River District Rated One of Sacramento’s Best Performing Economic Engines
The River District is home to a variety of business interests including wholesale, retail, transportation, manufacturing, entertainment, and services. With these assets, it ranks as one of the City of Sacramento’s best performing economic engines, generating over $2.7 million in annual sales tax revenue.
Located among our established businesses are several businesses that have been ranked in Sacramento Business Journal’s Book of Lists including Blue Diamond Growers (Top Private Companies, Fastest Growing Companies), Schetter Electric (Top Electrical Contractors), Matriscope(Fastest Growing Companies) and Grove Investment Co. (Top Commercial Developers). Downtown Ford has long been the District’s top sales tax generator.
A number of businesses have a long history of conducting business in the area:
- Blue Diamond (since 1910)
- Capital Machine (since 1936)
- Sacramento Theatrical Lighting (since 1947)
- Schetter Electric (since 1957)
- Calvada Sales (since 1967)
- Downtown Ford (established in 1946, in The River District since 1975)
