January in Fresno doesn’t ask for attention.
It shows up cold, foggy, and a little slower than the rest of the year. The holidays are over. The calendar is blank again. And for generations, this has been the month Fresno gets back to work.
It turns out, January has always mattered more here than most people realize.
A Downtown Bet That Changed Fresno 🏙️
In January of 1965, Fresno experienced its first full month of life with Fulton Street closed to cars. What became the Fulton Mall was one of the boldest urban experiments in the country at the time…