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Sacramento, like most cities, is made up of many neighborhoods. Below are some of our neighborhoods with more to follow. Take some time to read about your neighborhood, but don't stop there; check out other neighborhoods and see how you can make connections. All of these areas are important to the larger community--we need them all to thrive.
ARDEN PARK / ARDEN ARCADE / SIERRA OAKS The Arden-Arcade community is located at the heart of Sacramento County and is marked by the convergence of several major freeways and thoroughfares. Arden-Arcade is a major contributor to the local economy and includes nearly 40 distinct neighborhood areas. As part of the original 44,000-acre Haggin land grant from Mexico given to John Sutter, Arden-Arcade is 21-square miles and home to about 86,000 residents. ARDEN-ARCADE FACTS:
CENTRAL CITY / MIDTOWN Midtown is a neighborhood just east of Downtown Sacramento bounded by W Street on the South, C Street on the North, 16th Street on the West and 29th Street on the East. It's a largely residential community with tree-lined streets and old victorians. It is also the center of Sacramento's art, music, and cultural scene. Boutiques, bars, clubs, upscale, and casual dining abound. Midtown has the only winery located in the greater Sacramento urban area. Midtown hosts an art walk on the second Saturday of each month which attracts thousands of metropolitan residents. A large historic Asian community resides from S Street south to Broadway. Lavender Heights, Sacramento's gay and lesbian district, is centrally located on K Street and 20th Street. The community is diverse in terms of race and income brackets. Increasing in-fill develoments consisting largely of upscale lofts have priced out some residents. Historic sites such as Sutter's Fort, the first European settlement in Sacramento, are located in Midtown. Midtown is known for being pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly with continuous marked bike-lanes throughout the neighborhood and a bike path connecting to the American River Parkway which extends to Folsom. Public transit consists of light-rail lines running down R Street connecting the neighborhood to the metropolitan area and bus lines serving the central city area.
A short walk east from its more renowned neighborhood William Land Park, this quiet piece of natural territory is a welcome respite from noise and crowds. Not much wider than a soccer field, this long park runs about 10 blocks in length and features facilities for such popular activities as tennis, baseball, basketball and volleyball. Local residents walk their dogs, jog or just relax on benches along unpaved paths. Although, there is only a chemical toilet hardy urban pioneers will appreciate the solitude. East Sacramento is a neighborhood in Sacramento, California that is east of downtown and midtown. East Sacramento is bounded by U.S. Hwy. 50 to the south, Alhambra Boulevard to the west, Elvas Ave. to the north and northeast, and California State University, Sacramento and the American River to the southeast. East Sacramento residential development began in the 1890s, and the area was annexed into Sacramento in 1911. East Sacramento was also home to the Alhambra Theatre. East Sacramento also includes McKinley Park and the "Fabulous Forties" neighborhood. Oak Park is informally bounded by Broadway to the North, Stockton Blvd. to the East, I-99 to the West and Fruitridge to the South. It is situated within the city limits and provides easy access to the ever growing/changing Downtown of Sacramento. The streets intersect with avenues and has 1 main street that runs through all of Oak Park, 34th street. Historic Challenges: The early 1900's saw Oak Park as a culturally thriving and economically vibrant, destination neighborhood, due in part to its strong sense of community and its ties with and proximity to the Historic site of the California State Fair grounds. The 1960's Interstate freeway expansion program subdivided many historic Sacramento neighborhoods like Oak Park creating isolated areas of poverty or relative prosperity. Oak Park's sense of community started to decline in the early 1960's as a result of the freeway expansion, declining property values and families moving out to the suburb communities now made easily accessible by the freeway expansion programs. During the 1980's / 90's further deterioration of the living standards were exasperated by frequent occurrences of petty theft, street crime, drug activities and gang related violence. Recently, the early 2000's saw a slew of real estate speculators and building contractors buying up low priced homes in some parts of Oak Park that were either abandoned or sold off as unmanageable then turning them around and reselling them as reasonably prices starter homes, often times with financial govt. assistance. At the same time many new high paying jobs moved into the area connected with the expansion of the University of California Davis Medical Center located to the North of Oak Park and the revitalization of Broadway, Stockton Blvd and the expansion of the McGeorge Law School campus.Currently: As of 2008 Oak Park faces a variety of challenges sustaining the the beginnings of its comeback due in part to an increase in foreclosures and an area wide decline in property values. It's future is in the hands of activists like Kevin Johnson, community groups like the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, Community policing efforts, the demand for affordable housing close to U.C.D. Med Center and the overall impact that the real estate market will play in the future. Measured by public amenities and quality of life, River Park is one of Sacramento’s finest neighborhoods. River Park is special in part because of the way it is situated: bordered by H Street on the south, the American River on the north and east, and the Southern Pacific Railroad on the west. It features two public accesses to the American River, two renowned parks, a thick canopy of old-growth and new-growth trees, abundant wildlife among a large riverside habitat, an exemplary K-8 school, easy access to Sacramento State University, and several supportive businesses. Services at the Carlson Drive shopping center include an Italian restaurant, Chinese restaurant, coffee shop, market, barber shop, beauty salon, dry cleaning, dentist, and pet grooming. River Park’s residents are generally a mix of established and newcomers. Many of our neighborhood’s 1700 households are still occupied by original homeowners who moved here in the 1950s and 60s. River Park is also an increasingly attractive neighborhood to young families who are interested in good schools and proximity to urban work centers.
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