Midtown Neighborhood Association

Come Out and Enjoy - Classic Car Show in Midtown July 31st

Our friends at The Midtown Business Association are working with the California Auto Museum to bring a fun family friendly car show event to Midtown on Saturday July 31^st, from 6pm-9pm. To ensure this event has minimal negative impact on residents and the event is enjoyable for everyone please note the following:

The proposed area for the car show is along K and L Street, between 22 nd  and 25 th street. This proposed area will be closed to regular vehicle traffic from approximately 5:30pm – 9pm on Saturday July 31st. The cars entered in the car show will be parked within the street closures on the above listed streets. Traffic along J Street will remain open. The Midtown Business Association distributed notices of these street closures to businesses and residents during the first week of July.

At 5 PM, the cars being shown will drive down J Street and Sac PD will lead a parade of cars down J Street to 30 th Street and then direct cars down K and L Street, where they will park between 22nd and 25th streets.

This event is free for the public to attend, and it is anticipated there will be many visitors to Midtown for the show.

The public is encouraged to enter cars of interest in the show: cost is $49 per car, with proceeds benefiting the California Auto Museum. Contact (916) 442-6802 or www.calautomuseum.org to register.

Please contact the Midtown Business Association office at 916-442-1500 if you have concerns or input on this event.

For the street closure map, click on the map here  streets highlighted in yellow will be closed to traffic from about 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

Historic Properties Plaque Program 

The City of Sacramento Historic Properties Plaque Program is now official. Residents can now purchase a bronze plaque with the official city seal to recognize their historic property. Many Midtown neighborhoods are also historic districts. In the MNA boundaries for example, there is the Winn Park, Capitol Avenue, Capitol Mansions, and 20th & N Street Historic Districts. In February 2010, the Sacramento City Council approved the program to recognize designated historic homes and landmarks within the City of Sacramento. Owners of residential and commercial properties that are designated by the City of Sacramento as either a Historic Landmark or a Contributing Resource within a City-designated Historic District, as listed in the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources, are eligible to apply for a Historic Property Plaque. The Sacramento Register is available online at

Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources  (careful - it's a large PDF file)

For more information on how to apply for a placque and see a sample plaque for your home or commercial building, see the City of Sacramento's Community Development page

Helpful information on how to identify a historic property - click here

Also see the Map of Historic Districts in Sacramento

Graffiti on The Increase

On April 10, 2010  several properties and dumpsters in Midtown alleys were tagged. Graffiti usually increases as the weather warms and more people are out and about. This is a reminder that if your property, incuding fences and dumpsters or trash cans are tagged, photograph (record), report and remove as quickly as possible. It can be a hassle to repaint but it is essential to record, report and remove. The more reporting is done, the better the city can track where these incidences are occuring and better deploy resources to combat it.  Photographs help the police identify local graffiti hot spots. Gang-related graffiti is forwarded to the Gang Unit for identification and intelligence purposes. If a trail of photographic evidence can be tied to a vandal who has been caught, it may raise the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony. And, leaving graffiti tags on your property is not only and eyesore and devalues property, it sends a powerfully negative message that our neighborhoods are places in which neighbors don't care and thus taggers and possibly gang members can get away with their bad behavior. 

To Report:   City of Sacraento Graffiti Abatement  (the report form allows you to attach a digital photo) 

Contact MNA

sacmidtown@gmail.com