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Self-Help Enterprises is working with the city of Newman to and Mariposa County on temporary drought relief efforts as well as a long-term solution.

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Residents of Matheny Tract, a rural community of 350+ homes near Tulare where water is contaminated by arsenic and nitrate, celebrate the connection to the City of Tulare water system. Self-Help Enterprises has been providing technical assistance and working with the community to obtain funding for the water well project.

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Drought-slammed residents in the Kings County community of Hardwick, northwest of Hanford, are getting a new well, a permanent solution to persistent water problems. Self-Help Enterprises has been providing technical assistance and working with the community to obtain funding for the water well project.

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Two factors determine populations—migration and natural change (i.e., births and deaths)—and both are creating substantial shifts in rural demographics. Tom Collishaw, CEO of Self-Help Enterprises, shares how the organization is strong-armed into making investments in older rural housing several years ago when California dictated “universal design”—the inclusion of handicap friendly house plans—as a stipulation for receiving state funds.

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Self-Help Enterprises and the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) will be hosting a Water Boards Leadership Institute, which strengthens community leadership by teaching skills and tools to be more intentional, effective and energized leaders.

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Self-Help Enterprises and the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) will be hosting a Water Boards Leadership Institute, which strengthens community leadership by teaching skills and tools to be more intentional, effective and energized leaders.

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The Frazier Park Public Utility District (FPPUD) voted to annex the Lake of the  Woods Mutual Water Company. The FPPUD directors asked David Warner, Self-Help Enterprises’ Community Development Specialist working with the community, to apply for funds from the state to cover engineering, design, planning and budgeting for the proposed system.

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Gustine’s newest neighborhood is home to residents who forged close bonds while working together for a year to achieve home ownership through sweat equity.

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California Water Service, County of Tulare, local Rotary clubs, and Self-Help Enterprises broke ground on a project to bring water to the residents living along Ave 322, just outside Visalia.

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California Water Service, County of Tulare, local Rotary clubs, and Self-Help Enterprises broke ground on a project to bring water to the residents living along Ave 322, just outside Visalia.

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