Fresno

Fresno, CA

City Rankings Article

Fresno, CA: Nature's Bounty

In SustainLane’s last rankings, we noted that this ethnically-diverse, central Californian agricultural metropolis was awash in irony: it’s surrounded by natural beauty, but enjoys few parks of its own; it has a huge amount of locally-produced fruits and vegetables, but just three farmers markets; it relies on a billion-dollar agricultural industry, but finds its air and water polluted by the same. Since then, however, Fresno city leaders have stepped up to the plate with the 2007 adoption of an aggressive, comprehensive sustainability plan that calls for “in and up” growth, mixed-use, transit-oriented development.