{"id":180255,"date":"2026-02-16T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180255\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:10:08","slug":"bakersfield-reveals-old-town-kern-transformation-plan-with-new-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180255\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield reveals Old Town Kern transformation plan with new development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The future of Old Town Kern could soon look very different as the city of Bakersfield has unveiled a new vision plan aimed at transforming the historic area.<\/p>\n<p>Residents got a firsthand look at the proposed plans last week, including possible infrastructure upgrades, new business opportunities, and potential housing development.<\/p>\n<p>City leaders say the goal is to make Old Town Kern a destination within Bakersfield while preserving its history and creating room for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to view the full vision plan can find it on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfieldcity.us\/1170\/Old-Town-Kern-Vision-Plan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bakersfieldcity.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The future of Old Town Kern could soon look very different as the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,85572,155,153,152,85573,85574,85575,27207,26453,1337,69776],"class_list":{"0":"post-180255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-development","10":"tag-bakersfield-downtown","11":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","12":"tag-bakersfield-news","13":"tag-bakersfield-vision-plan","14":"tag-business-opportunities","15":"tag-city-transformation","16":"tag-community-development","17":"tag-historic-preservation","18":"tag-housing-development","19":"tag-old-town-kern"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}