FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Oak Park Community Celebrates as City Redevelopment Agency 
Demolishes Two Nuisance Liquor Stores 
Sacramento, Calif., (April 14, 2007) - A crowd of about 100 
community members cheered as a bulldozer dealt a crushing blow to 
the Washington Market in Oak Park on April 14 following the City 
Redevelopment Agency’s decision last year to tear down the 2nd 
Avenue liquor store. The action ends the chronic problems of 
crime, drug activity, prostitution and other blighting problems that 
gravitated to the corner market. A new single-family home will be 
built in its place and will be offered for sale to a low-income owner 
occupant. 
The celebration continued as members of the Oak Park 
Neighborhood Association and the Second Saturday Clean Up 
Program joined residents in a one-and-a-half mile march to the Days 
Market on 20th Avenue where residents pulled the liquor store sign 
off the building in a symbolic gesture to mark the pending 
demolition. Officials from the Sacramento Housing and 
Redevelopment Agency (SHRA www.shra.org) replaced it with a 
sign noticing it as the future site for a single-family affordable home. 
“This is really about recovering the fabric of healthy neighborhoods,” said Anne Moore, executive 
director of the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. 
Both properties were non-conforming uses in primarily single-family neighborhoods. In light of many 
complaints, widespread community support called for the redevelopment and reuse of the properties. The 
Agency expects to select a developer for the single-family homes by the end of the summer and as the 
process moves forward, construction is expected to begin by spring 2008. 
Agency officials say redevelopment activities have made a positive impact in the Oak Park community. 
Residents are increasingly involved in meetings to discuss redevelopment activities and projects, property 
values have increased 75 percent since 2001, and homeownership is on the rise. For information on 
community meetings to prioritize and plan future Oak Park projects, contact Assistant Community 
Development Director Chris Pahule at (916) 440-1322. 
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Text Box: The troublesome Days and Washington markets in Oak Park were torn down on April 14 in a community celebration. Two new single family homes will replace the stores and will be for sale to low-income buyers.