Description of Pops in the Park – an annual tradition in East Sacramento – celebrating its 27th year this summer. Note: If you have not attended Pops in the Park so far this month you still have time to catch The Count at Glenn Hall Park on Saturday, June 23. Pops in the Park takes place […]
McKinley Village Art Walk & Park Dedication
Description of the partially completed McKinley Village Art Walk and the recently dedicated Michael Himovitz Park, so named to honor Himovitz who is credited with creating the popular Sacramento Second Saturday Art Walk. Michael Himovitz Park On Friday last week Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Councilmembers Jeff Harris and Steve Hansen participated in the ribbon-cutting […]
Sutter’s Fort – Sacramento Landmarks
Description and background on Sutter’s Fort, the oldest restored Fort in the United States. Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is located in Midtown Sacramento between K and L Streets and 26th and 28th Streets. The 20th Annual Sacramento Museum Day was on an unusually warm day for this time of year. I planned to take […]
Sacramento Area Attitudes About Civic Amenities
Last month, Valley Vision issued a summary of the results of a recent survey about Sacramento area attitudes about civic amenities. The summary is titled “Regional Attitudes About Civic Amenities”. The survey was conducted in cooperation with Sacramento State’s Institute for Social Research (ISR). The survey is intended to uncover the views and opinions of […]
Announcement & Upcoming Events
ANNOUNCEMENT & UPCOMING EVENTS Announcement – CLICK ON IMAGE OR POST TITLE TO ACCESS THE FULL TEXT OF BLOG POSTS Upcoming Events – (UPDATED 12/15/17) Finding upcoming events and things to do in Sacramento is not difficult. I happen to be a big fan of Sacramento and the Sacramento region, so a recent headline in the Sacramento Bee really […]