Description of Sacramento’s Cultural Landscape i.e. the citywide inventory of existing arts and cultural assets developed for Creative Edge, Sacramento’s Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Plan (Part 2). What are “arts and cultural assets” and where are they located in Sacramento? See related blog post: Sacramento Creative Edge Plan To better understand the scale and […]
Cielito Lindo Revisited – Sacramento Restaurants
Description and review of a recent dinner at Cielito Lindo, a “modern Mexican cuisine” restaurant located in East Sacramento on J Street. After a recent neighborhood association board of directors meeting four of us decided to go out to dinner. Mexican food sounded appealing to all of us, and after considering the options we went […]
Sacramento Creative Edge Plan
Outline of the recently adopted Creative Edge – Sacramento’s Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Plan (Part 1). Like many of you, I have been following the development of Creative Edge – Sacramento’s Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Plan. I was unable to attend all of the community meetings – but I did attend a neighborhood […]
JUMP Bikes – A Big Hit in Sacramento
Description of the Sacramento JUMP Bikes bike-share program. JUMP Bikes entered the Sacramento market in May. The bright red JUMP Bikes you see zipping around town really stand out – I notice them everywhere. I have also noticed that the JUMP bike-racks I pass are often empty – or have only one or two bikes […]
Convention Center & Theater Projects
Description of the recently approved Sacramento Convention Center Renovation Expansion Project and the Community Center Theater Renovation Project. Earlier this month the Sacramento City Council approved the design and the environmental impact report for the Sacramento Convention Center Renovation Expansion Project and the design for the Community Center Theater Renovation Project! I was really excited […]