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ing neighborhoods. We know there’s
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concern about whether there will be
enough housing to accommodate this
new workforce — we anticipate build-
ing residential units for students and
an expanding workforce. We also ex-
pect that the City of Sacramento will
address the need for more housing and
moderate housing prices and rental
rates.
I ask our region’s entrepreneurs,
business leaders and residents to join
the conversation and see how their in-
terests can be part of Aggie Square. We
want to hear your voice, and you can
make your voice heard through mem-
bers of our advisory groups. Contact
Comcast has pledged $300,000 in partnership with the City of Sacramento
to fund Teen Tech Hubs and Youth and Community PopUps every Friday night
through June at 10 locations throughout the city. The free pop-up events,
which provide education and entertainment opportunities for young people
in underserved communities, are being hosted by groups such as Hacker Lab,
La Familia Counseling Center, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Sacramento,
and the Greater Sacramento Urban League. Comcast provided $200,000 to
Teen Tech Hubs, which offer technology training and experiences like cod-
ing, 3-D printing and video-game design, and $100,000 to Sierra Health
Foundation for Youth and Community PopUps, which offer activities such as
silent discos, free haircuts and talent contests and healthy snacks. Saman-
tha Garcia, Sierra Health Foundation's communication officer, says, "Over
the five weekends in March, 42 PopUp events were hosted with over 2,900
participants," and encourages all members of the community to join. Go to
shfcenter.org for event info.
us through https://leadership.ucdavis.
edu/aggie-square.
The Sacramento area has all the
key factors needed to rise among
its metropolitan peers in economic
performance. Aggie Square will tie
together the winning ingredients —
just like an ecosystem — so the whole
becomes more efficient and more
powerful than the sum of its parts.
Together, we have the infrastructure,
intellectual capital, business interests
and political will to create a new era
of innovation and economic impact in
Sacramento. Join us as we boldly chart
a new course for greater, more inclu-
sive prosperity for all.
Gary S. May The chancellor of UC Davis,
leads the most comprehensive campus in
the University of California system, with four
colleges and six professional schools. May
formerly was the dean of the College of Engi-
neering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
He was inducted into the National Academy of
Engineering in September 2018 and honored
in 2015 by President Barack Obama with the
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
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