come home to chico

What Come Home to Chico is All About

The Come Home to Chico campaign is a collaborative effort between the City of Chico and the Chico Economic Planning Corporation (CEPCO).

The Come Home to Chico campaign strives to capitalize on the affinity that Chico State alumni have for the campus and surrounding community. The campaign works to provide these alumni with a variety of opportunities in the areas of employment, visits to Chico and investment and business start-up. This campaign also focuses on helping recent graduates find opportunities to stay and work in Chico.

Perhaps some alumni might be in a position to bring a company back to Chico, providing jobs for other citizens here. That theory is behind a new economic development campaign for Chico that is looking to capture talented individuals interested in living in a place they know and love.

Finding talented employees is a "major issue" for businesses. Employers have communicated to the City of Chico and CEPCO that they need employees to do specific kinds of jobs. They're not always finding those employees readily.

Connecting talented workers and local employers has many functions. Employers end up with a work force that already knows and likes the town, and employees have a loyalty to the local area community.