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This Week Construction Conference Sponsor: North Bay Business Journal Date: May 15, 7:30 – 11 a.m. Cost: $49, $510/table of 10 Place: Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park Info: NorthBayBusinessJournal.com Sustainable Design Community Workshops Sponsor: The Core Project Date: May 15, 1 – 2:15 p.m. & 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Cost: Free Place: 1000 Gravenstein Highway [...]

The deadline for nominations for the North Bay Business Journal’s 2013 Best Places to Work is Friday.

To nominate your company, use the online form at www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com.

North Bay events of interest to the business community

North Bay events of interest to the business community

SANTA ROSA — To help strengthen local business access to global markets, keep jobs at home and provide North Bay companies with information they can use to expand and facilitate foreign trade, the Sonoma County Economic Development Board and the U.S. Department of Commerce plan to co-host a first-of-its-kind export seminar in Petaluma on May 9.

In other import-export news, a proposed expansion of the existing Foreign Trade Zone No. 3 to encompass much of the North Bay has moved closer to completion.

North Bay events of interest to the business community

North Bay events of interest to the business community

North Bay events of interest to the business community

HEALDSBURG — Santa Rosa-based Climate Protection Campaign is hosting a forum this week for the local wine industry on the impact the proposed Sonoma Clean Power agency could have on their businesses.

North Bay events of interest to the business community

The Business Journal will present its 2013 Construction Conference, titled “North Bay Construction is Coming Back,” on Wednesday, May 15, at Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park.

The North Bay Business Journal will honor exceptional manufacturing companies in the North Bay for their success and innovation in a special publication inserted in the North Bay Business Journal and will be recognized at an awards celebration in July. Nomination deadline is Monday, April 29.

North Bay events of interest to the business community

Nominate a Facilities Manager for the Business Journal’s 2013 Facilities Managers Recognition Awards. Facilities managers are the people who keep companies and organizations functioning, and these awards recognize the contributions these talented people make to our organizations and the North Bay. Nominations close on April 19.

NORTH BAY — The Business Journal released the names of the winners of its seventh-annual Forty Under 40 awards today.

The winners, selected from more than 130 nominees, were chosen on the basis of their leadership in companies and organizations as well as their participation within the community across the North Bay.

These 2013 Forty Under 40 nominees, though not winners this year, have proven to be successful young professionals worth keeping an eye on.

The North Bay Business Journal will honor exceptional women in the North Bay for their success and contributions to the business community as leaders, innovators and visionaries at the 2013 Women in Business Awards Dinner Gala in June.

We are seeking nominations for this award among such industries as Accounting, Banking, Biotech, Construction, Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Government, Health Care, Hospitality & Tourism, Insurance, Law, Manufacturing, Media, Nonprofit, Professional Services, Real Estate (Commercial and/or Residential), Technology, Wealth Management, Wine and/or Spirits. Environment: Start-up, Small Business, Mid-sized Business and Large Enterprise.

The Business Journal will present its seventh annual Forty Under 40 Awards Reception on Tuesday, April 30, at Hyatt Vineyard Creek in Santa Rosa

The Business Journal requests your help in researching a new list of North Bay companies that provide website development and social media consulting services.

Companies in Marin County are optimistic about the region’s current business climate, eying expansion both locally and outside of Marin, according to a first-ever survey of Marin County businesses by Bank of Marin and North Bay Business Journal.