Paskenta Community
THE PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians is a federally-recognized sovereign nation located in Northern California with a deep tradition of resiliency, culture, and a strong vision for the future of all peoples living in the Corning-Paskenta Tribal Community.
CREATING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
The Paskenta Band has undertaken several enterprises with the goal of empowering and providing healthy resources for both tribal members and the greater Corning community. Some of those initiatives and enterprises include the following:
Rolling Hills Casino
Opened in 2002, the Casino and Resort employs over 600 employees and has a monthly payroll of over $1,700,000. Most of the employees work full time and enjoy health care benefits and 401k options. The multiplier effect from the payroll alone on the local economy is estimated to be $36 million a year.
Rolling Hills Clinics
With clinics in Corning and Red Bluff, the Tribe provides medical and dental services "to improve the mind, body, and spirit of our community through quality healthcare".
Future Community Center
A groundbreaking ceremony was held December 2019 to celebrate a 17,100 SF Community Center that will feature a large multi-purpose meeting space that can accommodate up to 360 people, as well as a commercial style kitchen and childcare area. The site is located across I-5 to the east of the casino property.
In addition, a 11,000 SF Administrative Center will house all tribal staff, with multiple conference rooms for council and board member meetings.
WORKING WITH THE TRIBE
As a sovereign authority, there are several benefits to working with the tribe. Those benefits include the following:
- Tribe has full authority on taxation. Uses seen as tax heavy would benefit with a location on tribal lands
- Tribe has full control over utilities, with substantial capacity for future growth. There is a tribe owned and managed wastewater treatment facility located northwest from this site.
- The site is located directly adjacent to I-5, with access and visibility along a major north-south transportation corridor.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREAS
The tribe has identified a parcel just south of the Rolling Hills Golf Course for future development potential. The parcel shown in yellow on the map below is 267 acres (Parcel #087-320-005-000). General use of manufacturing, distribution, data centers, or mixed use commercial all would be considered for the area.
Other Investments in the Community
Corning Promise, rooted in the Indigenous concept of inter-relatedness, works collaboratively with partners to strengthen the Corning community, families and schools by building a continuum of cradle-to-college and career solutions that accelerate progress and create opportunities for long-term sustainability.
The Nomlaki Foundation believes in helping a community help itself. To this end, the foundation supports local groups in their efforts to improve and develop the North State. The foundation focus is clear and simple — support education related activities that encourage our community to obtain higher education.
