If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.You see a lot of semis on I-5, but one caught my eye last week as I headed out of town on vacation.  On the back and side it said “OK Produce.” That’s it. Why would anyone name their company OK Produce? Do [...]

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One of my favorite things to do is get all muddy and sandy with my kids at the beach, so when I heard that we might be able to get
dirty without driving for two hours I was naturally intrigued.
On Saturday, August 23 Brian from Urban Earth Solutions is going
to be teaching a class at the [...]

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In 1961 Jane Jacobs wrote a book called The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I know many of you have read her work and already know just how revolutionary her ideas were. But I want to point out something that comes to mind when reading her work that I believe we may have [...]

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For those looking to make a difference in the place they live, I would argue that the first and simplest step you can take is to start Blogging. It unlike many other options is an easy first step and has the potential to evolve into something bigger. Not just bigger on the blog side but [...]

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Another trip to the farmers market under the freeway this weekend got me thinking about how cool it is to live in a place that has so much fertile farm land near by. Makes me think living in a place like this where water and local food are so available should not be a matter [...]

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I guess I was a day early on the Park(ing) day post.
Erick Fredericks from Neighborhoods.org sent me this email today..
Park(ing) Day Kickoff
Do you feel that too much of our urban land is dedicated to automobile uses? Do you think we need more park space in Sacramento? Want to help reverse these trends for a day [...]

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Just thinking about Park(ing) Day makes me sad that Jason is not going to be here with us this time around. But that same emotion is driving me to go after it and make a really good park in Jason’s honor.
I realized when thinking about this that I am not even sure who all came [...]

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Top 10 urban projects

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I got an email from Michelle a few days ago asking some advice on education, and although I am sure I was not much help to her on that front, I want to mention her here because it’s people like her with passion like she has that will define the future. Passion for something that [...]

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“Your Blog will never replace a billboard and a few guys dancing on the corner with a sign.” It was not the first time we heard the statement, but hearing it from a 30 year veteran with countless thousands of homes under his belt I must admit it was a bit of a blow. Our [...]

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