If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Yesterday we had a visitor in our office, his name was Thaxter. He is another of the land owners in West Sacramento’s Washington area, and he stopped by to see if we can work together to make the area better.
He owns a [...]

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I recently got the following image from the Capitol Region Core Committee of the Sacramento Metro Chamber.
The map represents their take on where to draw the “urban core” boundary for Sacramento, and, as a decidedly “urban core” developer, it drew my immediate interest.
Cross City Boundaries
I was personally pleased that they took an inclusive perspective that [...]

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If All Else Fails, We’ll Get to Eat Some Fat Cat Scones!
Several weeks ago, we had a workshop with the neighborhood residents in the Washington Area. The neighborhood doesn’t currently have an association, so we weren’t sure what the turnout would be. But we ordered a bunch of local Fat Cat Scones, brought [...]

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Central City Opinion recently wrote a good post about the proposed streetcar system that is being reviewed by West Sac and Sacramento as part of the Riverfront Master Plan.
This proposal is one of the aspects of the RiverFront Master Plan that we’re most excited about. Not only does the option of another mode of [...]

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How do you go about re-envisioning a neighborhood? That’s a big question on our minds these days, due to the fact that we now control more land in the Washington Neighborhood of West Sacramento than any other landowner. For us, this level of control translates directly into the degree of influence we can have in [...]

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This should be fun. We’re partnering with the city of West Sacramento and several other developers on a Music Festival, the first of many to come in the Washington neighborhood.
You can get the full scoop on the event site, but here’s a quick rundown:
Date: This Sunday, April 22nd
Time: 12 – 5:30pm
Location: Corner of 3rd [...]

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Yesterday, we had a session talking about the various “must-have” components to the Washington area in West Sacramento where a number of our projects are forthcoming.
A lot of the conversation stemmed around the notion of gathering spaces. If we’re creating eco-urban community, how and where people will congregate and interact is of utmost consideration.
Today, [...]

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This is a little late coming but the Bee reported last week that Thomas Enterprises, the developer for the railyards, wants community suggestions for street names.
The qualifiers: historic, sophisticated… nothing Disneyland.
Your thoughts?…
Although a small gesture, I personally find it refreshing to see such a massive development engaging in some community outreach and soliciting civic involvement. [...]

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We are always excited to see other developers doing good things and its especially good when its in our area.
I want to point you all over there where you can find all about Leonard Development Company’s newest project.
It’s a much needed addition to the Washington area in West Sacramento and has been a long time [...]

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2007 has proven in its early days to be quite the year for LJ Urban. Some remarkable people have come on board–Molly, Steve and Scott have been such an incredible addition– and we’re forming some key relationships with other groups and individuals outside the LJUrban team that look very promising.
I have known for some time [...]

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