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 Redding California Information
Redding is situated between the Cascades and the Trinity Alps, in Northern California, 400 feet above sea level. It is centrally located on Interstate 5, Highway 299 and Highway 44, just south of Shasta Lake. The major freeways and highways of the region run through Redding making it an ideal access point for any destination. Redding is the hub of the north state, the county seat, and the largest city between Sacramento and Portland.
POPULATION: 89,780 (2009 Estimate)
COUNTY SEAT
 Redding enjoys four seasons, with mild winters and warm summers. The city's humidity is refreshingly low and the winds blow north/south and rarely exceed 13 miles per hour. The average rainfall is 55 inches annually, occurring in the late fall and winter and clear weather predominates over 300 days a year. Air quality is rated one of the best on the west coast. The Sacramento River, one of the finest trout-fishing waters in the Western United States, runs nine miles through the heart of the city. Redding has definitely been discovered! The outdoor lifestyle, air quality, affordable housing, quality medical facilities and low crime rates attract many people from the metropolitan areas. The city has joined other government and private partners to acquire riverside parcels and create a nationally recognized system of trails and parks. The Sundial Bridge, designed by world-renowned Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, isn't the city's only structure by a world-class architect. Just west of downtown stands the Pilgrim Congregational Church, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958.
Mercy and Shasta Regional Medical Centers rank among the regions major hospitals. Officials plan a state run veterans home by decade's end. Redding combines the ambience of a small town with the benefits of a large city. It is a picturesque complement to the surrounding recreation and wilderness areas. It is a great place to live and work and one of the best places in the country to retire.
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HOW REDDING GOT ITS NAME
The railroad arrived on its northward journey in 1872, stopping in Redding for 10 years before progressing into Oregon. Redding got its name from railroad land agent Benjamin B. Redding. In 1874 the town was rechristened "Reading" to honor local pioneer, Pierson B. Reading. However, the railroad would not recognize the change, and the original name, Redding, was restored in 1880.
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Explore Redding
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The Redding Civic Center which opened in February, 2000, is new home to City Hall, Council Chambers, and a Community Room. The three-story structure is home to over 300 employees. Inside the Redding Civic Center, you will find the largest art gallery in Redding. The walls on all three floors of Redding's City Hall are lined with spectacular artwork featured by various artists in a quarterly rotating art exhibit. |
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The Sculpture Park at City Hall has a mixture of permanent works and traveling exhibits displayed. The 2.5 acre park with its beautiful water fountain is setting for relaxation and picnicking with its many shade trees and decorative planting. There are concrete walkways winding through the park along with stone and metal sculptures. |
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The larger-than-life-sized bronze sculpture Catch And Release On The Sacramento River was installed at The Sculpture Park at City Hall on July 1, 2006. Affectionately known as the Fly Fisherman, this work represents the area's connection to nature and the integral part the Sacramento River plays in our community. The bronze fisherman stands approximately 18 feet high from the base of the fisherman to the uppermost part of his raised casting rod. The bronze sculpture, "Catch and Release on the Sacramento River" was purchased entirely through the sponsorship of community members. Johnson & Sons Fine Arts are a family of artists living in Montana who have placed 21 statues throughout the U.S. Artist Ercel Johnson created this series of limited edition miniature replicas of the fly fisherman sculpture. |
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Yongjin Han´s dozen stone sculptures installed at The Sculpture Park at City Hall makes this his largest permanent showing in the world. The artist´s major piece entitled Spirit of America literally serves as the park´s cornerstone, standing 12 feet tall and weighing more than 150,000 pounds in the northeast corner of the Park. |
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Schreder Planetarium
1644 Magnolia Ave Redding, CA 96001
(530)-225-0295--Show Information
http://www.schrederplanetarium.com/
The Schreder Planetarium opened in 1979 as a multi-media science education facility serving the students and citizens of Northern California. It is a beautiful 10 meter domed digital theater in which a realistic and scientifically accurate simulation of the night sky is created, using a Digistar 3-projector. It features live and pre-recorded shows and is a planetarium theatre where all the sights and sounds are created digitally. The planetarium seats 64 people in reclined theater seats. An experience beyond planet Earth!
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The new Redding Library at 1100 Parkview Avenue, near Redding City Hall, opened March 3, 2007.
Telephone: 530.245.7250
Website: http://www.ShastaLibraries.org
Hours: Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
New Library Now! is an all-volunteer group dedicated to the planning, organization and fundraising for construction of the new library. The group has helped fund the estimated $20.6 million library by raising more than $8 million. There have been more than 200,000 contributors.
The Redding Library is a 55,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the informational and educational needs of children, students and adults for many years to come. The libary is rich with features that will edify, delight, amaze and provide better service to visitors. The granite tile entryway is designed to represent the Sacramento River and the theme continues inside the doors. Each area of the library is characterized by its own set of colors and patterns with plenty of comfortable chairs. The library is accessible to people with physical limitations, and its central location and proximity to public transportation were chosen to maximize access.
It is a wonderful gathering place for the community, as it offers a children's area complete with a story room, a Teen Center where young adults can gather, dozens of public access Internet computer stations, wireless access throughout the building, a cafe, bookstore and a community meeting room that seats over 130 persons. |
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The unique Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, designed by world-renowned Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, at a cost of $23 million, is a glass-decked pedestrian bridge. Calatrava was also the architect for the Athens Olympic Stadium. The 700-foot long steel, glass, and granite structure spans the Sacramento River with long diagonal cables connecting a 20-story sundial to an aquamarine non-skid glass deck. Because of the exact north-south orientation of the bridge, the pylon serves as the upright element of a sundial, making it the world's tallest sundial. The main structural support to the bridge clear-spans the river without any footings in the waterway. The 217-foot-tall spire anchors 14 cables that bear the bridges weight.
This 217 foot pylon acts as a sundial, telling time on a tile covered garden border on the north side of the bridge. An amphitheatre below the sundial tower gives you a unique perspective of the bridge. This beautiful and unique pedestrian bridge that crosses the Sacramento River connects the nationally designed trail system in Redding with the Turtle Bay Exploration Park and McConnell Arboretum. The bridge is beautiful because of its aqua green opaque glass deck, strips of granite and smooth white imported Spanish tile. The architect, Santiago Calatrava, has said that the bridge resembles a bird in flight. The bridge is also environmentally sensitive to its river setting. The tall pylon and cable stays allow this unique suspension bridge to avoid the nearby salmon spawning habitat. There is no charge to walk this breath taking structure and it is open to the public from daybreak until midnight. Because of its beautiful night lighting, the bridge has proved to be as popular during the evening hours as it is during the day. It has become a gathering place for Redding residents and visitors alike. |
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Turtle Bay Exploration Park is a 300-acre exploration park along the banks of the Sacramento River. It features educational and entertaining activities and experiences that interpret the relationship between humans and nature. Turtle Bay boasts a 34,000 square foot art and history museum which features a Wintu bark house. The museum's Exploration Hall helps to tell the story of the Wintu Indians and their struggle to continue to survive after the arrival of white settlers in the early 1800s. The park is also home to historical railroad exhibits, an interactive forest camp, a seasonal butterfly house, an interpretive forest, and the Sundial suspension bridge. Turtle Bay tells the story of the region and its people through wildlife exhibits, gardens, trails, and a museum. The Turtle Bay Museum is located on the rivers south bank where crews once crushed gravel for the concrete that built Shasta Dam in the late 1930s and 1940s. The plants old foundation, the Monolith, is now an outdoor historical exhibit at the park that features a waterfall cascading through a spiral of hard hats, created by Seattle environmental artist Buster Simpson. This south side of the river houses the museum, wildlife exhibits, forest camp, a summer butterfly house and an amphi-theatre. Hundreds of butterflies flutter through an indoor garden open from late May through early September. A cafe offers outdoor seating and river views. |
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The 220-acre McConnell Arboretum and Gardens on the rivers north bank comprise Mediterranean-climate display gardens, a childrens garden, a medicinal garden and two unique water features. The north state is in a Mediterranean climate zone and the Gardens showcase plants that are native to Mediterranean zones in other parts of the world. A 1-1/2 mile trail loops around a savannah to the east, where thick-trunked oaks overlook efforts to restore riparian habitat. |
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The Sacramento River Trail, an 8-mile scenic trail, threads along the north bank to Caldwell Park, a 73-acre park, largest of the 67 public parks. An 8-foot wide trail designed for the pedestrian and bicycling traffic, attracts people of all ages. Besides being a nice outing, the Sacramento River Trail is also an educational experience. Along the trail, point-of-interest markers explain that the present trail crosses the road traveled by pioneers, mountain men and gold miners. From the past is the site of a ferry crossing and the remains of hydraulic mining operations that can be seen from the trail. The southern portion of the trail covers 2.5 miles of mostly flat spaces and rolling hills to the pedestrian foot bridge below Keswick Dam. This bridge, the first of its kind in North America, is a 13-foot wide, 420-foot long concrete stress-ribbon structure, and is promoted by the State Department of Parks and Recreation as an "environmentally safe bridge." The 93-year old Diestelhorst bridge spans across the river and is the city's oldest bridge. Access to the trails is available from Hilltop Drive, Caldwell Park, and the Sundial Bridge.
A new BLM trail is being constructed connecting the Sacramento River Trail to the Sacramento River Rail Trail that runs to Shasta Dam. The new 12-foot wide trail is expected to be ready this fall, 2007, and will be surfaced with gravel and have a smooth grade, making it accessible for the disabled and for nonmotorized use. It will be open to walkers, runners and hikers as well as bikers and horseback riding. |
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The new Aquatic Center with an Olympic-grade pool is on the grounds of Caldwell Park and the recreation pool features a water playground. It is a state of the art aquatic center featuring a new Olympic sized 50-meter by 25-yard, competition class swimming pool. Other features include a 76x136-foot recreation pool featuring zero-depth "walk-in" entry, a large water-play feature and a 160-foot corkscrew water slide. Other additions include a sand volleyball court, a concession stand, a party-patio for groups of 40 or less, shade structures, and numerous family picnic areas, all within walking distance of the beautiful Sacramento River. Caldwell Park also offers a skate park, a teen center, basketball courts, a soccer field, and sculptures that are part of a planned art walk along the river. |
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The McConnell Foundation owned Lema Ranch and Churn Creek Trails offer several miles of paved and gravel walking trails through native oak and gray pine woodlands. More than eight miles of walking trails are open to the public from daylight until dark every day of the year. The Lema Ranch and Churn Creek Trails were developed to provide a serene environment for people to enjoy as they walk, birdwatch, or appreciate the many varieties of plants. Binoculars are a good way to observe the diverse species of birds that inhabit the trails. To maintain the serene environment and protect the wildlife, dogs and bicycles are not allowed on the Lema Trails, but are allowed on the Churn Creek Trails. |
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Big League Dreams Sports Park, located on the citys eastern edge, is a 60-acre complex and is a big draw to the area. It is a family facility offering a wide-range of athletic pursuits. The Redding Sports Complex boasts scaled-down replicas of Boston Fenway Park, New York Yankee Stadium and Chicago Wrigley Field among five softball diamonds, batting cages, sand volleyball courts, an indoor sports arena and a sports bar. All five of the ball fields feature the newest technology in synthetic turf, which provides consistent all-weather playability. In 2007, the city opened four all-weather soccer fields next door to Big League Dreams. A nonprofit coalition of soccer organizations runs the park. |
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Kid's Kingdom/Fantasy Fountain. With a water volcano that erupts every 6 minutes, Fantasy Fountain at Enterprise Park is a favorite hang-out for children through the summer months. The park features a picnic pavilion, roller hockey rink, soccer fields, and a disc-golf course. It is located at Enterprise Community Park on Victor Avenue. |
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Wet and Wild! Waterworks Park is fun for the entire family. Enjoy four giant waterslides, the Raging River Run, the Avalanche Slide, volleyball in the large activity pool, or just relax in one of the cool shaded areas. Coolest Place in Redding! Open seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Hours vary. |
The Redding Convention Center with its large lawn and fountain is located adjacent to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. The 2,000 seat auditorium hosts Broadway shows and small conventions. Throughout the year this convention hall hosts events from antique shows, to country western music, to Broadway musicals. The city hosts annual events like the Redding Rodeo on the rodeo grounds each May adjacent to the Convention Center and Kool April Nights. Boaters can take to the water at one of the city's three boat ramps. |
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Downtown Redding, at the newly restored Cascade Theatre, residents are now enjoying concerts, plays and special speakers at this magnificent theatre restored in art deco splendor at a cost of $5.5 million. The theatre was originally built as a motion picture theatre in 1935 at a cost of $100,000, and it closed its doors in 1997. The newly restored theatre opened in August, 2004, with restoration of the intricate ceiling mural and re-creations of the original handcrafted chandeliers and light fixtures, and renovation of the original neon sign and marquee. The facility is listed on both the California and National Registries of Historic Places. |
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Shasta College grants two-year degrees and enrolls 12,000 at its main campus in northeast Redding. The college also runs branch campuses in Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity counties.
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Simpson University is a private, four-year Christian liberal arts school in Redding, enrolling approximately 1,300. It also offers an accelerated-degree completion program for working adults in Shasta and Siskiyou counties.
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Shasta College Health Sciences and University Center, is located next to the Mall in downtown Redding. Designed to host classes for Chico State bachelor's and master's degree programs, the center opened August 20, 2007. The $18 million building offers classes designed to meet the economic and business needs of the county and north state. The college houses its dental hygiene program, various nursing programs, MBA classes and a liberal studies program. The students are able to enroll in programs and, through Chico state's partnership, graduate with a bachelor's in various nursing fields, business and liberal studies or with a master's in business administration.
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National University grants undergraduate and graduate degees as well as extended learning and credentials in a number of practical fields. The private, San Diego based university offers courses in English, business administration, psychology, education and information technology at its Redding |
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