community's push to shed its 'hamlet' designation and secure over $50 million in implementation funding.

Spoke about the community's vision of stewardship, self-determination, and revitalizing Allensworth as 'the town that chose to thrive.'

A Visalia resident who moved to California to help the plan, she praised its holistic approach to the social determinants of health.

Asked the Board to continue supporting Allensworth's rise, saying the community can be a blessing to southwest Tulare County.

Co-executive director of the Allensworth Progressive Association thanks county staff and describes five years of bilingual community outreach behind the plan.

APA president recounts how residents identified priorities from the 2017 hamlet plan, the $3.8 million water system grant, and the plan's goal of recreating Allensworth's historic 'mini Black Wall Street' economy.