Cesar Chavez Plaza concerts return in May - Sacramento Business Journal:

Downtown Sacramento Partnership announced its summer events schedule for Cesar Chavez Plaza, and the partnership is adding more events. Returning is the Friday Night Concerts in the Park, starting May 7 and running 15 weeks.

New this year is a Monday lunchtime concert from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Monday concerts start May 3 and run through Aug. 9. The Friday Night Concerts typically draw crowds of 4,500 and is free for all ages, said Lisa Martinez, director of marketing for the partnership.

This year features more than 50 local bands, including Mumbo Gumbo, The Brodys, Secretions, Kate Gaffney and Rick Estrin & the Nightcats.

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RT to move light-rail station at 7th and K - Sacramento Business Journal:

The Sacramento Regional Transit District on Saturday will move the light-rail station at St. Rose of Lima Park in downtown Sacramento. The station, currently located on K Street at 7th Street, will move around the corner, to 7th Street between K and L.

The move makes it possible for the station to serve Gold Line trains traveling from the Sacramento Valley Station to Historic Folsom as well as Blue Line trains that run from Watt/I-80 to Meadowview. The previous location only served the Blue Line.

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Sacramento arena task force picks Kamilos-Taylor plan for railyard site - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

The complicated land-swap plan that would put an arena at the downtown railyard is the city's best bet for a facility to replace Arco Arena, a task force appointed by Mayor Kevin Johnson will tell the City Council today.

The citizens panel, appointed by Johnson in November, has spent two months interviewing proponents of seven arena proposals.

Its much-anticipated recommendations were finalized Wednesday and have been closely guarded. The pitch will be delivered to the City Council during a special 11:30 a.m. session at City Hall.

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St. Patrick’s Day party closes L Street - Sacramento Business Journal:

A St. Patrick’s Day event at de Vere’s Irish Pub in downtown Sacramento is expected to impact morning and afternoon traffic in the vicinity of L and 16th streets.

L Street will be closed between 15th and 16th streets from 4 a.m. March 17 until 2 a.m. March 18. The south sidewalk also will be closed starting at 6 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Limited access to the sidewalk will be maintained by security personnel, according to the city of Sacramento.

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Developers compete to revamp downtown Sacramento's troubled K Street - Sacramento Business, Housing Market News | Sacramento Bee#Comments_Container#Comments_Container

The competition to remake the blighted K Street pedestrian mall has drawn a who's who of Sacramento real estate – including a couple of prominent developers who've endured serious setbacks.

Of the four teams submitting redevelopment proposals to city officials, all have experience building residential and commercial projects. Three have track records in the hotel business, and at least one favors opening K Street to car traffic.

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Four projects submitted for K Street - Sacramento Business Journal:

Four development teams have responded to the city of Sacramento’s request seeking qualifications to develop portions of the 700 and 800 blocks of K Street owned by the city, which sought a “concept” level idea of what could be developed on the blocks, city officials said Tuesday.

The deadline for submittals was Friday. The qualifications for each team will be evaluated by a selection committee consisting of city staff and private parties starting March 15, and more detail about each proposal will be released to the public following that initial review.

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New wing of Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum gets fine tuning - Theater and Art - sacbee.com

To the untrained eye, the new wing of the Crocker Art Museum appears almost finished. Dust a bit here and there, mop the floors, polish the glass, touch up the paint – and start moving in the artwork.

Not quite yet, says architect Gerry Gendreau. A glass railing and various reveals need to be aligned. Some handrails aren't properly connected. Kinks in the walls must be addressed.

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