REDWOOD COAST RURAL ACTION

Redwood Coast Rural Action (RCRA) was formed in 2000 by a partnership between College of the Redwoods (CR), Humboldt State University (HSU)and Humboldt Area Foundation (HAF), all of whom had a vested interest in the future of the region. But the idea that a community could take control of its future started in 1996 when Humboldt Area Foundation reached beyond the traditional role of a community foundation to support a collaborative effort address the economy of Humboldt County. That initial initiative, called the Institute of the North Coast, planted the seed, that grew into RCRA -a regional connecting of the four counties in the northwestern corner of California (Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino).