Juntos, Planeando Nuestro Futuro * Together, Planning Our Future
Tel: 831.786.8536 * Fax: 831.786.8541
441 Union Street Watsonville CA. 95076
E-mail: lisa@actionpajarovalley.org
Growth Management Strategy
Action Pajaro Valley was formed in September 1998 with an Advisory Board of over 50 community leaders representing over 20 stakeholder groups. The co-chairs of Action Pajaro Valley are Carlos Palacios, the Watsonville City Manager and Randy Repass, the Founder of West Marine Products. In July 1999, the organization became a California nonprofit corporation and hired an Executive Director. The community office is located in the heart of Watsonville, in the Kalich building which shares a parking lot with Plaza Vigil, near the City Plaza.
The responsibility for making the Vision happen rests with the people of the Pajaro Valley. As community members step forward to join with organizations, business, and government, the Pajaro Valley will have the kind of future, which we all want.
The idea of a community Vision in the Pajaro Valley grew out of observing similar visioning processes in other communities. Business leaders, community organization members and government officials served as a catalyst to bring together private and public sponsors to initiate the process. Excitement about the process is growing into an organized effort involving a partnership of people from many sectors of the Pajaro Valley.
