City of Delano
“The City is working on updating the General Plan to include Healthy Delano and Wellness Element, that will include improved connectivity between residential neighborhoods, schools, parks, recreation resources, and retail activity centers; facilitate the sitting of new grocery stores, community gardens, and farmers markets in underserved neighborhoods to increase access to healthy good, including fresh fruits and vegetables.” – City of Delano
About Delano
- Incorporated: April 13, 1913
- Population: 54,447
- Location: Along Hwy 99 in Kern County about 30 miles north of Bakersfield
- Elevation: 315 feet about sea level
- Area: 13.4 square miles
Climate Action Activities
- Kern County Energy Watch member
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory, in process
- HEAL Cities Campaign Participant
- Southern California Edison’s Energy Leader Partnership Program Member
- Established downtown Green District using Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant (EECBG) funds to conduct energy audits and provide enhanced delivery of energy efficiency services to residential and commercial facilities
- Incorporated agricultural preservation as a key focus of its general plan update
- Creating Sustainable Delano Element in the General Plan
- Working to establish Green Business certification program
- Installed a compressed natural gas (CNG) station at the City’s Corporation Yard, which is used by the city’s Delano Area Rapid Transit (DART) buses
- Hosted two California Almond Sustainability Program workshops, March 2011
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