Elk Grove

Mobile Engagement

A Different Approach to Public Engagement: Use Tech to Put Residents in Planners’ Shoes

Simulators can be a useful tool to help residents think differently about challenges like housing

January 29, 2024 - Route Fifty

Light Rail Extension to South Sacramento County Opens Today

Observers are closely monitoring whether a hotly contested light rail extension into Elk Grove and South Sacramento County lives up to its promise.

August 24, 2015 - Sacramento Bee

low scale mercantile buildings along central street in old town Elk Grove, CA

One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Cities Wants to Gobble Up 8,000 More Acres

After waiting more than five years, Elk Grove, one of the fastest growing cities in California and the country, will soon learn whether it can expand its planning area by another 8,000 acres to accommodate more residents.

October 13, 2013 - Sacramento Bee

Can Elk Grove Handle A Zaha Hadid?

A previous Elk Grove, CA city council hired architect Zaha Hadid to design their city center, but the new council hates her "squid-like" design.

April 4, 2011 - The New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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