The Kern Regional Blueprint effort will formally kick off at 6 p.m. on March 14 in Ridgecrest with the first of more than 16 planned town hall-style meetings around the county.  The Blueprint process is designed to help regions plan for future growth and quality of life through the integration of transportation, housing, land use, economic development and environmental protection.

Elected officials from each city and county throughout the valley will determine how their jurisdictions will accommodate the regional vision based on the public input received during the town hall meetings. 

Please call 661-861-2191, or go to www.kerncog.org to register your place at one or more of these sessions. The first eight meetings will all take place outside the metropolitan Bakersfield area. A separate schedule for Bakersfield and Shafter will be announced shortly.

The meeting schedule is as follows:

RIDGECREST
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Kerr McGee Center
100 W. California Avenue
Ridgecrest

TEHACHAPI/STALLION SPRINGS
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tehachapi Veteran’s Building, Room 2
125 East F Street
Tehachapi

TAFT/MARICOPA
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Historic Fort
915 North 10th Street
Taft

DELANO/McFARLAND/WASCO
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Delano VFW Memorial Building, Room 1
1025 Garces Highway
Delano

ARVIN / LAMONT
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Veteran’s Hall (Arvin)
414 4th Street
Arvin

FRAZIER PARK
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Frazier Park Recreation Building
Frazier Mt. Park, Glendale Trail & Park Dr.
Frazier Park

KERN RIVER VALLEY
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Kern River Veteran’s Senior Building
6405 Lake Isabella Blvd.
Lake Isabella

CALIFORNIA CITY/MOJAVE/
ROSAMOND
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Mojave Recreation Building
Mojave East Park, Hwy. 58 & M St.
Mojave