USDA CA State Director Visits Siskiyou, Announces Investments in Yreka and Mt. Shasta

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) California State Director Kim Dolbow Vann visited Siskiyou communities in early April. During her visit, she announced two significant investments in the Cities of Mt. Shasta and Yreka.

In Yreka, she toured the new site of the Yreka Police Department where the USDA has provided a $3 million loan to finance the police station remodel. Vann also visited with elected officials and city staff from the City of Mt. Shasta where the USDA has provided a $9.2 million loan and $2.9 million grant to improve the city's water infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is made up of 29 agencies and offices with nearly 100,000 employees who serve the American people at more than 4,500 locations across the country and abroad. For more information visits www.usda.gov.

Pictured left to right: Yreka City Council Member Norman Shaskey, District 4 Supervisor Lisa Nixon, Yreka City Council Member Rob Bicego, Yreka Mayor Joan Smith Freeman, USDA California State Director Kim Dolbow Vann, and Yreka Police Chief Brian Bowles. They gathered at the site of the new Yreka Police Department Station on April 6, 2018.