Economic Development at Fresno BHC

Creating shared prosperity for #OneHealthyFresno

Why Economic Equity Matters in Fresno

For generations, regional economic policies have prioritized corporate subsidies and low-wage, high-pollution industries over the financial security of working-class residents. A truly healthy Fresno requires an economy where policy, investment, and public budgets are shaped by the community members who generate the city’s wealth. We organize residents, workers, and small business owners to demand that economic growth translates into living wages, safe working conditions, and generational community wealth.

Economic Development

We champion a democratic economy that meets essential community needs, balances human consumption, centers resident voices, and builds shared prosperity regardless of race, gender, national origin, or income level.

Essential Needs First

Prioritizing public and private investments that secure living wages, health access, stable housing, and income security for working families.

Economic Development
Economic Development

Shared, Broad-Based Prosperity

Championing Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) and equitable development models while rejecting growth that concentrates wealth among a few.

People Power

Organizing a network representing over 97,000 residents to influence city and county budgets, tax revenues, and regional economic plans.

Economic Development

How We Build Economic Development

Grassroots Budget Advocacy

Mobilizing residents to participate directly in municipal budget hearings, demanding that public revenues are directed into neighborhood infrastructure, workforce development, and youth programs.

High-Road Job Standards

Advocating for enforceable labor and environmental standards on major public and private developments to ensure new jobs offer family-sustaining wages and safe working conditions.

System-Shifting Infrastructure

Connecting economic development to transit access and environmental health, ensuring working families have reliable mobility to reach regional job hubs.

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    Fresno CA 93747

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    Fresno CA 93702

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