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Kern County Praises McFarland As Community Role Model

Health officials and advocates gathered in Bakersfield today for a summit on public health in Kern County, where one specific community was touted as a public health role model. In the last five years or so, the city of McFarland has dramatically upgraded its infrastructure. The city has more sidewalks, parks and streetlights than ever before, and it recently created its first bicycle master plan. Flor del Hoyo from Kern County Public Health Services says McFarland is a success story for community engagement and cooperation. “It’s city government working with the school stakeholders working with the community at large. And so we’re not competing, we’re collaborating,” she says. Dennis McNamara, McFarland’s community development director, says students designed a park that arose out of the city’s partnership with Disney in 2015. “If we start now with the kids, and get them involved in walking young and get them involved in their community and give them a sense of civic pride and civic
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