Editing Redding, California (section)

=== 21st century ===
Following redevelopment of Midtown, property values within the Market Street Redevelopment Project area improved; further redevelopment continued. A plan for the downtown area adopted in January 2001 led to the renovation of the historic [[Cascade Theatre]], the removal of the Midtown Mall roof creating an open air pedestrian street, the installation of a visitor way-finding system, the completion of a Health Sciences and University Center with partnership with [[Shasta College]], and the renovation of various buildings along California Street with the help of a private developer.<ref name="Market-Street-2009" />

In 2017, the city adopted a new flag after holding a redesign contest.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Redding Flag |access-date=August 19, 2017 |url=http://reddingcityflag.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227231311/http://reddingcityflag.com/ |archive-date=December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

The 21st century has also seen a number of devastating wildfires near and in Redding. In 1999, the [[Jones Fire (1999)|Jones Fire]] destroyed over 100 structures, followed by the [[Bear Fire (2004)|Bear Fire]] in 2004. In late July 2018, the [[Carr Fire]] in Shasta County seriously impacted the Redding area with the destruction of at least 1,100<ref>{{cite web |title=Carr Fire Incident Update 7/29/18 PM |url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentfile2164_3752.pdf |access-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080923/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentfile2164_3752.pdf |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> buildings, with several thousand more threatened, 38,000 people instructed to evacuate and 8 deaths.<ref>{{cite news |title='Terrifying' tornadoes of flame leave 2 dead as inferno destroys Californian city of Redding |date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/28/two-dead-terrifying-tornados-flame-burn-california-cityredding/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London }}</ref> Most recently, the [[Fawn Fire]] in 2021 also resulted in the evacuation of over 4,000 people and the destruction of 185 buildings.