West Hills takes another look at Valley issues via Essential Elements series

From West Hills College

West Hills College continues to take a hard look at the serious issues facing the San Joaquin Valley, from energy and trade to water via its ongoing series of important policy discussions.

This week, West Hills announced that Recurrent Energy—an international solar project developer with headquarters in the United States and Canada— has joined the list of sponsors for Shifting Ground: Adapting the San Joaquin Valley Economy to a Changing Climate, part of the West Hills Community College District’s Essential Elements series.

The Oct. 8 event is the fourth in a series of policy events presented by WHCCD, which aims to organize hands-on partnerships, encourage planning for the future of the San Joaquin Valley, and focus attention on issues around water, logistics, trade, and energy. The series was offered for the first time last year and brings together public policy and private sector leaders to confront crises and challenges in the Valley.

Essential Elements is a day-long convening to find and take action steps for the San Joaquin Valley’s economic operating system,” said Dr. Stuart Van Horn, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Workforce Development. “A primary objective is creating next generation jobs in a region devastated by the drought and confronting a volatile future. The results we create will be used to calibrate community college Career Technical Education throughout the Valley.”

Recurrent Energy joins several other sponsors. Sponsors include: Chevron, The Gualco Group, WHCCD/Colleges/Foundation, The Wonderful Company, Harris Woolf, Westside Institute of Technology, Central Valley Power Connect, PG&E, Central Mother Lode Region Consortium, Jobs and the Economy, California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, Office of Community and Economic Development, and California State University, Fresno.

The district is delighted to welcome Recurrent Energy to our stable of partners for Essential Elements,” Van Horn said. “Their support is helping us reiterate a sense of urgency and frame issues in a way that presents opportunities for us to work collaboratively to confront the crises and challenges facing the valley.”

The event will be held at Harris Ranch Inn and Conference Center in Coalinga and will feature several speakers from a variety of industries. For more information and to register for the event, visit essentialelementsseries.com. 

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