North Sacramento, Sacramento, California

The area also has numerous community and civic organizations with the old city name (the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1923).

The retail life of the community relied substantially upon the road traffic of Del Paso Boulevard and El Camino Avenue (which carried U.S. Route 40 in the pre-freeway days) during its heyday as a separate city.

The North Sacramento Freeway was completed in the late 1950s, originally carrying U.S. 40 and renumbered in 1964 as Highway 160 (the portion west of Arden Way).

That final alteration in the law removed a substantial economic basis for shopping in North Sacramento, thus the beginning of its long decline.

For the next fifty five years, city funding would be provided to maintain popular old neighborhoods in the downtown and mid-town areas and to build infrastructure in emerging new communities, while North Sacramento was relegated to a position of forgotten status.

Also, because of the diverse population and large area covered, North Sacramento has suffered from an identity crisis.

Strawberry Manor is an old rural area historically known for African-American small farmers, sharecroppers, and farm workers.

In the 1960s and 1970s, modest single family homes were built on land known to regularly flood, and this housing became inhabited mainly by low-income persons of color.

[1] Several prominent Sacramentans live in Woodlake, including former state assemblyman and county supervisor Roger Dickinson, former City Councilman Rob Kerth, business leader Terry Sidie, and the Slobe family.

It is an established neighborhood with older homes with great character, mature oak trees, and oversized private lots.

Founding residents Nicholas and Henrietta Gosselink established the Hope Community Church on Ethan Way.

Linda Fowler, Twin Rivers Unified School District Board of Education Trustee resides in the neighborhood, as well as several small business owners and other professionals.

D.W. Babcock Elementary School has many successful alumni, including NFL star Donté Stallworth.

The neighborhood also has many rentals and historically has provided some of the city's most affordable housing, leading to a diverse working-class population.

Its boundaries are El Camino Avenue to the north, Arden Way to the south, Evergreen Street to the east, and Del Paso Boulevard to the North/West.

This neighborhood is walking distance to the Arden/Del Paso RT light rail station and adjacent bus stops.

There are many fast food chains and mom and pop shops on this boulevard and nearby El Camino Avenue.