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The Citrus Heights City Council unanimously voted Thursday to award a $1.2 million contract to a San Francisco-based architectural and planning firm for the creation of a “shovel ready” plan to comprehensively guide future development on the 100-acre Sunrise Mall property.
In 2022, when the second phase of Auburn Boulevard improvements are completed, drivers who exit Interstate 80 at Auburn Boulevard and head south, will pass under a bright new arch marking the “Gateway to Citrus Heights.”
Results of a month-long survey of homeless in Citrus Heights have been released, with findings showing less homeless in the city than last year.
One of the top issues in Citrus Heights that residents complain about is the poor condition of roads, but progress is slowly being made using new funds trickling in from a 2017 gas tax increase, often referred to as Senate Bill 1 or SB 1…
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Citrus Heights bowlers have retired professional bowler Steve Cook to thank for keeping their beloved Fireside Lanes going strong at 7901 Auburn Blvd. In 2014, Cook stepped in to buy the 32-lane bowling center when he thought it might close…
By Thomas J. Sullivan–
On any given day, drivers passing along Sylvan Road may notice rows of cars parked outside the massive, 80,000-square-foot Small Business Administration building in Citrus Heights, but most probably don’t know what happens inside…
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Homeowners seeking to add a secondary dwelling on their property are finding it easier to do so, thanks to some changes in state law and city zoning codes that were adopted as a way to address the state’s housing crisis.
Secondary dwellings and other forms of independent living units, now both called “accessory dwelling units” or ADUs, are either detached or attached to a primary residential structure and provide permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. ADUs can also provide supplemental income to the property owner.
“Most (ADUs) are ‘in-law’ type units designed for additional older family members who would be living in the residence,” Citrus Heights Associate City Planner Alison Bermudez told The Sentinel.
“We’ve seen at least a dozen permits issued so far since the program began,” Bermudez said, compared with an average of less than one per year prior the city’s ordinance changing a year-and-a-half ago. “We’re likely to see more applicants as residents learn more about the ordinance and what it allows…”
By Thomas J. Sullivan–
Citrus Heights is now home to a nonprofit clothing ministry called Kelsee’s Purse, thanks to the work of a young Romanian-American émigré. Ildi Ayers says she’s proud to make a modest difference in the quality of life of the city’s homeless community, one life at a time.
Her new store opened late last year at 7044 Sunrise Blvd. and is named in recognition of a young, homeless woman named Kelsee, who Ayers befriended on the streets of Citrus Heights.
“Kelsee had become unexpectedly homeless and was learning how difficult it often is to survive day-to-day,” Ayers told The Sentinel in an interview earlier this week. “She welcomed our church’s ministry support to help her get off the street and appreciated the basic toiletries, clothing and personal items we were able to give her.”
The Kelsee’s Purse retail store is incorporated as a nonprofit ministry of…
