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Community in Action: Rancho Cordova Students Soar and Grow

Post Date:12/02/2025 1:46 PM

Rancho Cordova has long been known for its strong partnerships that uplift our community and enrich our local schools. That legacy continues today, as local businesses and volunteers work side by side with students to spark curiosity, support creativity, and help our campuses thrive.

The sky is the literal limit for a group of eighth grade students at Mills Middle School in Rancho Cordova. The students launched 100 rockets on campus last month in partnership with Solidgim, a company headquartered in Rancho Cordova that specializes in high-performance memory and storage solutions. Solidigm designs and manufactures products that power everything from data center to consumer electronics.

That spirit of innovation was on full display as rockets soared across the school’s field, with students cheering for their classmates’ creations.

Over at Cordova Meadows Elementary School, the community came together to give the school garden a fresh and new look, with the support and generosity of Lowe’s Home Improvement volunteers.

A team of seven volunteers — including Lowe’s associates and the parents of Principal Amber Fontaine — spent the day revitalizing the school garden by cleaning, sweeping, painting, staining the fence, and preparing the soil for new plants. Their hard work transformed the space into a welcoming outdoor area for students to enjoy.

The project was supported through Lowe’s Hometowns initiative, a nationwide effort to restore community spaces, which provided a grant for the improvements. In addition to their labor, volunteers donated nearly $4,000 in new tables, chairs, and benches.

With help from businesses and volunteers, the Rancho Cordova community continues to create inspiring spaces and opportunities for its students to learn, grow, and thrive.

Story and photo credit: Folsom Cordova Unified School District.

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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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