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NCPZ COVID-19 Response

Promise Zone’s all over the country are working to combat the negative outcomes brought on by COVID-19. The National Coalition of Promise...

Met Sacramento High School Empowers Students to Become Leaders

The Met Sacramento High School is a unique public charter school under the administrative arm of the Sacramento Unified School District. ...

Healthy Food for All End of Year Success Stories

Healthy Food for All (HFFA) is a collaboration of community members and organizations working together to improve food access, production...

White House Opportunity & Revitalization Council Executive Director Scott Turner Visits Sacramento

Sacramento is the 51st city that White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Executive Director, Scott Turner (left), has visited ...

First5 Sacramento Offers $5,000 to Community Member Programs.

By Alejandra Labrado, First 5 Sacramento Program Planner Have you ever had a great idea for your community but didn’t have the funds to ...

Financial Institution Partnership Opportunity (FIPO) announces $115,000 award

Two community based organizations in the Sacramento Promise Zone were announced as recipients of the 2019 Financial Institution Partnersh...

Alchemist Microenterprise Academy's First Graduation

Alchemist Microenterprise Academy (AMA) is a 10-week program which provides education and training on the fundamentals of starting and gr...

$25M Renovation Approved For Whispering Pines Development in the Promise Zone

The Whispering Pines apartments located in the Promise Zone at 7610 Amherst Street in South Sacramento has received approval for financin...

Promise Zone partners collaborate to bring third annual SEEK program for elementary students

A three-week Summer Engineering Enrichment for Kids (SEEK) program returned to Sacramento for its third year organized by the National So...

Promise Zone Director shares secrets of success with Inside Sacramento

“Tyrone Roderick Williams knows how to get money in Sacramento. He asks for it. So far, Williams has hauled in more than $175 million. Hi...

Wide Open Walls returns for third year August 8-16

Join Sacramento in celebrating creativity and community through street art this month, as the Wide Open Walls mural festival returns for ...

Buy Fresh, Buy Local: Sacramento Farmers' Markets

Farmers’ markets are one of the oldest ways farmers have sold their own agriculture products directly to consumers. Farmers’ markets elim...

The Sacramento Promise Zone Gets Another $18 Million in Funding!

In the News: STEM Academy in the Promise Zone

Check out the Sacramento Bee's article about the Oak Park summer STEM academy! Hear from former NASA astronaut and engineer José Hernánde...

Director of Promise Zone Offers His Perspective in the Sacramento Business Journal

Director of Promise Zone Offers Op-Ed in Sac Business Journal.

Promise Zone Spotlight

Meet the Sacramento Promise Zones Jobs and Economic Development Coordinator Thomas C. Gibbs III. Mr. Gibbs is CEO of Gibbs Development & ...

New Promise Zone Collaborative Launched on April 29th, 2019

Together, these partners pledged a minimum of $750,000 towards economic and workforce initiatives over the next three years in the Promis...

Lorraine Cervantes on a path to self-sufficiency!

When you meet Lorraine Cervantes, you immediately realize that she is on a path to success. Now that Lorraine is housed through SHRA’s P3...

Save the Date – 6th Annual Walk4Literacy Saturday October 26, 2019

Three out of five children cannot read at grade-level. The Walk4Literacy has raised a total of $37,200 over the last four years all to he...

Learn about SMUD’s proposed 2019 rate changes: Public Workshop May 9th & Public Hearing June 4th

Both meetings will be held at SMUD's Customer Service Center, 6301 S Street, Sacramento. Come learn about and comment on SMUD's proposed ...

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