Cynthia Hunt is the gatekeeper. She buzzes people in and greets them with a smile before going back to her duties counseling former drug addicts. Hunt works within a tiny world of pastel cottages, picnic tables, and little green trees. This odd place is known fondly to residents as Quinn Cottages, named after is founder Francis Quinn. It doesn’t look at all like a place where former alcohol and drug abusers go for a new start. If anything, it’s remarkably similar to walking off the streets of Sacramento suburbia and directly into the set of a Disney film. “People come here with nothing more than the clothes on their back,” says Hunt. “But they leave here with so much more.” There are 60

Development on the old railroad yard has now begun in downtown Sacramento. To many in the capitol city, this is a sign of great new development and a brighter future for Sacramento. With the available space we have the potential to nearly double the size of downtown. This does, however, raise new concerns for the already existing problems in the downtown area, most notably the future of K Street. The dying remnants of the K Street strip in the heart of Sacramento have become the greatest disappointments since Krispy Kreme. Some blame the failing economy; others blame the lack of exposure since the street was closed off from traffic. It seems that no matter how hard businesses try to stay