If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.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 [...]

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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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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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The question of why you do what you do seems to be bouncing around the nether regions of my head lately, I have to be honest that when things get challenging I ask the question more often than when life rolls out the red carpet.   
So I have decided that today, for as much [...]

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My dearest Lawn,
Let me start by saying that this letter is going to be a bit hard for me to write. You are just going have to bear with me as I pour my heart out for you here.
You and I have had a lot of memories together, some good, like when I first moved [...]

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I am very excited about this solution for vacant urban land.  We have often talked about what to do with land that both we and others in our area own and have turned down the idea of a community garden because there are so many stories of gardens that once put in are “permanent”.  And [...]

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I sort of start talking fast when I talk about things that I am passionate about and the Good project is definitely one of those things. Here is a video we made about the Good project. We are going to have an open house on Wednesday from 11 - 3 and again Saturday from 12-4.
The [...]

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Last week we had a meeting over at the Good project with the staff from West Sacramento Planning and building departments. They wanted to come see the finished product after working with us for the last two and a half years to make this project happen.  We we supposed to meet at 3:30 but at [...]

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I was excited to read in Inside the City that Sacramento is taking it’s first step toward bike stations that I see popping up worldwide - it’s called Bikes and Bites! People can rent bikes by the Sheraton for the next few months and cruise around midtown to find food and beverages.  Sounds like it [...]

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People don’t move into the city because of high gas prices, or the bad commute. Nor because of a hatred of lawn mowing or the neighbors that drive into their garages and don’t come out until they are on their way to work. Its not the feeling you get when you stand on your street [...]

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