If the Apple Store portfolio were built in 2026
Apple Store at my local mall, Westfield Galleria at RosevilleHi everyone, this is something I created using ChatGPT that I found pretty interesting. I hope you enjoy...
View ArticleIn Placerville: new Crossings at El Dorado shopping center and Walmart remodel
Hi everyone, this is Hayden LePore and I am here for another much needed update on the business scene in Placerville. The new Crossings at El Dorado shopping center has finally opened. It opened in...
View ArticleNew business openings in Cameron Park in 2025
I hope you are having a great Christmas season this year. This is Hayden LePore. Cameron Park has welcomed two new businesses over the past year I think you would want to hear about. Habit Burger...
View ArticleUC Davis and its arboterum
Hi everyone, I'm back. And I am here to talk about my visit to Davis last week with my friends. We walked around the campus of UC Davis and learned that they have a beautiful area that is their...
View ArticleIn Folsom: Out with Walgreens, in with a fun trampoline park
There's a new kids fun and trampoline park in Folsom. It is located in an unusual location for a trampoline park, in a former Walgreens location, which is at 1100 Riley Street right near Walmart and...
View ArticleThe secret rise and fall of a West Coast relic: the Carl's Jr Playground
Carl's Jr in Turlock, California. This location's outdoor playground was removed in 2022.You know about McDonald's PlayPlaces and you may even have fond memories playing on them back in the day, or...
View ArticleThe Business world of 2024 in my words
Hi everyone, It is the end of the year again and this year has had its happy moments and some hard moments in the business world and in my life as a person. Everything from new businesses and business...
View ArticleIn The Beginning There Was Coffee And It Was Good
Hi everyone, since it is shortly after Christmas and I just wrote a blogpost about a new coffee shop in Shingle Springs, what if I told you that there is a new coffee roaster in Shingle Springs also....
View ArticleGetting coffee at the train depot
There’s a new coffee shop that has just opened at the Shingle Springs Depot. It is called Wisegal Coffee and it is run by two ladies, Rachel Bezdek and Brylee Lance. Their motto is bad jokes and good...
View ArticleSpending my birthday at California's Great America
Hi everyone, I came back from spending my birthday visiting one of Northern California's two major amusement parks, California's Great America. I have actually never visited this park until this year,...
View ArticleThe History of the Folsom Outlets and why it was built?
For starters, the Folsom Premium Outlets is an 80 store (actually 62 stores operate here, with 13 vacancies at this present time in July 2024) outlet mall at the intersection of Folsom Blvd and Iron...
View ArticleMy experience golfing while TopGolf expands
TopGolf is apparently planning a second Sacramento area location in Natomas, according to a Sacramento councilmember. I was surprised to learn about this because I didn't know our area was prime to...
View ArticleBig Lots closures are not equal. Why does Big Lots struggle more in...
Big Lots is closing 300 stores, which includes 75 out of 109 of their California stores. Which includes most of their Sacramento stores such as:Big Lots is closing five Sacramento area stores:Elk...
View ArticleAttention Cameron Park: There's a new Mexican restaurant next to Applebee's
Are you looking for new restaurants to try in Cameron Park?? Do you know that there is a new Mexican restaurant in the Fork Lift/Applebee's shopping center. It is called Valenz Mexican Kitchen, which...
View ArticleUtah: my top favorite things about the Beehive State
Hi everyone, I just came back from visiting the state of Utah and I would like to discuss some of my favorite highlights from the trip, which I hope you will enjoy. We flew in on the fourth of July...
View ArticleWhat if Borders had survived??
This photo was from NPR. I have no photos from Borders. Do you ever remember going to Borders back in the day?? You might not since they have been gone for almost 13...
View ArticleTraveling back to the 2010 bookstore world. Who was the most popular in each...
In today's world, since Borders doesn't exist anymore and went out of business in 2011, Barnes and Noble is the most popular chain bookstore in all the state's except for Alabama, Maine, Mississippi,...
View ArticleThe redevelopment of Arden Fair Mall takes an interesting turn
I found this interesting news article, not from the Sacramento Business Journal, but from the Chain Store Age: https://chainstoreage.com/centennial-takes-over-management-sacramentos-biggest-mall....
View ArticleThe Mysterious History of Restaurant Playgrounds in Folsom and saying goodbye...
If you have been at the Folsom Premium Outlets on Iron Point Road since it first opened, you may have noticed the McDonald’s restaurant next door at 170 Iron Point Road. The one with the massive...
View ArticleCome go on the bridges of the Sacramento area
Today, I will be shifting gears away from talking about new businesses or business research and talk about something different. I will delving into Sacramento area’s best bridges and their history. We...
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