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An R is Born
After three decades, a decaying corridor gets another start
On an early September morning, federal, city and redevelopment officials, among others, gathered at the corner of 10th and R streets to celebrate the beginning of street improvements.
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Mortgage Melee
High unemployment stifles the refinancing market
It should be the perfect prescription for an ailing housing market, but so far few buyers are taking it.
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Wind Currency
An energy project awaits the green light in Solano
The proposed Shiloh III project, a 120-megawatt expansion that still requires approval by the Solano County Planning Commission this month, would place 59 new wind turbines next to the company’s existing Shiloh II project. Shiloh II, a 150-megawatt operation completed in 2008 in Montezuma Hills, provides electricity to 74,000 households.
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Florin’s Rebirth
The strip's life after car dealerships
Now in its 15th year, the Florin Road Partnership might be one of the region’s great turnaround stories.
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Rising Sun
Citrus Heights businesses band together to boost revenue
In 1999, with the opening of the Galleria at Roseville looming, property owners in what is now the Sunrise Marketplace were having an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu.
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Full Steam Ahead
Fulton Avenue businesses built on partnerships and prosperity
At one time Fulton Avenue was given the ignominious title of ugliest street in Sacramento. It wasn’t completely undeserved.
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Industrial Reinvention
Woodland finds new uses for old buildings
When West Sacramento-based Clark Pacific went shopping for a third location to expand its precast concrete business, it found a home with a familiar name: the former Spreckels Sugar Mill, just outside Woodland.
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Uplifting Downtown
Property and Business Improvement Districts revitalize urban centers
California is used to being the trendsetter. The state has led the way on everything from auto emissions standards to stem cell research, but when Assembly Bill 3754 was signed into law in 1994, California was the 40th state to allow the creation of Property and Business Improvement Districts.
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In the First Place
Quality life and business in downtown Sacramento
As the first Property and Business Improvement District in California, the Downtown Sacramento Partnership has done much more than create the model. In 14 years of operation, it has also set the standard.
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Taking a Chance
Stockton businesses invest in the long term
By the mid-1990s, it was fair to question whether downtown Stockton was on the path to decay. Crime and blight were major concerns that kept visitors and businesses away, and there was little to suggest a turnaround was in sight.