Work on a pilot alley project may begin next year after $100,000 in community development money has become available, Sacramento City Councilmember Steve Cohn said Wednesday. The money is coming from unused federal community development block grant (CDBG) funds leftover from a street lighting program in North Sacramento's Ben Ali neighborhood. Like most lighting projects, this one came in way under budget, enabling some funds to be used instead for public infrastructure in Midtown's first "alley activation" project, said Cohn, whose Third District encompasses both neighborhoods. "Our hope is that it'll be part of a larger program that will make use of a lot more alleys," he said. Cohn