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WALKSACRAMENTO INTRODUCES ITS FIRST POP-UP EVENT OF 2017 WITH OAK PARK...
As part of a community planning project across South Sacramento neighborhoods, WALKSacramento is piloting creative and genuine engagement activities to hear from as many residents as possible. This...
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Building Healthier Communities with Our Built Environment Friends
In Celebration of Heart Healthy Month and Neighborhood Active Transportation, WALKSacramento Mobilizes Healthy Community Design Event at Maple Neighborhood Center. Supporting our mission to encourage...
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Designing Healthier Communities in West Sacramento
WALKSacramento is teaming up with the City of West Sacramento to design trail and park improvements along the Sycamore Trail. Depending on community feedback, improvements might include community...
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Designing Safer Trail Connections in Rancho Cordova
WALKSacramento is working with the City of Rancho Cordova Public Works Department to gather community ideas and needs for walking and biking improvements between the Citrus Road Trail and Folsom South...
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California Walks & WALKSacramento denounce violent arrest of Nandi Cain, Jr....
Last Monday a uniformed Sacramento police officer violently arrested Nandi Cain, Jr. after stopping Mr. Cain for “crossing the street unlawfully near the intersection of Cypress Street and Grand Avenue...
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WALKSacramento hosts 2nd Regional Convening of Health and Planning Decision...
WALKSacramento hosts 2nd Regional Convening of Health and Planning Decision Makers to Address Health, Equity and Climate Change in Sacramento. On June 7, 2017, professionals from across the Capital...
View ArticleJob Announcement: Community Planning Coordinator – Part-Time
WALKSacramento seeks an enthusiastic community planner to grow the impact of a small, but effective organization. This position is ideal for a graduate student or early career professional with a...
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Summer of Service Students Participate in Civic Engagement Workshop
WALKSacramento hosted a civic engagement workshop in July with students participating in The Summer of Service program at Hiram Johnson High School. Summer of Service is 6-week program that gives...
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Design 4 Active Sacramento Meets with Congressman Ami Bera
In June, Design 4 Active Sacramento, WALKSacramento’s health in the built environment advisory committee, held a successful convening of the region’s public health officers, planning directors, and...
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Better Walking and Biking in Development: Development Review Update
Most of us walk every day. Some people walk for recreation and some for transportation, some because we choose to walk and some because it’s the only option. Everyday walking occurs outdoors on...
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Vote for Mrs. Fred at Pacific Elementary for America’s Favorite Crossing Guard!
This month, crossing guards across the nation are in the running to be named America’s Favorite Crossing Guard. The annual competition organized by Safe Kids Worldwide works to recognize those...
View ArticleJob Announcement: Community Planning Project Assistant
WALKSacramento seeks an enthusiastic Community Planning Project Assistant to grow the impact of a small, but effective organization. This position is ideal for a college student or early career...
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City of Sacramento Approves Car Wash in Transit Oriented Development – Here’s...
On Thursday, May 24th, the City of Sacramento Planning & Design Commission approved the development of a Quick Quack Car Wash in the College Square South site on Bruceville Road just east of...
View ArticleSafe Routes to School 2017-18: Year In Review
Safe Routes to School – A Year in Review The 2017-2018 school year proved to be a busy one for Safe Routes to School Programs. WALKSacramento teamed up with ten schools to launch Safe Routes to School...
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Walking School Bus Training Builds Capacity to Address Chronic Absenteeism in...
In Sacramento, schools are looking to Safe Routes to School programs as a way to address one of the biggest barriers to student achievement – chronic absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism - when students...
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Sacramento Area Schools Celebrate International Walk to School Day
Throughout the month of October, Sacramento residents will be lacing up their walking shoes to celebrate the October is Walking Month or “Walktober”. With cooler weather in the forecast, October is...
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What We’re Reading 12.21.18
Pedestrians cross at the intersection of Slauson and Western Avenues in Los Angeles on April 14, 2015. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times). WALKSacramento staff finds helpful resources and timely...
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What We’re Reading 1/18/19
Local school children join Greta Thunberg's initiative on climate strike during the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland December 14, 2018. Photo by Agencja Gazeta/Grzegorz...
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Video Voice Kicks off at Will C. Wood Middle School
Through a year-long Safe Routes to School program at Will C. Wood Middle School, WALKSacramento has begun working with students in the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) to do Video...
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What We’re Reading 1/25/19
Left, Frances Benjamin Johnston poses with a bicycle in the 1890s. (Frances Benjamin Johnston cia the Library of Congress) Right, a commuter rides a scooter on 15th St. NW in Washington. (Robert...
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