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Our first project in the city of Sacramento, Newton Booth, got approval from Design Review yesterday. Kudos go out to Vanessa, David Mogavero, and his team at MNA for all their hard work getting to this point.
Planning Commission Hearing
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As many of you probably read either here or in Bob Shallit’s column in today’s issue of the Bee, we’re trying to find a permanent home for the Craftsman currently occupying part of the land we’re developing for the Newton Booth Project at 27th and V (renderings of the project are in our gallery). The [...]

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Refugio
Last Weekend, at Café Refugio with my family, a normal greeting turned into an hour-long heart-to-heart conversation. And when I say heart-to-heart, I mean “tears aflowin’ and laughter” and the sharing of innermost thoughts. We’d just met a new friend, a college student at SacState, who bravely responded to a simple question, “how were your [...]

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About a year ago, we were in the throes of making arrangements to move to our location on J Street. Soon after, we started the process of outfitting the space with custom, eco-friendly cabinets, dividers, writing surfaces, etc.
A few weeks ago, we finally got some bookcases, which means we’re more or less settled… sort [...]

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Urban Loss
I just read in the Business Journal that a design college and culinary school is being planned for North Natomas and will occupy 1/2 of a 2-story 105,000 sq. ft. Buzz Oates building.
All I can say is “Arghh!”
While it will be nice to have something like this in the Sacramento region, I think the [...]

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Just last week I was telling Levi that our blog wouldn’t be covering the local restaurant scene. Mainly because other blogs do this so well. Well, now I’m in the “never say never” seat…
Because I’m really excited about this one. For me, one of the indicators of a vibrant urban core is the diversity of [...]

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I was thinking today about our resources and how to use them best. It occurred to me that our greatest resource is YOU. Yeah, you– the person reading our blog, wondering where the heck this company came from and what they are all about.
Then I thought about ways you could be more involved. I had [...]

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I have a love-hate relationship with the alleys in Sacramento’s urban core.
Hate the Alleys
I live on an alley corner lot. At present, this is not an asset. The walk-through traffic makes our bedrooms less private, people drive through at insane speeds which makes for noise pollution and safety concerns (our kids know not to walk [...]

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