Palermo, California

January 18, 2012

The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion at California State University, Chico has received a highly competitive $623,863 U.S. Department of Education grant to enhance physical education programs and reduce rates of overweight students in Oroville and Palermo school districts. Read more...

May 9, 2010
A $70,000 grant-funded study is urging the Butte County Board of Supervisors to launch a $28.4 million project to bring a sewer system to the Palermo area.

Studies done in 2007 and earlier have all said the existing sewage disposal system in the Palermo area south of Oroville, dependent on individual septic tank-leach field operations, is often unhealthy and ineffective.

In 2008, the county received funding from a community development block grant to conduct a preliminary engineering report on what to do about the problem.

Tuesday, the 91-page study, prepared by Lumos and Associates of Chico, will go to the supervisors for their review.  [Go to http://www.palermoprojects.com/home/news-and-progress to view project progress.]

The study says a combination of small parcels, inadequate surface drainage, high water tables, periodic flooding and poor soils creates a situation where there is "rate of septic system failures" that "pose a public health risk to the community."

While the report explores three different alternatives to address the problems, it recommends the supervisors "pursue the design and installation of a new (sewage) treatment facility at Lone Tree Road and Kister Place."

The capital cost of the project is projected at $28.4 million, with an annual operating budget of between $213,360 and $347,516, depending on how it is funded.

The proposal calls for 635 connections to the sewage plant, and for the treated water to be made available for agricultural purposes.

The report is an information item and does not ask for the supervisors to take any immediate action. However, it does encourage the supervisors to begin the search for funding for all aspects of the project.

The study also proposes that once the sewage plant is completed it be annexed to the Lake Oroville Area Public Utilities District.  

See Oroville Mercury Register article.   Contact for more information: Palermo Community Association.

January 19, 2010

See Announcements for more information.

Date:   February 17, 2010 (Wednesday)
Place:  Palermo Grange Patron's Hall
               7600 Irwin Avenue
               Palermo, CA 95968
Time:  6:00pm - 8:00pm

December 15, 2009

See Announcements for more information. 

Date:   December 16, 2009 (Wednesday)
Place:  Grange #493
               7600 Irwin Avenue
               Palermo, CA 95968
Time:  6:00pm - 8:00pm

December 17, 2009
A billboard is reportedly to blame for the devastating Ophir Fire, with the official cause of the June 2008 blaze released Thursday by Cal Fire-Butte County officials.  

See Chico Enterprise Record article.

October 8, 2009

California State University, Chico has received a $7.3 million grant from the Department of Education to partner with high-need schools in four North State school districts to improve teaching and aid student achievement.  The school districts partnering with CSU, Chico’s School of Education are Cascade Union, Marysville Unified, Orland Joint Unified and Palermo Union.  See CSU, Chico News for more information.

August 2009
Welcome to the Palermo Post.  The purpose of this periodic newsletter is to provide current information about and for the community of Palermo and is created by resident volunteers.

Download the Palermo Post for August 2009 (in PDF)

June 4, 2009
A Chico News & Review article interviews Palermo residents regarding a TANC power-line that could run through local properties.  Highlighted on the paper's cover as "Towers of Power: TANC running over property owners?"

 See Chico News & Review article on Hire-Wire Act

March 2009
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June 11, 2008
A fire that ignited near Ophir Road and Highway 70 Tuesday morning [June 10, 2008] was fanned by high winds southwest toward Palermo.

See Chico Enterprise Record article.