The Redding Land Trust 54th Annual Meeting

Over fifty years ago a great idea was born. Faced with rapidly increasing residential development to Redding’s south and increased commercialism to the north, economist, writer and local resident Stuart Chase sounded an alarm: “Large holdings are rumored on the verge of development,” he wrote. “The moment of truth has arrived.” People listened and, encouraged by Sam Hill, the first Chairman of Redding’s Conservation Commission and a descendant of John Read, the Redding Land Trust was incorporated in 1965.

It was an idea whose time had come.