Eureka! - "I Have Found It!"
The 2009 Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency took place in collaboration in Eureka, California in collaboration with Sanctuary Stage, The Blue Ox Millworks, and The Ink People, Center for the Arts. Eureka is located in Humboldt County along California's northern coastline. With more than 28,000 residents, the City of Eureka is situated along California's "Lost Coast" region, 280 miles north of San Francisco and 105 miles south of the Oregon border. Geographically isolated between Humboldt Bay on the west and an abundant forest of the world's tallest trees, the Redwoods, on the east, the only road that goes through Eureka is Highway 101. The area is known for forest, sea and river recreation, Victorian architecture, its arts community and Humboldt State University nearby. Founded in 1850, the town has a history of mining, logging and fishing industries. As those industries decline the town struggles to establish a new economic identity.

Some of the folks we have met and talked with in Eureka: senior residents through the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, The Ink People Center for the Arts, State Parks Department's North Coast Redwoods District, Eureka High School, Blue Ox Mill Works and The Raven Project. We also met with individuals from local news and print journals, the city council, the local free clinic, the indigenous Wiyot community, and others.