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August 26, 2025, NEW CUYAMA, CA — Blue Sky Center is proud to announce that it has been awarded Catalyst Predevelopment Funding through the Uplift Central Coast initiative to launch “Resilient Cuyama”—a transformative project designed to build climate career pathways and workforce resilience in the Cuyama Valley. Blue Sky Center leads this $500,000 initiative in partnership with fellow Cuyama Valley nonprofit Quail Springs and other key collaborating organizations across Santa Barbara County and California’s Central Coast region.
The Resilient Cuyama initiative will address longstanding barriers to education, employment, and climate resilience in one of California’s most underserved regions, the agricultural Cuyama Valley of Santa Barbara County’s remote northeastern corner (population 1,100). With Uplift support, the project will catalyze a coordinated ecosystem of career-building programs in clean energy, regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, and the creative industries. Resilient Cuyama brings together diverse partners committed to rural regeneration and community resilience. Blue Sky Center leads the effort in collaboration with Quail Springs , the Cuyama Joint Unified School District , Condor’s Hope , Ventura County-based Watershed Progressive / Localizing California Waters , Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council , and 3C-REN .