“Rich in culture and history, the city of Coachella sits at the eastern end of the Coachella Valley, next to the world-renowned music and art festival of the same name. Agriculture has played a major role in Coachella’s story, supplying the entire country with a wide variety of crops. The city’s main thoroughfare shadows the former Southern Pacific Sunset Route that started ferrying passengers from the East Coast to sunny California over 100 years ago.
You’ll still find hundreds of acres of citrus and row crops on the horizon. However, the city is also growing another valuable commodity that fosters mindful investment. An impressive cadre of a dozen organizations has come together to implement Coachella Prospera, a wide-reaching grant initiative to invest in cutting-edge climate resiliency and adaptation for the benefit of residents and businesses…”
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