ARCHITECTURE
The Sacramento Valley Station is the seventh busiest Amtrak station in the United States , serving thousands of passengers daily and a million passengers a year . apital Region architects , preservation enthusiasts and those charged with safeguarding historic resources are rallying together to save some of the Capital Region ’ s most notable assets . The region ’ s historic stakeholders have made a mantra of the adage by longtime architect and past president of the American Institute of Architects , Carl Elefante : “ The greenest building is … one that is already built .” They envision adaptively reusing historic resources for whatever purpose makes cultural and economic sense , rather than razing them to the ground .
A number of cities in the greater Sacramento region boast historic resources , but not all are equipped to identify and protect them . Four cities in the region — Sacramento , Davis , Marysville and Elk Grove — have established preservation programs that operate under the Certified Local Government Program , which is administered by the National Parks Service and managed by California ’ s Office of Historic Preservation . Through the CLG certification process , each of the four municipalities has made a commitment to national historic preservation standards .
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