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National Park Cities are hot spots of biodiversity where native species as well as landscape and adapted species fill unique microhabitats all over the city. Sacramento’s temperate climate allows for a huge variety of plants, animals, insects, and more – just take a look at all the sightings on this map from Inaturalist. It listsContinue reading “BioDiversity”

Exciting things are happening in the River District just north of downtown with the announcement of the Alchemist Public Market and 7 new murals going up with a Metamorphosis theme! Eating is one of our favorite things to do, and Alchemist Public Market will add to the adventure with a Community Gathering Place, an engine of InclusiveContinue reading “River District Rising”

Construction is underway at Alchemist CDC‘s community built and owned Pansy Park! The arbor, which is one of the space’s anchors, has been installed and the landscapers are ready to dig into the project. Located at 3601 Pansy Ave, the park will include, among other amenities, fruit trees, garden plots, a small playground, and aContinue reading “Buy a Brick – Build a Park”

Last week was a great experience with burgeoning National Park Cities from around the world sharing their work for National Park City Week. One of the best outcomes was that we now have a guide for how to become a National Park City in Sacramento – the National Park City Journey Book. It’s an inspiringContinue reading “National Park City Journey Book”

We’re excited to see the City has selected 39 artists and 10 locations for the community mural project! Download this for the locations and artists all over town! This program is great because it is adding art all over the city and adding it to Wide Open Walls and all the other independent murals beingContinue reading “Community Mural Program”

Calling Sacramento young people: The City wants to hear your stories and experiences with parks and recreation programs through photos, artwork, music, performances and videos. If you are 14-24 and want to contribute to our city (and win some $) submit your work by July 16. As part of the City of Sacramento’s Parks MasterContinue reading “Youth Art Expo/Contest”

Local food production in our gardens is one of the pillars we want to build our National Park City on, so it is great to see the EPA’s Local Foods, Local Places is supporting Sacramento community groups and the city in creating Food Hubs at the Alchemist Kitchen Incubator Hub, the former City Tree NurseryContinue reading “Food Hubs are Coming!”

May is Bike Month and it presents an avalanche of opportunities to advocate for more walking and biking options! FIRST – you should register here for May is Bike Month… Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates will be hosting events – join the fun! THEN… there are planners looking for your input. Speak up so you getContinue reading “Want to bike and walk more? May is the Month”

With limited activites available still due to lockdowns, some neighbors gathered together and created a fun activity to explore their neighborhood! Stephanie with Soul Belly Stories assembled ideas from NextDoor and created a fun hunt that is a great way to get out and explore. I’ve lived in the neighborhood 11 years and there areContinue reading “Scavenger Hunt!”

2020 was transformational for transportation and this Streetsblog had a fascinating take on how unimaginable it was, pointing out how many cities pivoted with Slow Streets and creative ways of distancing. Sacramento was unfortunately one of the “others” that is still planning how to do Slow Streets, but thanks to advocacy by WalkSacramento and SABAContinue reading “Stepping forward”