There are a lot of interesting things about Sacramento County that might interest you. The County runs campaigns and holds events all the time. A lot of them are free, and if they're not free they're inexpensive.
One cool campaign Sacramento County's Department of Parks and Recreation sponsors is called Passports to Parks. Passports to parks is a way to raise money and allow local citizens an inexpensive way to enjoy the American River parkways.
A Passport is $40 per year/per household. The $40 parking pass allows one car to park without paying the $5 parking fee, which was just raised a dollar from $4. After just 10 visits to the park the passport pays for itself. 100 percent of the money earned from passports is spent on maintaining, patrolling and restoring the parkway.
County departments don't have much money for big projects or expensive maintenance issues, so campaigns such as this one are really helpful in the process of keeping the parkways green and safe.
Even if you walk or bike to the parkway you have the option of purchasing a sponsor pass, which is simply a $40 donation to help support parks.
The passport is also a great gift idea. if you have a friend who is an avid cyclist, or just someone who rides the bike trails for fun, buying them a passport will save them a lot of money over the course of a year.
Floating down the river on a hot summer day is great but if you have to park two cars at two locations that's a $10 fee total. With the passport parking would be cheaper for the summer and make a summer-time-float more convenient.
The message here is that the County has many things to offer the residence of Sacramento County, but people don't take advantage of them because they are uninformed. To learn more about the County keep reading my blog and enjoy the place where you live and everything it has to offer.
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