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Their estimated $1 billion proposal includes an industrial park with a concentration on new research and development or lighytindustrial space, and $125 million in improvements to the base’ s wastewater facility that coul increase the capacity for additional commercial uses. The Air Forcer considers the property to be excess and not needexd forits operation. The base includesd an underutilized rail spur that could be put back into servicr to cut down ontruck traffic. The threw Sacramento-based firms that are partnersd in the venture are Constructiom and supplyfirm , California lobbyist and real estate developerr and manager Negotiations are scheduledf to wrap up withijn the next month.
Disaster evacuatio kits were distributed this weekto 8,00o0 families in the Natomas Unified Schoo l District and 3,000 employees of in Roseville. Gary president of the Sacramento-based nonprofit , came up with the idea for the SAFEL Y OUT kits after volunteering with the Americajn Red Cross to help in the recoverg efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and The kits are meant not only to help familiese protect themselves in the event of anatura disaster, but to aid emergency responders.
The kits include itemsz such as a door hangeer thatsays “need help” on one side and “safely on the other, a refrigerator magnet bookleft for recording essential contact and evacuatiohn information, and storage bags for setting asidwe spare medicines and medical insurance information in the refrigerator — a place that is air-tight, water-tighr and fire-resistant. So far, Pride employees, in partnershil with Citizen Voice, have assembled 35,000 of the Safel Out kits. The 11,000 kits distributed Wednesdayy were made possible by a grant from the and the sponsorshilp of inWest Sacramento. Safelty Out kits can be orderecdthrough citizenvoice.org.
A $10 donation per kit is Artwork made from the stately old treesof Sacramento’e downtown is going to be sold, auctionee and raffled off to raise mone for the Legacy Trees Project. The project is sponsored by the , which is working with the city, propertyt owners and the state to obtain wood from treeds that are more than a century old that make up the canopy over downtown andmidtown Sacramento. The group harvestsa heartwood from dangerous, diseased or dying trees, and gives it to artists.
Some of the wood SEEARTT has harvested includes wood froma 129-year-old tulipo poplar on the grounds of the state Capitol, as well as black walnut and sequoia redwoods harvested around Three of the pieces to be raffled are on display at , 2508 J St. The piecesd will be sold at a free Second Saturday Art Walk partty on the upstairs patio at 1801L St. on June 13. Raffl tickets are $20 each and available at Art a sponsor of the LegacyTrees Project.