The MBA monthly Board and Community meeting will be held on Wednesday August 20th at 5:30 pm at the Regional Transit Board Room & Auditorium. Address and information is at the base of this article.

Members of the community and local business owners are welcome and are encouraged to attend. Learn about Midtown's progress and voice your opinion.

MBA Board and Community Meeting
Wednesday, August 20 @ 5:30 pm
Regional Transit Board Room/Auditorium
1400 29th St
Sacramento, CA 95812
(enter via main entrance at the corner of 29th & N)

Please call the MBA office 916-442-1500 with any questions.

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The MBA can now take payments for special items via PayPal. Please click the appropriate button below to make your purchase.

Thank you for your support!

Purchase Second Saturday Shuttle MAP Logo Space

Purchase Second Saturday Shuttle BANNER Logo Space

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To All Current and Future Contacts and Colleagues of the Midtown Business Association:

The MBA is in the process of updating and upgrading our email contact list via a professional contact management service called Constant Contact. This service will allow the MBA to send targeted emails according to groups that you choose, such as "Newsletters", "Events", etc. You will always have have the option of changing your email groups in the future in order to receive more or less email from us at MBA. You will also have the option to opt-out of our email list at any time after you join.

It takes 30 seconds to register on our new email list, so if you would like to receive emails from the MBA in the future, please click the link below and securely enter your information. Your email address will protected by Constant Contact and MBA and will never be sold.












If you would prefer to not participate in our email list, simply do not follow the link above. You will not receive group emails from the MBA, with the exception of emails to a committee group/Board of which you are a member.

Thank you for helping us to keep our contact email list current. We appreciate your interest and support.

Please contact our office with any questions at 916-442-1500.

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The Midtown Business Association Board, which represents a broad range of large and small business owners, public agencies, property interests, and Midtown entrepreneurs, is pleased to announce that the new MBA Executive Director has been chosen.

After a nationwide outreach and screening process, two days of intensive interviews with several outstanding candidates, and a lively discussion amongst the search committee, Mr. Rob Kerth was determined to be the winning candidate.

Rob is a former City Councilmember from District 2, as well as the former Executive Project Leader of the nonprofit Sacramento Tree Foundation. Rob and his family have lived in and owned businesses in Sacramento for generations. He has extensive experience in redevelopment and neighborhood revitalization, as well as an impressive history of fundraising and political advocacy.

In addition to serving on numerous public agencies’ governing bodies during his tenure with the Sacramento City Council (SACOG, SAFCA, Regional Transit, etc), Mr. Kerth has also served as President of the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of the Friends of Light Rail and Transit. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He's also a friendly, eclectic person who should fit in well with the Midtown vibe!

Rob will be the first permanent, full-time professional Executive Director to manage the MBA’s activities and programs. His mission will be to advocate for Midtown interests, economic and cultural well-being; his duties will include management and oversight of the area’s newly-formed Property-based Business Improvement District (PBID), with an annual budget of $575,000 raised through property assessments to support the MBA’s activities in the areas of Clean and Safe programs, Marketing/Advocacy, Parking, and other priority projects.

Rob will be formally introduced as the new ED at our next MBA Board meeting, Wednesday July 16, 5:30 PM at the Regional Transit Board Room, 1400 29th Street in Sacramento.

“I am thrilled to join the Midtown Business Association and to become part of the team of residents, artists, and business owners that have created such a special place,” says Mr. Kerth. “I’m excited to do my part to make it even better.”

“We are delighted to have a person of Rob’s political acumen and downtown redevelopment experience as our first full-time Executive Director,” responds Aaron Zeff, President of the MBA Board of Directors. “His leadership skills and practical talents will be a wonderful addition to the eclectic Midtown mix.

“We are grateful to our executive search team, including committee chair Sotiris Kolokotronis, consultants Diane Miller from Wilcox Miller & Nelson and Sheri Graciano of the Sacramento Visitors and Convention Bureau and our interim MBA Executive Director, Connie Miottel, for choosing such an outstanding individual from a very talented pool of candidates,” adds Zeff.

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This is a video clip from the news broadcast about Midtown's new Second Saturday Artwalk Shuttle, which had its first run for June's event.

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As of August 13 2008--NOTE: We anticipate that the same closures, parking, and shuttle arrangements will be in place for the Second Saturday event on September 13th.
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OFFICE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
915 I STREET
5TH FLOOR
SACRAMENTO, CA
95814-2998

Media Advisory
Contact: Sue Brown, District Director to Vice Mayor Cohn, (916) 808-7235
Brian Fischer, Midtown Business Association,
2nd Saturday Task Force Chair (916) 996-8655

For Immediate Release: June 12, 2008

SACRAMENTO VICE MAYOR COHN AND THE MIDTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SPONSOR FREE SECOND SATURDAY SHUTTLE

Sacramento, California – Starting Saturday, June 14, a free Second Saturday shuttle sponsored by City of Sacramento Vice Mayor Steve Cohn and the Midtown Business Association (MBA) will run every 15 minutes from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Shuttle stops along J Street, L Street, and Capitol Avenue will help relieve traffic and assist with pedestrian flow and make it easy for people to park once and traverse various pockets of Midtown and Downtown Sacramento’s public art tapestry.

“The City and the Midtown businesses are deploying the shuttle to emphasize that Second Saturday is all about people enjoying walking around the Central City,” said Vice Mayor Cohn. “You can bike or park your car and walk everywhere. It’s a great pedestrian experience.”

There will be no parking on J Street from 19th to 21st Streets and street closures on 20th Street from I to K Streets.

For a complete list of shuttle stops and route, please see the map below, or contact the MBA office at 916-442-1500.

Parking lots available for those that park and walk include the East End Garage at 17th and L Streets ($2.00 prepaid) and Sutter Parking Garage at 29th and Capitol Avenue ($5.00 prepaid).

Second Saturdays in Midtown began 16 years ago and have become a great draw for the public to experience art, food and drink tastings, and local music. MBA President Aaron Zeff added that monthly gathering “has evolved into one of the largest urban art festivals nationally with myriad galleries, retailers, and restaurants hosting artist openings for the evening.”

To learn more about the Midtown Business Association and the Second Saturday FREE Shuttle, please visit http://www.mbasac.com. To learn more about Second Saturday, please visit http://www.midtowngrid.com and http://www.sacramento-second-saturday.org.

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Second Saturdays in Midtown are a time to treat the public to a fun time while familiarizing them with your place of business. Art, food and drink samples, and music are all around the area, and this is a great draw to people to come out and partake in all the excitement Midtown has to offer.

In order to keep Second Saturdays a successful monthly event for the community, we need to work together to keep everyone safe. The City of Sacramento has begun taking proactive regulatory action in order to prevent any events that may result in the shut-down of Second Saturdays in the future.

We will have a PDF of the City's official permit info for sound, sales, and alcohol up shortly as a link in this article. If you would like a PDF of the permit info emailed to you, please contact our office: mba@mbasac.com or 916-442-1500.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in making Second Saturdays safe and successful for everyone!

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Effective January 2007, the MBA board meetings will now be held on the third Wednesday of every month, NOT the second Monday of every month as before.

Unless otherwise posted, our regular third-Wednesday meetings will begin at 5:30 pm. Please check the website under the "news" link prior to the meeting to confirm the location.

Please be aware that meeting dates are subject to change holidays. Please check the website for updated information, or feel free to call our office.

All are welcome to come share their views and be involved in Midtown's future.

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