Over the last few months, the City of Bakersfield has been creating a vision plan for a historic area of Bakersfield, Old Town Kern. With the community’s help, they are now at the tail end of the revisualization.
On March 29, the Economic and Community Department of Bakersfield hosted an open house at the Eligon Venue and Social Collective. Community members were able to attend to learn more about the Old Town Kern Vision Plan and provide feedback before the plans are finalized in the upcoming months and presented to the city council.
While the revisualization has only been active in these last few months, Ward 2 Councilmember, Andrae Gonzales shared how so many have been planning for decades– Due to the impactful stories of community members and the legacy that Old Town Kern has around town the city is now able to make a more established plan of action…