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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The North Shore Business Association will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
The group meets for breakfast at 7 a.m. at Judy's Junction, 375 Highway 20, Upper Lake, with the meeting running from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
This month's speaker is Christopher Taliaferro from the Employment Development Department.
Taliaferro is the veterans outreach coordinator, in charge of job placement for returning soldiers. He facilitates their needs and skills assessments and also conducts outreach to businesses to help place vets in jobs.
NSBA members have been busy this new year with art shows, fundraisers and great music. They are looking for members to chair different activities during the year to showcase local businesses.
Come share ideas on improving businesses, catch up on local information and continue your lifetime of learning.
For more information visit www.northshorebusinessassociation.com .
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Merchants Association (MAMA) will hold its monthly meeting and mixer on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
The meeting will be held at 8 a.m. Please note, this month's meeting location has been changed to the Middletown Senior Center in the New Middletown Community Center on Calistoga Street.
This month's mixer will be a joint meeting with the Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH).
The mixer will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be sponsored by AAA. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and the featured speaker will be County Supervisor Jim Comstock, who will present his quarterly update.
This is an important meeting designed to get acquainted and explore the common interests of the MAMA and MATH Groups. The mixer will also be held at the new Middletown Senior Center.
MAMA members, don't forget to bring a door prize and have the opportunity to talk about your business.
As always, all meetings and mixers are open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend this important meeting.
For more information contact Gary Graves at
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SACRAMENTO – The Governor’s Office for Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) will hold an advanced Manufacturing Summit at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 27.
The summit will be led by Gov. Jerry Brown’s Senior Jobs Advisor Mike Rossi and will convene key stakeholders from education, industry, research and the state’s iHub innovation network.
The summit is a response to President Obama’s state of the union call for an expansion of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) with the opening of new Institutes of Manufacturing (IMI).
This summit will be a coordination of stakeholders to craft California’s proposal to compete for new manufacturing institutes.
“As the No. 1 state for manufacturing jobs and output in the nation, California will lead the next generation of advanced manufacturing in America,” said Mike Rossi, senior jobs advisor to Governor Brown. “We heard the president’s call and California will respond.”
Representatives for the summit include the following so far:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Sandia (Livermore) National Laboratory
- NASA Ames
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
- The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence
- California Manufacturers & Technology Association
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- California Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- University of Southern California
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- California State University, Chico
- San Jose State University
- Bay Area Council
- Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
- East Bay Economic Development Alliance
- RapidTech
- Orange County iHub
- Innovation for Green Advanced Transportation Excellence iHub
- Sacramento iHub
- San Diego iHub
- Innovate North State iHub
- San Jose/Silicon Valley iHub
- Coachella Valley iHub
- Cal Valley Tech iHub (CVBI)
- North Bay iHub
- San Francisco iHub
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) serves as California’s single point of contact for economic development and job creation efforts.
GO-Biz offers a range of services to business owners including: attraction, retention and expansion services, site selection, permit streamlining, clearing of regulatory hurdles, small business assistance, international trade development, assistance with state government, and much more.
For more information visit: www.business.ca.gov .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – SERVPRO franchisees in the Lakeport area announce Servpro Industries Inc., the cleanup and restoration franchise company, has been named No. 1 in the cleanup and restoration industry for the 10th consecutive year.
The company also placed in the top 10 overall of the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 rankings for the third year in a row.
“Everyone at SERVPRO is proud to be associated with a Brand that consistently tops the rankings in our industry,” said Rick Isaacson, executive vice president of Servpro Industries Inc. “Our local teams know they are part of a larger team of franchise professionals who consistently and professionally – across the board – deliver world class service to our customers.”
In addition to providing fire and water cleanup, restoration and repair services, SERVPRO restoration professionals also offer large loss, national storm response, mold remediation and other property maintenance and restoration services to both home and business owners in the Lakeport area.
“Our franchisees never lose sight of the fact that our customers are ordinary people who are dealing with extraordinary situations,” added Isaacson. “The goal of every SERVPRO franchisee is to help our clients return their homes, businesses and lives to normal as quickly as possible, with as little stress as possible. This year’s recognition proves again, the SERVPRO Franchise System is delivering on that promise.”
For more information visit www.servpro.com .