If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Check out how many people came to hear him speak today! I am bad at guessing but I bet there are 1500 people here.

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Thanks Dustin for sending this great article about the safety in numbers for bicyclists.
Also…  that reminds me. Every year West Sacramento does this really neat event on the waterfront called the Neighbors fair.  It starts with a good old hometown parade and then moves over to the Riverwalk park across from old Sac and there [...]

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I keep thinking…what good is all this talk about community without a good movie night now and again?!? So we are getting together with the good folks over at USGBC and hosting a movie night here are the Green Living Center (20th and H in Midtown Sacramento).

After the film, the film’s producer, Maria Terezinha Vaz [...]

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I am going to be over at the GOOD project tonight from 5-6 for an open house. If you’ve been itching to take a look and want to swing by after work we will be there!  Here is a link to the Google Map
Levi

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Just a reminder that there are a few spaces left in the building with earth class this Saturday. Don’t forget to sign up!
When:  Saturday August 23rd from 9AM - 2 ish
Where: GOOD - 5th and B Streets in West Sacramento
Cost: $10 Per person
Food: Lunch included
All you need to do is send an email Steve@ljurban.com and [...]

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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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I just read that the olympics opening ceremony was viewed by 4 billion people. Could that be true? Aren’t there only 6 billion in the whole world? 2 out of 3 in the entire world? Wow.
I must admit that the massive display of power made me a bit intimidated by [...]

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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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“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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