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City manager to partake in online webinar event
Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez will be participating in an online event hosted by Zócalo Public Square on Thursday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m., "What Makes a Good Small Town."
In addition to Mendez, the panel includes Coachella councilmember and civil rights attorney Megan Beaman Jacinto and former West Sacramento mayor Christopher Cabaldon. The event will be moderated by Diana Marcum, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times.
California's smaller cities are often pitied when they are thought about. Media coverage of towns, especially in rural areas, typically emphasize their poverty, their lack of amenities and people, or their supposedly clannish cultures or peripheral politics.
But the reality is that small towns stand at the center of California's biggest challenges — climate, energy, inequality, public health, education, water, broadband access and homelessness. Smaller cities like Gonzales have found clever solutions to problems that bedevil big cities.
About City of Gonzales
The city of Gonzales, California is located in Monterey County. The quaint and culturally diverse community of approximately 9,000 people is in the heart of the Salinas Valley’s agricultural and wine region. Gonzales is an established regional leader in agricultural-technology and innovation, environmental awareness and sustainable practices. Gonzales is home to companies such as HealthySoil, which manufactures products to improve agricultural crop production; Converted Organics, a natural fertilizer company; Taylor Farms, a fresh vegetable production facility, Mann Packing/Del Monte Fresh, a leading supplier of fresh cut vegetables; Ramsay Highlander, an innovator, designer and manufacturer of technologically-advanced harvesting equipment; Papé Equipment Handling, Braga Fresh, Green Valley Farm Supply, Tessemae’s, American Bioscience, Caraccioli Cellars, and Constellation Brands, an international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits.