Many of us drive by the future Curtis Park Villageand wonder when we will have a new, wonderful neighborhood to boast about. If you are so inclined, you may want to attend a meeting at Stonepoint (the corner of Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road) to discover the newest developments.
The meeting will be from 6:30PM to 8PM on October 7th. The development team will discuss teh project with its recent activities and ask for input from the community on the latest issues.
This will be a great chance to learn first-hand the amount of work and expense Petrovich has dedicated to this project and what you can expect in the future!
The Land Park Community Association is hosting the 9th Annual "Taste of Land Park" on September 27th from 4-7PM! Walk or ride your bike to 17th Street between 11th Avenue and 13th Avenue to enjoy a great evening!
The "Taste" will have approximately 25 excellent wineries and breweries with local establishments taking a starring role! Well known favorites from Clarksburg, Plymouth and surrounding foothill wineries as well as Napa will be pouring their favorite wines. There will also be local breweries sharing their favorites.
Along with the great beverages will be approximately 12 of our local restaurants. Here is an opportunity to taste the chef's favorites and savor their spectacular goodies!
Add to all of this the camaraderie of neighbors and friends chatting and laughing under the canopy of Land Park's beautiful trees and the Delta breezes and you just can't lose! For more information and to purchase tickets, just click here to learn more!
If you hadn't planned on going to the California State Fair in Sacramento...reconsider!
I went there today with my granddaughters and mother and had a great time! We pet llamas, wallabys (even the baby in the pouch), fawns, goats, pot bellied pigs, roosters, a donkey, and sheep. We looked at miniature horses and gihugic horses. We saw calves 1 day old and 10 piglets that put a whole new definiation to cute! We rode the ponies too!
But, that isn't what impressed me. Here's what impressed me:
So, think again...this may be the best one yet!
It is always exciting when there is a new infill project in a city. Sacramento is no different. We have some remarkable infill projects going...one of them the largest in the United States.
The Railyards has it's own set of challenges. It is a downtown infill and must deal with parking, city codes, and other downtown businesses. I would not pretend to understand all of the dynamics of this massive undertaking.
The project that is nearer my heart is between Land Park and Curtis Park. Curtis Park Village is a much needed development that is decades in the making. Paul Petrovich purchased the property 5 years ago and has been investing in it ever since. I am sure he thought his biggest challenge would be the 80,000 cubic yards of toxic soil left by the Union Pacific Railroad. After cleaning this up, an additional approximately 320,000 cubic yards of toxic soil was discovered. Basing his cost on the citys first estimate, his costs went up substantially. To recover this cost ($4000 per day), he has increased the size of the commercial portion of this development.
Now his challenge is not the toxic cleanup, but the neighborhood's reaction to the increase in commercial space. There is an atmosphere of entitlement by many in the neighborhood to have Curtis Park Village done their way.
So, how much input should a neighborhood have? Should they be able to demand specific features in the developement?
Sacramento is known for a few things...the midway point between Lake Tahoe and San Francisco...our
tomatoes...Arnold Schwartzenneger...the Sacramento Kings.
Our best kept secrets...Music Circus...Railroad Museum...more trees per capita than anywhere else in the world (including Paris)...the Broadway Series...the Crocker Art Museum...a vibrant midtown with scores of superb restaurants...the Jazz Festival (musicians come from around the world).
And now...just wait! We have the Sacramento Railyards! This is the largest infill project to be accomplished in the United States! Check out what we will look like in the next 10 years..it is truly impressive!
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I've been selling in established classic Sacramento neighborhoods (Land Park, South Land Park, East Sacramento & Curtis Park)since 1995.It would be my pleasure to help you with your real estate needs.
Paula is a native Sacramentan, born and raised in South Land Park. She attended Sutterville Elementary School, Sam Brannan Middle School, C.K. McClatchy High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree at Oregon State University in 1974. She worked as a buyer of childrens wear at Lawrences, a local department store, for nine years and as the manager of a family owned ski rack company for another 9 years. She and her husband Richard moved into Land Park in 1979 and loved raising their three children there. Their children now own their own homes in the Land Park area.
In 1995 Paula earned both her real estate license and brokers license. She is priviledged to be a member of the Sacramento Association of Realtors Master's Club, selling more than 3 million dollars worth of property each year since 1996. Paula enjoys being the Chairperson of the Grievance Commitee for the Sa
cramento Association of Realtors.
When Paula is not working with clients, she enjoys walking her two unruly English Springer Spaniels, working in her yard or the latest home project or playing with her granddaughters.
Her most recent rediscovery is my love of art. She was an art major in college and in 2006, had an opportunity to start creating again. Paula sculpts bronze animals in the lost wax method. Her subjects are animals and birds, both domestic such as dogs and cats and wild, such as meerkats, flamingos and penguins. It is a great joy Paula works with in her spare time.
Paula is fortunate to live and work in the area in which Ishe specializes - Land Park. She also 
specializes in the older neighborhoods of East Sacramento and Curtis Park. Paula is drawn to the character and the unique architecture of each home. The tree-canopied neighborhoods feature beautiful parks. Growing up in South Land Park, she also has experience in selling homes in this wonderful established neighborhood.
Be sure to check her blog (Land Park Blog) for current issues facing these fine older neighborhoods.
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