Meet Wendy Hamby, owner of Extreme Stitch Embroidery in Citrus Heights

By Thomas J. Sullivan–
Extreme Stitch, a family-owned and operated embroidery company in Citrus Heights, began years ago in Wendy Hamby’s home and has since expanded to its location at 7250 Auburn Blvd., across from the old Sylvan Middle School property.

“We’ve been in business for 15 years and the years have just flown by,” Hamby told The Sentinel in an interview earlier this month. After years of being employed at another embroidery business, she took her years of experience and decided to open her own business in 2003.

The Loomis native, and mother of two sons, grads of Mesa Verde and Del Oro high schools, said she never dreamed Extreme Stitch would blossom into the business it is today. A second location for sales and production is under consideration, she said.

“I knew that to make it in this business, great embroidery alone wasn’t going to cut it,” she said, noting that…

Hobby Lobby to fill former Citrus Heights Toys R Us building

By Thomas J. Sullivan–
Interior renovation of the 40,000-square-foot former Toys R Us store at 7800 Greenback Ln. in Citrus Heights has already begun, in preparation for Hobby Lobby opening a new store at the site.

Diane Gudahl, Hobby Lobby special projects manager, confirmed on Wednesday that a lease at the location was recently signed. The company’s press office said an opening date had not yet been set, but projected the store would open “some time in the fall of 2019.”

The store will be the second Hobby Lobby location in the immediate area, with the nearest store currently at 1815 Douglas Blvd. in Roseville. Toys R Us closed its Citrus Heights store last year on June 29, following the company filing for bankruptcy.

Property records show the former Toys R Us building was constructed in 1978 and sits on a five-acre parcel, with a large parking lot in the front. The property is owned by the Cordano family, which owns property and development companies in the Sacramento region…

The Civic Minute: what’s going on at Citrus Heights City Hall? (Feb. 14th)

Citrus Heights City Council members will spend part of their Valentine’s Day at City Hall for their regularly scheduled council meeting on the second Thursday of the month, which falls this time on Feb. 14. The council will hold a closed-door special meeting at 6:30 p.m., followed by a regular council meeting at 7 p.m.

Here’s a brief summary of what’s included in the council’s 94-page agenda packet:

SPECIAL MEETING: (6:30 p.m.)

Closed session. The City Council will hold a conference with legal counsel to discuss existing litigation regarding Middleton v. Van. No further details are included in the council’s agenda packet, but the case involves the city clerk being sued by then-candidate Porsche Middleton over the city’s decision to not allow Middleton to use her title of Planning Commissioner on the November election ballot. A judge ruled in Middleton’s favor last year…

Here’s a brief summary of what’s included in the City Council’s 94-page agenda packet:

SPECIAL MEETING: (6:30 p.m.)

Closed session. The City Council will hold a conference with legal counsel to discuss existing litigation involving Middleton V. Van. No further details are included in the council’s agenda packet, but the case involves the city clerk being sued by then-candidate Porsche Middleton over the city’s decision to not allow Middleton to use her title of Planning Commissioner on the November election ballot. A judge ruled in Middleton’s favor. ..