Author: Alyssa Lee
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October 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our October monthly meeting will hear from Jennifer Donlon-Wyant, City of Sacramento’s Transportation Planning Manager and Strong SacTown member Matt Anderson, both speaking on safe and productive street design. We will also be recapping our two big events of September: Park(ing) Day and Clean Air Day!
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October Member Mingle
Join Strong SacTown on this fall evening for a casual kickback!
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Local Groups Transform Downtown Street Parking into Community Parklets for Park(ing) Day
On September 21, a dozen of us transformed just 2 parking spots downtown outside Cafe Xocolatl into a vibrant community living room. We brought over 70 people to enjoy games, community, and art for an afternoon. This was our first tactical urbanism event, and we thank everyone who made it happen!
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September Member Mingle
Come celebrate World Car-Free Day with us at Jack’s Urban Eats. We’ll have done a lot of hard work to do our first tactical urbanism project with Park(ing) Day, and we deserve a cozy night hanging with fellow urbanists!
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Strong Towns 101 – Part 3!
Strong SacTown is holding our third and final Strong Towns 101 event – open for anyone who wants to learn the basics of the Strong Towns approach and how we approach making Sacramento more financially and socially resilient. Part 1 or 2 attendance not required!
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Park(ing) Day
Park(ing) day is a global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people. Strong SacTown will be joining for the first time this year!
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Tabling at the Annual Historic Home Tour in Boulevard Park
The Preservation Sacramento Annual Home Tour is the largest and longest running home tour in Sacramento. Strong SacTown will be tabling at the fair to talk about the connections between historic preservation, infill development, and people-centered street design!
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The Next Smallest Step – Clean Air Day Event in Tallac Village
Join us for a neighborhood outreach event in South Sacramento for Clean Air Day to show how we can clear the air by reclaiming streets from vehicle traffic for people walking, rolling, and biking!
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September 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our September monthly meeting will hear from Strong SacTown member Steve Schweigerdt with Sac Valley Conservancy on the importance of preserving open space. We will also have breakouts to plan our 2 big events this month and to learn how to talk to your elected officials!
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Escaping the Housing Trap Book Club, Part 2
Join us in reading the latest Strong Towns book, Escaping the Housing Trap, and let’s discuss the Strong Towns approach to housing development and how we can work to heal our housing market.