Alchemist CDC Updates
USDA announces four year award, strengthening Sacramento community organizations in fight against food insecurity and inequality
USDA announces four year award, strengthening Sacramento community organizations in fight against food insecurity and inequality Federal dollars will help make Sacramento America’s Farm-to-EVERY-Fork Capital. October 14, Sacramento, California The USDA has announced...
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism
Dear Alchemist CDC Supporters, We join our community in grappling with the sadness, anger, and trauma associated with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, countless others and with the ongoing violent racism so prevalent in our society. Let us...
Alchemist Microenterprise Academy Begins June 3, 2019!
Alchemist CDC is beginning Alchemist Microenterprise Academy (AMA) on June 3, 2019! AMA is a 10-week business training course designed to make sense of the confusing aspects of starting a food business. AMA serves aspiring food entrepreneurs from low-income...
Alchemist CDC Awarded SMUD Shine Grant!
On February 21, 2019, SMUD announced that Alchemist CDC was one of twenty-one Shine Grant awardees. Alchemist CDC's application for the SMUD Shine Grant requested funding for the Pansy Community Garden Park project. SMUD received a wide range of applications and the...
Alchemist CDC and Oak Park Sol Merge!
We are very excited to announce that Alchemist Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Oak Park Sol will join forces to operate as one organization! This collaborative move will allow both organizations to provide deeper community impact in...
Alchemist CDC Awarded Promise Zone FIPO Grant!
Alchemist CDC is honored to announce we have been selected as recipients of the Promise Zone Financial Institutions Partnership Opportunity grant. The $137,500 grant was awarded to help develop our Alchemy Kitchen- Food Business Incubator project! We are excited to...
Join us at the new Valley-Mack Farmers Market!
Alchemist CDC is proud to be working with the Mack Road Partnership this year to manage the Valley-Mack Farmers Market. The Valley-Mack Farmers Market will open June 1st, 2018!! Time: Fridays, 9:30am-1:30pm Brand New Location: 6700 Mack Road, front parking lot of...
Help build the Pansy Avenue Garden and Community Space, and leave your mark for years to come!
Be a part of Oak Park’s future and history with your name on a personalized paver. To help pay for the transformation of a vacant lot in the Oak Park neighborhood to become an active and vibrant shared community space, we are asking you to buy a brick! These bricks...
Alchemist CDC and Oak Park Sol Present: Spring Forward
Alchemist CDC is teamed up with our good friends at Oak Park Sol for a spring fundraiser benefiting both organizations. Big thanks to everyone that helped make this event a success!