Sierra 2 Center

Our Feburary 13 Preservation Roundtable, held via Zoom, will include updates about Preservation Sacramento's plans to survey the Richmond Grove neighborhood for historic properties, potentially leading to its listing as a historic district. Register via the event link.

The new edition of the Viewpoint Newspaper is online now! Enjoy!

Who else loves Neighbor Bill? Or do you have your own special "Neighbor Bill" nearby?

On January 19th, staff will present to City Council the 2040 General Plan Draft Land Use Map, Proposed Roadway Changes, and other Key Strategies and recommend approval for staff to proceed to Phase 3 of the project. This item was continued from the December 1st meeting. Staff received many questions regarding the proposed strategy to allow a greater array of housing types in single-unit neighborhoods. Please view the frequently asked questions regarding this topic with detail...ed answers from City staff: 2040 General Plan Proposed Key Strategy: Permit a Greater Array of Housing Types in Single-Unit Neighborhoods-FAQs https://t.updates.cityofsacramento.org/r/ Please note that the December 1, 2020 staff report included staff’s recommendation to amend the Natomas Joint Vision Study Area to an Area of Concern and initiate studies for future consideration of a Sphere of Influence amendment. To allow for adequate time for City Council discussion, this item will come before City Council separately in the near future. The community is welcome and encouraged to participate! Please submit public comments via eComment through the City’s official website at http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=21. To give your public comment during the meeting, call (916) 808-7213 and follow the instructions given. The staff reports are typically available the Friday before the meeting through the Meetings & Agendas page. For more information, please visit the 2040 General Plan webpage. https://t.updates.cityofsacramento.org/r/

Brr! Whether it's the wind or the rain, it's been very cold outside lately! Luckily, we have a fun indoor activity tonight! Grab your acrylic paints (or head to Blick or University Art for supplies) and join us tonight for a fun acrylic painting class, focused on snowy cabins! Use your new skills to paint throughout this rainy week! Tonight, 1/25, 6-7:30pm on Zoom.... Sign up here: https://sierra2.org/event/lets-paint-winter-cabins/ Registration is open today until 4pm.

Sunday's forecast calls for rain! Stay dry and join us for a unique Zoom drawing class. Zentangle is for ALL kinds of artists, especially beginners! Pick up some new skills and make some seriously cool patterns. Learn more & register here: https://sierra2.org/event/zentangle-basics-january/

FYI if you want to join in or know what's happening at Sac City on 1/18

The Sacramento Food Bank serves over 20 other entities that provide food assistance in our local area and is in need of financial assistance . They must buy most of the food they distribute and are no longer able to do events like canned food and non perishable food drives as they might have in the past because of Covid 19. Paella Fundraiser, January 31st from 4-6pm at Taylor's Restaurant. It sells out fast... call Taylor's and let them know your order: 916-443-5154

This Saturday we welcome the return of our watercolor workshops with the one & only Tonja Wilcox! You'll learn fun techniques and get a chance to play with paint in this class focused on citrus fruits as the subject matter. Turn your designs into darling kitchen art or fun greeting cards to surprise loved ones with by mail! How refreshing! Saturday, January 16th, from 1-3pm on Zoom. $30... BYO supplies or purchase a watercolor supply kit! Learn more & register today: https://sierra2.org/event/winter-citrus-watercolor-workshop/

Tap into your creative with one of our upcoming drawing classes! Sunday, Nov. 15th: Learn the stress-melting art of Zentangle in our Zentangle Basics class from 11am-2pm with Lee Miller. Discover eye-catching patterns and up your doodling game. Monday, Nov. 16th: Sink into the Thanksgiving season with our Let's Draw: Thankful Wreaths class at 5:30pm with Cara Emilia. Learn how to draw a variety of fall and thanksgiving-themed elements as you sketch out & color a fun thankful ...or #blessed wreath for the holidays! See them both here: https://sierra2.org/thelearnery/

Join Ann Evans and Georgeanne Brennan for tales of their early and pioneering years of work with Slow Food Yolo, with Yolo County Department of Agriculture, and with all five Yolo County School Districts, all dedicated to putting the county, its wineries and olive oil producers, ranchers and growers, food processors and school cafeterias on the northern California culinary map.

Check out these inspiring photos of election day at Sierra 2 Center from our neighbor Joan Cusick.

All of this research shows that you can make your dog happier with just one ingredient: you. Make more eye contact to release that cuddle hormone. Touch it more dogs like pats better than treats! Go ahead and baby talk to your dog it draws the dog’s attention to you more and may strengthen your bond.

How about a blast from the past to distract you today? Check out this Viewpoint Newspaper from August 1983... Curtis Park News

There are so many great routes for biking in Sacramento, but it can be intimidating for folks new to traveling by bike, said Transportation Planner Leslie Mancebo. They may not know that the route you take for driving may not be the route you take for biking. This updated map is a tool to learn about our bikeways and explore our great city on two wheels.