CHICO

with KASEY REYNOLDS

Kasey Reynolds’s family has been in Chico since 1937, when her great-uncle Leonard Shubert came to Chico from Montana to follow his dream of opening an ice cream shop. Reynolds currently works full time as the fourth-generation owner of Shubert’s Ice Cream and Candy.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO STAY IN CHICO?

I was lucky enough to be able to go to our wonderful Chico schools, grow up a block from Bidwell Park, and a few minutes from Downtown. I left briefly to work in corporate America and decided Chico was where I wanted to raise my family so my kids could have the same great childhood that I did.

DESCRIBE CHICO TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN HERE?

Chico is the largest city in Butte County; it has a friendly small-town feel but with all of the necessities you need. We have one of the largest urban parks [Bidwell Park] in the US that is truly the Crown Jewel of our City!