It’s been seven months since the city of Redding approved an indoor trampoline park, called Fun City, for the long-vacant former Raley’s supermarket building on Hartnell Avenue.
So why hasn’t work started on the project?
Fun City looked to open the indoor family center this year. Is that still a possibility?
The Massachusetts-based company applied for a commercial remodel building permit in August 2025, three months before Redding’s Board of Administrative Review approved the project.
The permit is still going through plan check, according to Scott Hibbard of the city’s building department.
“We sent plan check review comments out and we have not gotten those back yet,” Hibbard said. “I think we are in our third cycle, so we have done two cycles of plan check.”
Hibbard said the most recent questions the city had about the project were sent back to Fun City in March.
“So, it’s kind of in their court right now,” he added.
Fun City Manager Jun Zhang said most of the questions the city has are about the structural elements of the project, “making sure everything is safe.”
Zhang does not have a timeline for the build out. Asked if he still thinks Fun City will open in Redding this year, he said: “We are going to hope” that happens.
The Fun City Adventure Park will feature trampoline courts, climbing structures, and arcade areas. Though Fun City has food services in its facilities, Zhang has the Redding location will not serve food.
Want to experience Fun City before it opens in Redding? Well, the company is close to opening a location in Citrus Heights outside of Sacramento, about a two-hour drive from Redding.
This longtime Redding outdoor retailer is closing
Opened in 1997 in a strip mall off Bechelli Lane, West Marine is closing its Redding location, one of five stores in California that is going out of business.
The news comes in the wake of the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 17.
In a USA TODAY story about the bankruptcy, the company said in a statement: “West Marine is closing select retail locations as part of its ongoing Chapter 11 restructuring. This decision reflects our effort to align our store footprint with our current business needs, while continuing to evaluate our portfolio in coordination with landlords.”
In court documents, West Marine stated, “In addition to declines in consumer discretionary spending, the boating, marine, and outdoor recreation sector more generally continues to struggle in 2026. This is largely due to significantly elevated diesel prices, inflationary conditions, and global supply chain hardships, all of which played a role in necessitating the 2023 transactions and have not abated ever since.”
Employees in Redding referred questions to their district manager, who did not return a phone message seeking comment.
A closing date for Redding has not been announced.
This is the second time within the year that a bankruptcy has affected Redding’s retail landscape.
Work started last year on repurposing the old Costco on Dana Drive into an At Home superstore. But worked stopped amid the company filing for bankruptcy.
At Home survived bankruptcy after receiving court approval for a financial restricting plan that allowed it to keep most of its stores open. But At Home ditched plans to open in Redding.
Grange Co-op announces ‘historic’ merger
Grange Co-op, the Oregon-based farm and ranch retailer that opened its first store in Redding last year, announced a proposed merger with Farm Supply Company, which has five stores on the central coast of California.
The merger is expected to be finalized in October.
Grange Co-op spokesman Jason Wall told me that the store in Redding and other locations will continue to operate under the Grange Co-op name after the merger. It has not been determined if the Farm Supply Company locations will be rebranded as Grange Co-op stores.
“The proposed merger is expected to immediately and significantly increase purchasing power, offer broader product selection, and provide greater operational resilience through increased geographic and market diversification, benefits that flow directly to members,” Grange Co-op said in a news release announcing the merger.
The merger will create a 13-store cooperative that spans from southern Oregon to California’s central coast with about 460 employees.
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