If you had shown as much interest in understanding what the Boqueria is as you do in taking pot shots at it you would know the answer to those questions. I'll help you out, you probably have been busy of late. The Boqueria is much more than a Farmer's Market. It is a Center for the Central Valley's Food & Agricultural Community to Communicate and Educate the importance of Their Products to The World, thus the importance of the location. The Capitol is the Policy Center of the 8th largest economy in the world. The Food and Ag Community want to associated with California in the minds of visitors and dignitaries from other parts of the US and the World. The farmer's selling oranges to you and me would be paying the same rent they pay now-enough to make it worthwhile to bring their best products to Sacramentans.

what you are describing is the Business Model of the Ferry Building in SF. The farmers market portion of the Boqueria will be based on the markets under the WX Freeway, and Cesar Chavez Plaza, operated by the same Co-op, and would have no reason to be priced any differently-that wouldn't be a sustainable business model

I think our 'stories' are very similar but first things first, I'm a hell of a lot more than just a staffer. I chose to live in Sacramento for many of the same reasons everyone is here, Sacramento is a great City with tons of potential. And I primarily contribute to this 'debate' (if that's what you want to call it) to set the record straight. Equally I participate because I care about Sacramento's future, and face it anyone that lives here has a vested interest, whether financial or otherwise, in the success of K Street and Downtown Sacramento. If this was all about $ for me I would not be responding your comments on a Sunday afternoon.

Just like at The Cal West Insurance Building at 926 J Street (currently The Citizen Hotel), I'm sure the Rubicon Team will present and represent Sacramento's History in a First Class way.

Observation: I've been following this K Street discussion for several weeks now and attempted to shed some light on most of the comments expressed above in earlier SacPress articles. I greatly respect the passion and time everyone places on a public project discussion of this kind, but . . . few of you seemed to be willing to consider other explanations to your conclusions. Does everyone really think that the four members of the Ad-hoc committee, all publicly elected officials, and the members of The Sacramento Alliance Team (made up of Rubicon Partners, St Anton Partners, and Preferred Capital Advisors, with respective resumes of $400M of Commercial Development, 4,000 Residential Units Owned and Managed, and $4.5B of Real Estate Transactions, who have been involved is such projects as The Citizen Hotel, The St Anton Bldg at 2110 L St, MAARS, and The R St Safeway Project – many which involved forms of Public Funding) are involved in a conspiracy to rob the City blind? If these groups had this intention, why would they do it in a highly public process like this one? There are other ways to steal from Municipal coffers that are much less visible, with higher chances of success. Furthermore, no one has considered what the result of a larger project with Civic Amenities, Entertainment and Dense Workforce Housing over Unique Retail Establishments that attract customers from through-out the region is: -more construction and permanent jobs, -more sales tax generated, -more real estate tax generated, -more blight removed, -new visitors to our Downtown, -more cars parked in our empty parking garages in the evenings and on weekends, -more business to the existing shops and restaurants on K Street, -less cannibalization of local neighborhoods, etc. When Sacramento gets more, We all win. All of us. We are better than this, Sacramento. We have such amazing Potential, it’s time to Unlock it. The members of the Ad-Hoc Committee and the Sacramento Alliance have a proven track record of Making Sacramento Better Tomorrow than it was Yesterday. Why would this change on the 700/800 Blocks of K Street?