We just don't act like it. So the city pursued a policy of orderly economic growth to generate jobs and to increase its sales tax revenue to help fund city services. Good-paying jobs coupled with an enhanced quality of life is a formula for stability, said Garcia. And stable communities are better equipped to overcome problems. While commercial development provides dramatic visible evidence of a city on the move, Selma's greatest strength comes from something that can't be seen from the freeway.
Some cities are like country clubs.
You can move in and it might be years before you feel like you belong. Selma is like a family. And it's been that way for a long time. The Salazars discovered Selma's friendly atmosphere when Sal's parents, Jose Maria and Tonita Salazar, arrived from Chicago in the 1920s. They didn't know anybody and didn't have a place to stay.