2023 AWARDEES
La Esperanza
La Esperanza was founded in 1969 to serve the growing LatinX community “hope and pan dulce”. Over the years a Supermarket and Deli were added to provide some of the areas’ finest Mexican cuisine and fresh and unique products for home cooks
North Sacramento Land Company has been building community since it began as a family business in 1910. It provided the impetus for the California State Railroad Museum and has contributed to the Sacramento History Museum, Sacramento Valley Conservancy Land Trust, and many other cultural, social, and historic organizations.
Pucci's Pharmacy
For more than 90 years Pucci's Pharmacy has aided the underserved in our community. Opening in 1930, it provided low-cost or no cost medicines to the unhoused. In the 1980’s it was one of the few dispensaries serving people living with HIV.
The Firehouse Restaurant
The Firehouse Restaurant has established itself as a cultural icon in Sacramento. Founded in 1960, in an 1853 historic firehouse, its longstanding presence and reputation as a premier dining and drinking establishment have made it a recognizable symbol of the city’s culinary scene.
COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD
SACRAMENTO PIONEER ASSOCIATION
Sacramento Pioneer Association, formed in 1854, is a non-profit organization
dedicated to
preserving and promoting the history and heritage of Sacramento
and our early pioneers.
It’s collaborations with local museums, historical
societies, and educational institutions further
its mission
