FIRM’s Building Healthy Communities Project has been BUSY over the last few weeks! In mid-July, our grant from the California Endowment was expanded to allow FIRM to work on engaging residents of south Fresno in the City of Fresno’s General Plan Update process, as well as the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan. Since then, FIRM staff and resident leaders have been attending multiple meetings including the “Smart Valley Places” convention and meetings with City Counselors and City Development staff to share about community concerns and become oriented to the project. We have also hired Christine Barker, previous intern, to help with outreach to engage youth in the place with these efforts.