With great promise, two electric vehicle makers have said they would build factories in the Central Valley and soon employ hundreds, even thousands of locals. Both announcements came in 2017.
Tule River Tribe officials broke ground on a new chapter for Tulare County s only casino this week.
Eagle Mountain Casino will move from the reservation to Porterville after a lengthy process that started in 2016. The new, expanded casino is anticipated to open in fall 2022 and will be located on 40 acres of land near the Porterville Airport.
The new casino will also address a critical water shortage that has hobbled development on reservation land for many years, sparking a moratorium on new homes. The existing casino uses 40,000 gallons of water a day, enough for dozens of new homes.
That was a major reason for relocating the casino off of the reservation, Tule River Tribal Vice Chairman Neil Peyron said. Bringing tribal members back to the reservation has also been a goal of the Tule River Tribe.
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When the City of Porterville looks at how to use state funding that would come from Proposition 68 for its parks and recreational facilities there s a consensus the community has plenty of needs.
The City of Porterville is looking at how to improve the community s parks and recreation facilities basically on two fronts when it comes to the Prop. 68 funds: One is a number of projects that could be cfunded by nearly $180,000 in funding from Prop. 68 the city will receive.
The other is a major project, but the city Porterville would have to compete for grant funding from Prop. 68 and that would be for a Recreation Center.