Monthly Archives: May 2018

Save Don’t Pave, Two Rivers Trail

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

The folks at Save Don’t Pave https://savedontpave.wordpress.com/ , who want to save their River Park neighborhood natural Parkway trail from paving and becoming a bike speedway, have put together a brief and clear slide show explaining their position and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism, River Development

Cover Cropping

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

According to News Deeply, this ancient practice is slowly being revived, which is good for farmers and our food supply. An excerpt. This spring in California several orchards around Solano and nearby counties sported a new look: lush carpets of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism, History

Bike Lanes & Cars

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

Reducing space for cars to add space for bikes—as Sacramento is planning to do once again—can cause problems, as this article from City Lab explains, with hat tip to Urbanexus Update – Issue #8, http://news.urbanexus.com/issues/urbanexus-update-issue-8-111691 . An excerpt. On a … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation

Saving Central Park

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

A great review of the book on how it was done, providing a philosophical guidebook to saving our own Parkway, from the Wall Street Journal, and it is in the final paragraph of our post that the secret of the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Nonprofit Management

Indian Heritage Center, Finally

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

According to this article in the Sacramento Bee, major funds are, possibly, finally available for this wonderful project we have been advocating for since 2005. It was initially designed to be on the historic Indian village location in the North Sacramento … Continue reading →

Posted in History, River Development

Examining Urban Cores, Suburban and Exurban Areas

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Excellent article from New Geography. An excerpt. Since 2014, the City Sector Model has been used to portray population trends by functional area within the 53 major metropolitan areas (major metropolitan areas). The current edition classifies small areas (zip code … Continue reading →

Posted in demographics

Homeless & Libraries

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

I haven’t been in the downtown library for years, but I hope it is not as impacted as this one in Santa Monica, as reported by US News. An excerpt. James sat camped outside the main branch of the Santa … Continue reading →

Posted in Homelessness