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Urban Sustainability and Tech Forum Forges Powerful Partnerships
Meeting of the Minds is a nonprofit that punches well above its weight
Meeting of the Minds brings together leaders from the urban sustainability and technology sectors to share information and build long lasting alliances.
Trikes With Purpose
Adaptive tricycles bring mobility and empowerment to children in the Sacramento region
Inspired to help parents and bring more smiles to more children, Williams founded NorCal Trykers in 2017. The organization is dedicated to building and donating adaptive tricycles to local children with disabilities in the regional school system.
Back and Forward: Emily Baime Michaels
Midtown Association’s executive director on business and arts partnerships in the Capital Region
Emily Baime Michaels, executive director of Midtown Association, offers her insight into Sacramento business and arts partnerships in the Capital Region.
Sacramento Looks to Expand Mobile Food Codes to Support Sidewalk Vendors
Sacramento’s effort to expand mobile food codes is part of a statewide push to legitimize California’s long tradition of sidewalk vending.
420 Estates
The cannabis surge is driving a property frenzy in Sacramento’s industrial and commercial markets
Green zones approved for commercial cannabis are limited, and demand for commercial space has driven up property values in Sacramento. Local businesses — both cannabis-related and otherwise — are feeling the pinch.
Guts and Glory
Demand for locally and responsibly sourced food has helped revive the butcher shop
Traditional butcher shops are making a comeback in the Capital Region.
Drone Speed Racers Turn Golden 1 Center into Virtual Reality Showcase
Sacramento’s Aaron Jilg is one of the lucky attendees at the biggest drone speed race in California history, featuring competitors from around the globe. He’s still buzzing after the winners are crowned inside the Golden 1 Center, overlooking the futuristic course.
Dilemma of the Month: Managing Seasonal Labor
Dilemma of the Month: My business is quite seasonal. We have work year round, but in the off-season we don’t need the same number of employees. It’s just not profitable to keep everyone on the payroll 12 months out of the year. Can I drop hours? Can I lay people off and rehire? Are there things that make one option better than the other?
Startup of the Month: Rhombus Systems
Virtually-managed cameras help secure physical buildings
With Rhombus Systems cameras, customers can view and share livestreams, manage unlimited locations from one console and set up other features.
Back and Forward: Commercial Cannabis
Investor Daniel Conway on how legal cannabis is impacting Sacramento
Daniel Conway, managing partner of Truth Enterprises, offers his insight into commercial cannabis real estate in the Capital Region.
Inside the World Butchers’ Challenge
Originally conceived as a Pan Pacific pissing match, the World Butchers’ Challenge has since exploded into a truly global competition. It began in 2011 when Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO Rod Slater bet an Australian colleague a bottle of whiskey that his country boasted the better butchers.
Back and Forward: Commercial Cannabis
Sacramento’s inaugural chief of cannabis policy Joe Devlin on how legal weed is impacting local real estate
Joe Devlin, chief of cannabis policy for the City of Sacramento, offers his insight into commercial cannabis real estate in the Capital Region.
Global Vision; Local Impact
Attorney launches the Power of SHE to promote entrepreneurship among women of color
Immigration attorney Tiffani Sharp’s life shifted after her 5-year-old daughter, Willow, asked her a question. Her ex-husband, Willow’s father, was getting remarried in 2014, and Sharp was genuinely excited for him. They were still friends, peacefully co-parenting.
Williams Offers Room to GROW
Canna-Hub, a cannabis real-estate development firm, is planning its own massive cannabis complex in the city of Williams.
Pour Me Another
How one writer’s quest to go coffee-free brought him back to the beverage he loves
We all have a morning routine, and for 62 percent of American adults it involves coffee. But is it healthy? Our writer Kicked his caffeine habit for 10 days — here’s what he learned.
Trump Moves to Ease Obama Auto-Mileage Rules, California’s Clout
The Trump administration, taking aim at one of former President Barack Obama’s signature environmental achievements, is proposing to suspend required increases in vehicle fuel economy after 2020 and unwind California’s authority to limit tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
Powerhouse Science Center to Transform Sacramento Waterfront
Principal architect Jason Silva, of Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture, conceptualized the facade of the new Powerhouse Science Center in Sacramento to represent humanity’s place in the universe. The facade will be sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site.
Lessons in Lemonade
El Dorado County teen finds business success the old-fashioned way
At age 14, Jake Van Ry is already an all-star in the Foothills food truck scene.
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Just Released: 2018 Wide Open Walls Confirmed Artists and Locations
Wide Open Walls Festival Aug. 9–19
Here’s the list you’ve been waiting for, along with the current list of festival events.