A milestone officially enters the public record CLTRE House reached a defining moment this week when its full construction package was formally submitted to the City of Sacramento for building permit review. The submittal signals that CLTRE House is ready for...
On Friday, November 21, Sacramento’s creative energy will gather at The Urban Hive for EveryDay Creative Pitch Night, a celebration of culture, creativity, and community-led entrepreneurship. Over the past six weeks, 17 founders have participated in the EveryDay...
The sound of hammers echoed across the training yard at BuildStrong Academy as Rome lifted his daughter into his arms. She clutched his shirt with tiny hands, her wide eyes fixed on the small house behind them, a house he had helped build board by board. Sawdust still...
Data Collection & Community Visioning Workshop On October 28–29, 2025, D2 Thrives is bringing neighbors, organizations, and partners together to shape what comes next for District 2. In partnership with State of Place, we collected data across more than 11,000...
CLTRE is raising $4M in equity for a 53-unit workforce multifamily project in Sacramento. Fully entitled, design complete, and construction-ready with projected returns of 12–14% IRR, 1.8x–2.0x equity multiple, and 6–7% stabilized yield.
It’s easy to picture the scene Doug Cupid and Gordon Lim have been working toward: lights buzzing, cameras rolling, a full crew bringing a client’s vision to life. In their minds, the set is busy but seamless — the kind of polished production they’ve always known they...
Sacramento is a city where creativity and entrepreneurship intersect. Recognizing the need to support this growing sector, CLTRE, Creative Startups, and the City of Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture have partnered to launch the EveryDay Creative Program. The...
The email cursor blinked against the dark of her screen, a small pulse of light in the quiet. It was past 10:30, and the apartment around her was still. Jamara Hicks sat at her kitchen table, staring at the 60-day notice on her phone — the one telling her she had to...
A spark in the dark In the early hours of August 27, 2023, flames tore through Casa Bella Furniture Store, a family-owned business that had anchored Del Paso Boulevard for two decades. By morning, nothing remained but charred debris and smoke hanging heavy in the air....
Food and Design Come Together as Sacramento Welcomes Terra Madre Every connection has the potential to spark something bigger. For ErÃc MartÃnez and Dennis Delgado, that spark came through CLTRE’s network. What began as a conversation between a chef and a designer has...