Friday, March 2, 2007

I love...Sacramento??

I had to do a write-up on Sacramento for a work project, and I found myself getting really into it. Maybe the Convention and Visitors Bureau should hire me! As I was writing this narrative, I was thinking, Sacramento IS a really nice place! Here is what I wrote:
"Sacramento and the surrounding region is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the U.S. and features large employers such as Intel, HP, Apple and NEC Electronics. The State of California is the largest employer in the Sacramento region, but the workforce is very diverse and generally protected from economic downswings. The unemployment rate is low, around 4%. Sacramento is well-known for its gold rush history. The city was founded in 1848 by Swiss immigrant John Sutter. The city was a major transportation point for the Pony Express and the transcontinental railroad. Sacramento still embraces its gold rush history with well-preserved state parks and museums, including Sutter’s Fort, the Crocker Art Musuem, the California State Railroad Museum, the California Indian Museum, and more. Old Sacramento is a carefully restored state historic park area, depicting the city during gold rush times. It is the city’s most popular tourist destination. Modern-day Sacramento is well-known for being the home of Arco Arena and the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, as well as the AAA baseball team, the River Cats. Sacramento is an outdoor sports haven, with a mild climate that encourages outdoor activity all year long. Sacramento is a bicyclist’s dream, with flat streets and a 26-mile paved bike path that follows the American River from Old Sacramento to Folsom. Water sports are especially popular, and many visitors enjoy river boat cruises that embark from the docks in Old Sacramento and cruise along the Sacramento River, one of the Central Valley’s and the agricultural industry’s most important waterways. Folsom Lake and the American River parkway are also very popular leisure spots for boating, waterskiing, fishing, and kayaking. The Sacramento region is also home to two major universities: California State University, Sacramento, and the University of California, Davis. There are a number of community colleges in the region as well. Sacramento’s Midtown neighborhood, adjacent to Downtown, is home to a variety of unique restaurants, bars and nightlife entertainment options. The neighborhood is characterized by historic Victorian homes and leafy trees that shade the streets from the hot summer sun. Sacramento’s close-in neighborhoods of Land Park and East Sacramento are great places to go walking, bike riding or jogging and see examples of pre-WWII bungalow homes. In addition, the city is only 1.5 hours drive from San Francisco, one hour from wine country in Napa, and 1.5 hours from scenic Lake Tahoe and the ski slopes. In short, Sacramento is a great city in which to work and live!" Who knew??

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