*Pardon our mess. We're under construction.
Actually, who are we kidding? We'll always be a work in progress*
Valley Notebook's starter home-page
Until www.valleynotebook.com is built summer 2008, we'll be housing our editorial content here.
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Valley Notebook's Digital Library
Annotated links about and around the central San Joaquin Valley
I. Fun Facts & Articles
II. Associations
III. Culture and Ethnic Groups
IV. Media
V. Independent or locally-owned businesses recently awarded its own page, click here.
VI. Books of local interest
VII. National sites with local information
I. Fun Facts, Articles and Resource Lists
- Famous people with Valley ties compiled by Discover, a special publication of the Fresno Bee.
- Barbara Morgan--NASA astronaut and teacher is one of them.
- Fresno Barbie- Anonymous (seeking original post), fake Barbie models based on Fresno stereotypes. Might be offensive to those sensitive to neighborhood (Pinedale, Clovis, Tarpey Village, River Park, etc.) stereotypes.
- 36 Hours in Fresno by Evan Rail
- New York Times travel article featuring Underground Gardens, Full Circle Brewing, and other sites. May 5, 2006.
- Multimedia John Muir Trail Project -Follow Fresno Bee reporters and photographers hike more than 200 miles along the John Muir Trail. *Hehe* some fare better than others. Mr. and Mrs. Valley Notebook actually hiked half of this very slowly, very painfully and very humbly. We can attest that this a no-joke trip well worth the blisters. Kudos Diana!
Resource Lists
- Arts
- Dining
- A fabulous list of Downtown restaurants by neighborhood or cuisine category, maintained by Downtown Association.
- History
II. Associations
Professional
American Institute of Architects San Joaquin Chapter
U.S. Green Building Council Central California
FYLP
Fresno's Leading Young Professionals - Networking, community sevice, quality of life advocacy for professionals in their 20s and 30s.
Cultural, Arts, Science, History... (note to selves, come up with a more descriptive, succinct category)
Downtown Association of Fresno
Works to "enhance the vitality of our Downtown by working to improve, promote, and develop the historic Central Business District. The goals of the Downtown Association of Fresno are to create jobs, lower the commercial vacancy rate, develop new housing opportunities downtown, provide more convenient parking, and to create recreational opportunities for all."
Creative Fresno
An organization supporting Fresno-area creative community and professionals.
- Mindhub- A free listserve disseminating news, thoughts, events. A project of Creative Fresno.
Fresno Arts Council
Non-profit organization fostering public art and an arts community in Fresno.
Fresno West Coalition for Economic Developmentan organization dedicated to improving life in southwest Fresno.
Fresno Coalition for Art, Science and History
- A relatively new organization encouraging a cultural and arts sector in Fresno.
Center for Multicultural Cooperation
- Nonprofit organization that produced oral histories and folklife of local interest-- check out their featured videos.
Central Valley Cafe Scientifique
A monthly exploration of science topics hosted and held by local scientists.
Historic Fresno Architecture
Fresno Scrabble Club
A weekly meeting of serious Scrabble play. Held every Thursday 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Round Table Pizza at the southwest corner of Bullard and First.
Fresno Co-Housing Project
Community living project near Herndon and Willow. It strives to be a "multi-generational, child-friendly environment within easy walking distance of shopping. We value energy and resource efficient design, good architecture, and natural beauty. We have no common political or religious orientation, only a common desire to live in a neighborhood of our own design." Move-in scheduled for June 2008, according to website.
Fresno Historical Society
Fresno Public Library System
The Great Valley Center
Modesto-based public policy organization providing advocacy, information and programs for the Central Valley.
Environment
Green Fresno
Sierra Club-Fresno's Tehipiti Chapter
Local Chapter of the Sierra Club. Try joining them for a hike of all levels. They're free to the public and listed on their outings page.
Sierra Foothill Conservancy
A non-profit land trust offering classes and guided hikes to the public. Great for year-round hikers. The hikes are special and well-loved.
III. Culture & Ethnic Groups
Hmong Life in the United States by Jeff Lindsay of Appleton, Wisconsin
IV. Media
Blogs- Local and Local Interest
Fresno County Media
Independent Media
San Joaquin Valleyfornia
A well-edited policy and political blog for the Central Valley, developed by Mike Lukens, a communications officer for Fresno State's Office of Community and Economic Development at California State University. Offers a concise reading round-up of political and policy news. Occassional, but informed original content like this April 22, 2008 post on the Valley's creeping Democratic population.
Late Update
An entrepreneurial online news service based in Fresno. Aggressive use of Web 2.0 tools.
The Fresnan
Frequently published, pro-urban blog featuring podcasts. Coverage focuses on downtown Fresno culture, arts, independent and grassroots efforts, etc.
Print
The Fresno Bee Newspaper
Online version still needs work before it meets its full potential, it's still the central valley's most comprehensive news source.
www.fresnobeehive.com
Fresno Bee's catch-all blog and multimedia portal
www.fresnobeehive.com/news
Assortment of general and business news shorts
Fresno Famous
An online community with great unrealized potential.
The Clovis Independent
Weekly newspaper publication focused on the Fresno suburb of Clovis--owned by The Fresno Bee.
Fresno Business Journal
Offers an alternative to business coverage in the Fresno area.
The Rampage
Fresno City College's student newspaper
Tulare County Media
The Valley Voice
Independently-owned bi-weekly newspaper out of Visalia that regularly scoops big media. An old-fashioned insiders' paper.
Visalia Times-Delta
Visalia's local paper. They recently launched a new website showing some necessary risk taking-- more video, public databases, forums and audio.
Central San Joaquin Valley
KFSR 90.7FMhttp://www.csufresno.edu/kfsr
Non-commercial, member-supported public affairs radio operated by Fresno State.
Programs include The Pulse, Valley Press and San Joaquin Spotlight.
KVPR
http://www.kvpr.org/
NPR's Fresno affiliate. Shows produced at this station include Quality of Life, Young Artists Spotlight and Valley Writers Read. Nationally syndicated shows include Left, Right & Center, All Things Considered, The California Report, Morning Edition.
Television
ABC Affiliate
abclocal.go.com/kfsn/
NBC Affliate
http://www.ksee24.com/
FOX Affiliate
www.kmph.com/
It moved to its page.
VI. Books of local interest
VII. National sites with local information
This section will highlight databases and commercial sites where you can mine for some Valley-specific information such as news, reviews, or... political dirt!
Politics
News and blog aggregators
- Outside In- Find new local blogs and some robot-generated news. The Fresnan, random Bee stories and some other surprises can be found here. Search it by neighborhood or zipcode.
Issue-related
- State of the Air - An interactive site where you can plug in your zipcode and check your 2008 air statistics, put together by the American Lung Association.
Sports
- Fresno State's Scout.com page. Scout.com is a sports publishing company that seems to aggregate and produce sports content. Not our forte here, but it look useful.
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