2019

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...

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...

$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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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