An Enterprise Community

About

The mission statement of Coalinga Enterprise Community is to empower the residents of the area to create a better future for themselves and their children.

The Coalinga Enterprise Community (CEC) was created in 2000 as a community-based organization in order to address the following issues:

  1. Collaboration between the city personnel, community members, and local resource partners to develop a strategic plan for community development in Coalinga;  

  2. Community leadership capacity to organize, plan, and implement community improvement projects; and  

  3. Distribution of information that will benefit and empower Coalinga residents to take part in solving challenges through partnerships.

In November 2006, the Coalinga Enterprise Community received it’s 501(c)3 non-profit organization status serving the city of Coalinga.