The mission of the Weed Community Center Project was to strengthen and unify the City of Weed, California and nearby communities by providing year-round civic, social and recreational activities for people of all ages by designing, constructing and operating a Weed Community Center (WCC) Building.  As initially conceived by Kenneth Ford, the WCC would focus on providing wholesome recreational, educational, and wellness activities for the area's youth and seniors.  In addition, this central facility could fulfill the Weed Community's needs by providing a venue for a wide variety of community events.

ORIGINALLY PLANNED WCC PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES

       After-school programs, tutoring and homework support
       Scouting and other Youth group meetings
       Senior programs, caregiver training/respite 
       Health and wellness outreach and Fitness Center
       Education and career development opportunities
       Banquet/conference seating for 500, & Commercial kitchen

WCC/WCRC CURRENT STATUS

       The boards of the Ford Family Foundation and the McConnell Foundation who originally had granted funds to implement the WCC project have now closed their files on the project, and have declined and withdrawn their WCC challenge grant.  The loss of this grant funding effectively ended the functioning of the old WCC board.  Now the entire Weed Community needs to come together around one new coordinated Weed Community Center project plan, and present a new grant application to the Foundations for the WCC project to be revived and receive new grant funding. The WRC will spearhead this renewed Community effort.
       Following the WCC board's effective dissolution and its divestiture of Weed's Community Programs and Activities, these activities have been assumed by the Weed Community Resource Center (WCRC) organization.  To formally achieve the divestiture, the WCRC was recently spun-off from the control of the defunct WCC Board. The WCRC is now conducting business and running a large number of Weed's Community-oriented activities under the auspices of the Weed Revitalization Coalition (WRC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
       The WCRC is currently housed within the centrally-located Weed Mercantile Mall (at 590 Main Street in downtown Weed), and is able to fulfill all of the originally planned WCC Community programs and activities with the possible exception of the commercial kitchen.  Banquet seating in the Mercantile would be considerably less than 500, but would still be adequate for the needs of the Community.
       The Weed Community Resource Center (WCRC) is now providing a wide range of Community-oriented activities that the community can easily access and benefit from. The WCRC employs Joyce Oliver as its Executive Director, and is currently operating with a staff of three individuals and many part-time community volunteers. 
       Based on input from focus groups, surveys, and public meetings; the Weed area had inadequate offerings of year-round cultural, civic, wellness, recreational and educational activities due to the lack of sufficient facilities.  The WCRC and its wide range of program offerings is filling these gaps, while addressing the needs of under-served populations, such as low-income families, seniors, women and children.