R Street Sacramento Partnership News

Dine Al Fresco in the R Street Corridor is Back!

Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, the R Street Corridor has it all! Come visit some of our new creative outdoor dining spaces today! Please remember to wear your mask. 

• BAWK
• Bottle & Barlow
• Burgers & Brew
• Camellia Coffee Roasters
• Curry Up Now
• Device Brewery
• FishFace Poke Bar
• Fox & Goose Public House
• Iron Horse Tavern
• Mas Taco Bar
• Mendocino Farms
• Shoki Ramen House

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Businesses on R Street saw a slice of 
normalcy after county lifts some COVID-19 restrictions

Swing by the R Street Marketplace every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month!

Where: 1801 10th Street
Time: 10am - 4pm

Don't forget: Masks and social distance is required by all vendors and attendees!

For vendor information, please visit rivercitymarketplace916.com. 

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Ali Youssefi Project: Call to Artists 2021 Artist in Residence

The purpose of the Ali Youssefi Project is to give creative innovators access to opportunities that elevate Sacramento. We invest in people, cultivate ideas, and connect communities.  The Ali Youssefi Project was created by his family in 2019 to honor Ali Youssefi after his death. Ali was a proud Sacramentan and dedicated his work to harnessing the power of community and to uplift the city that he loved. It is with Ali’s impactful legacy in mind that AYP started. It’s our way to celebrate his life’s work and continue to build meaningful projects in his name.  Applications due by February 16, 2021.
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The team behind de Vere’s and The Snug launches Ro Sham Beaux wine bar

For wine novices, searching for the perfect glass or bottle on an unfamiliar wine list can be an intimidating prospect. Luckily, a new specialty wine spot in midtown is leveling the playing field when it comes to uncorking and sipping.
Ro Sham Beaux, a low-ABV wine bar and bottle shop from Irish Hospitality (the group behind de Vere’s Irish Pub, The Snug, Snug Jr. and The Doobie Bar) opens Friday, Jan. 15, for takeaway bottles and limited outdoor service from a 94-year-old former auto body shop adjacent to the Didion Complex at 18th and L streets.
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Welcome to the R Street Corridor!

Please join us in welcoming Groundswell Arts to the R Street Corridor! Groundswell is in the process of transforming their new space in the Fuller Building at 11th & R into a print production facility and artist creative space. The very talented John Johnson and Micah Crandall-Bear own and operate Groundswell Arts, they will continue to operate their art gallery at 2508 J Street. 
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PPP to reopen to all lenders this week

The Paycheck Protection Program will reopen in full Jan. 19. The Small Business Administration this week began a phased reopening for the Covid-19 relief program that started with community financial institutions. On Friday, lenders with $1 billion or less in assets will be able to submit applications for first and second draw loans. Then next Tuesday, the program will reopen to all lenders, the SBA said late Wednesday afternoon.
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PPP Loan Info Here
EIDL Info Here
2021 COVID Arts Resources Table

Back to patios: What Sacramento-area restaurants expect as they reopen for outdoor dining

Outdoor dining was banned Dec. 11 as the Sacramento region’s intensive care unit capacity slipped below the statewide 15% threshold. The region’s capacity is now under 10%, but four-week projections show it rising to 19.1%, according to a California Department of Public Health letter sent to Sacramento County supervisors.
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Finding Affordable Financing

Consider the Rubik’s Cube challenge of assembling money to pay for an affordable housing project. In October 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office issued a statement highlighting a plan by the Capitol Area Development Authority — a joint state and Sacramento city agency — to construct an apartment building at 1322 O St. in Sacramento. Built on excess property donated by the state, it’s part of the governor’s initiative to use surplus land for affordable housing. 
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Sacramento rolls out plan to tackle homelessness, affordable housing

For many, a new year means resolving to do better, and in that spirit, the city of Sacramento is resolving, again, to do a better job addressing the issues of homelessness and a lack of affordable housing. Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently rolled out a new initiative on those issues, with two main components: making it easier to place housing for people without homes across the city, and issuing $100 million in bonds in two tranches to develop affordable housing.
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