Amanda Blackwood, president and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, was quoted in recent coverage by the Sacramento Bee, noting that a more diverse downtown, less reliant on the state, creates a more mature and broader economy.
“A reliance on government to keep your economy growing is a tenuous place to be … a double-edged sword. Where you are seeing pockets of sustainability is places where people live, work and play, like midtown.”
Read more from the Bee in “How 2020 is transforming downtown Sacramento into the place city leaders always wanted” (October 2, 2020).