Chico

Chico is the most crowded city in Butte County, California, United States. The city is a social, financial, and instructive focal point of the northern Sacramento Valley and home to the two California State University, Chico and Bidwell Park, the nation's 26^th biggest civil park and the thirteenth biggest municipally-claimed park.

Bidwell Park makes up more than 17% of the city. Other urban communities in closeness to the Chico Metropolitan Area populace 212,000 incorporate Paradise and Oroville, while nearby towns and towns incorporated regions, incorporate Durham, Cohasset, Dayton, Nord, and Forest Ranch. The Chico Metropolitan Area is the fourteenth biggest Metropolitan Statistical Area in California. The moniker "City of Roses" shows up on the Seal of the City of Chico. The city has been assigned a Tree City USA for a long time by the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Chico is the site of Bidwell Park, the ninth-biggest municipally-possessed stop in the United States, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, and the Chico University Arboretum. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, the second-biggest art brewer in the nation, is situated in Chico. Chico has the tallest building north of Sacramento in California: Whitney Hall, a nine-story residence on the Chico State school grounds. The Meriam Library on the Chico State grounds is named after Ted Meriam. The building has more area than some other working in California north of Sacramento.

About 40 wall paintings and a few exhibitions can be found in the city, including Chico Paper Company, 1078 Gallery, Avenue 9, The Space, 24-Hour Drive-By and ious different displays. The auditoriums in Chico incorporate Blue Room Theater, Theater ETC, Chico Cabaret, Chico Performances, Chico Theater Company, and Theater on the Ridge. The California State University, Chico Theater Department likewise offers an assortment of excitement all through the school year. In 2003, creator John Villani named Chico one of the best 10 Best Small Art Towns in America.