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City of Rancho Cordova Participates in Building Safety Month

Building Codes: Driving Growth through Innovation, Resilience and Safety

Post Date:05/01/2017 8:38 AM

Each year, the City of Rancho Cordova participates in Building Safety Month (BSM) to help individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures. BSM is a campaign developed by the International Code Council, and this year 57,000 members will educate people worldwide during the month of May.

The City’s Building and Safety Division consists of certified building safety and fire prevention experts who inspect buildings and review construction plans to ensure the places where residents live, learn, work, and play are safe.

“We respond before the first responders," said City Building Official Joseph Cuffe. “Our job is really about public safety and ensuring that the structures we use every day do not pose risks to our health or safety.”

Rancho Cordova is in a unique position given the significant building and economic development occurring now and in the future. To spread awareness about opportunities in the building safety industry as well as the City’s Building and Safety Division’s role in ensuring the safety of new and existing buildings, the City of Rancho Cordova has planned various local BSM activities throughout the month of May.

This year’s BSM theme is focused on code officials’ role in community safety and economic growth. The City will be sharing building safety tips and resources throughout Building Safety Month on its Facebook page and at events to help inform the public of safety codes, permitting processes, and opportunities in the building safety field.

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Press Announcements

Media Contacts

Maria Chacon Kniestedt
Communications & Public Affairs Director
916.851.8791
916.200.6181 (cell)
mkniestedt@cityofranchocordova.org

Samantha Mott
Senior Communications Officer
916.851.8796
916.579.0671 (Cell)
smott@cityofranchocordova.org

Danielle Hale
Communications Officer
916.851.8792
916.809.0465 (cell)
dhale@cityofranchocordova.org

Lauren Burke
Communications Officer
916.851.8723
916.247.2587 (Cell)
lburke@cityofranchocordova.org

City of Rancho Cordova Opens $8.4M Youth Center

On November 3, 2022, the City of Rancho Cordova opened the Rancho Cordova Youth Center, the first youth center in the community. The Youth Center will provide a welcoming, central and safe environment for year-round youth programs, build relationships with local youth, and show local youth how much the community cares about their success and future in Rancho Cordova.

City of Rancho Cordova Breaks Ground on Citywide, Ultra-High-Speed Gigabit Broadband Network

On February 28, 2022, the City of Rancho Cordova, SiFi Networks and GigabitNow announced the launch of Rancho Cordova FiberCity®, a revolutionary infrastructure project to bring a fast, affordable, and reliable all-fiber internet network to every home, business, and institution in Rancho Cordova.

For more information, please contact Danielle Hale at 916.809.0465 or dhale@cityofranchocordova.org.

Mather Veterans Village Dedication Event

On October 12, 2021, Mercy Housing California, Nation’s Finest, the City of Rancho Cordova and the County of Sacramento celebrated the completion of all three phases of Mather Veterans Village, the first permanent supportive housing development for homeless and disabled veterans in the Sacramento region.

These documents are password protected. Please contact Danielle Hale at 916.809.0465 for access.

Crime Drops in Rancho Cordova by 61%

The City of Rancho Cordova is proud to announce that violent crime and property crime combined has decreased by 61% from 2004-2019 when adjusted for population. Since the city incorporated and established the Rancho Cordova Police Department 18 years ago, the city has implemented creative and proactive policing programs that have led to this significant drop.

Media Advisory about Crime Drop in Rancho Cordova
Fact Sheet on Programs
Speaker Bios from Crime Drop Announcement
B-Roll, Photos and Crime Statistics (This is password protected. Please contact Ashley Downton at 916.542.3875 for access.)
News Release: Crime Drops in Rancho Cordova by 61%

Rancho Cordova Breaks Ground on Rio Del Oro Development

Elliott Homes, Inc. and the City of Rancho Cordova are breaking ground on Rio Del Oro, the largest development in the city’s history. Rio Del Oro spans 3,800 acres in Rancho Cordova and could fit Downtown Sacramento in its footprint. The development will feature thousands of new homes, over 7.6 million square feet of commercial, professional and industrial space, one of the largest parks in the region at 130 acres, and the city’s next high school.

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