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	<title>North Bay Business Journal &#187; Green</title>
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		<title>At last, a lunch box that is green</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erin Urano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Wagner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing Update 2-6-2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Harris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL – Along with the flourishing food scene in the North Bay comes a sustainable way to tote and munch it. 
ECOlunchboxes – plastic-free stainless containers and cotton bags to carry them in – are a surprise bestseller in Whole Foods, Container Stores and retail outlets across the U.S. and abroad.

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		<title>Business news: Week of Jan. 16, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jared Huffman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Novato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raptor Pharmaceutical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renaissance House of Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solage Calistoga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cosmetics Assemblymember Jared Huffman will present his December Sustainable North Bay Award to Renaissance House of Beauty for its environmentally responsible products and business practices. In 2009, Renaissance became the first “green” certified hair and beauty salon in Marin County. For Renaissance, being green means being environmentally conscious about the products they use and retail, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto body chain installs $2 million in solar on three shops</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Petaluma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Santa Rosa-based G&#038;C AutoBody is spending $2.09 million installing photovoltaic power arrays on three of its seven locations to write off the whole project cost in one year under a special 2011 tax incentive for capital investments.]]></description>
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		<title>Vineyard pond project taps law to &#8216;dedicate&#8217; water to fish</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/44699/vineyard-pond-project-taps-little-used-water-transfer-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beckstoffer Vineyards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laws That Impact Business 11-28-2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOPLAND -- Conversions of former pear orchards in Mendocino County to grapevines is nothing new and construction of sizable off-stream ponds to collect winter stream runoff for spring vine frost protection is gaining momentum with new state and local rules, but one major North Coast winegrape grower's project to do both adds a new element, dedicating a majority of historical water rights back to the stream.]]></description>
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		<title>Business news: Week of Nov. 21, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calix]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marin General Hospital Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPM Mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian River Valley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Speedpro Imaging-Marin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taste Route 116]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brief news about north San Francisco Bay area companies: RPM Mortgage opens San Rafael branch; Speedpro Imaging-Marin starts vinyl banner recycling; Marin General Hospital Foundation raises $340,000 for Spine &#038; Brain Institute; Calix customer Vermont Telephone Company deplys optical network terminals; Russian River Valley wineries form tasting room network Taste Route 116]]></description>
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		<title>More than wine from these vines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Banke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peggy Furth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Barbara Banke, chairwoman of Jackson Family Wines, and Chalk Hill Winery co-founder Peggy Furth are launching WholeVine, intended to eventually become a charitable business developing products from as many of the parts of vine as possible with quality as premium as the winegrapes.]]></description>
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		<title>Sample some wines, charge the car</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/42334/winetasting-with-a-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Quackenbush, Special to the Business Journal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clif Family Winery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hall Wines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Inman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA – The Inman Family Winery is the first Sonoma County winery to install a privately-owned, publicly available, solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station.]]></description>
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		<title>Calpine plans $700 million Geysers expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/41748/calpine-plans-700-million-geysers-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Quackenbush, Special to the Business Journal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[expansion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Bay Business Journal 10-10-2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA COUNTY – Calpine Corporation, the nation’s largest renewable geothermal power producer, plans to build two new power plants adjacent to its existing Geysers steam field in Sonoma and Lake Counties designed to generate a total of 98 megawatts of additional clean energy, pending regulatory approvals.]]></description>
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		<title>Large RP solar array activated</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/41627/large-rp-solar-array-activated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROHNERT PARK -- Sonoma Mountain Village’s additional 1.158-megawatt solar system was dedicated Friday.
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		<title>Santa Rosa-based Ygrene leads $650 million green-retrofit effort</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40821/santa-rosa-based-ygrene-leads-650-million-green-retrofit-effort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40821/santa-rosa-based-ygrene-leads-650-million-green-retrofit-effort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Five years ago, co-founders of Santa Rosa-based Ygrene Energy Fund were trying to drum up local support for an innovative large-scale financing program to encourage real estate owners to embark upon energy-saving retrofit and renewable-power projects. And today Ygrene is leading a nationwide commercial property retrofit endeavor backed by a billionaire, a large investment bank, a high-tech manufacturer and two reinsurers and targeting $650 million in initial Sacramento- and Miami-area projects.]]></description>
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		<title>Custom builder expands shop for prefab, furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40316/design-builder-expansion-allows-prefab-furniture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Sebastopol-based custom homebuilder Fairweather &#038; Associates has set up a new 12,000-square-foot shop in Santa Rosa to help speed construction through prefabrication, allow greater use of reclaimed materials and launch a new furniture-making division.]]></description>
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		<title>Zap Jonway obtains new rounds of financing in China</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40317/zap-jonway-obtains-new-rounds-of-financing-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Zap Jonway last week announced two new rounds of credit financing from China Merchants Bank totaling $37.33 million for expansion plans in China as recent Securities &#038; Exchange Commission filings indicate a shakeup in its U.S. presence.]]></description>
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		<title>Benicia scores green auto operation</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40265/40265/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Patterson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randy Scott]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valero Energy Corp.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BENICIA –  City and county officials got a tour last week of Benicia’s first foray into green technology. Startup zero-emission car developer Coda Automotives of Santa Monica has inked a deal with long-time Benicia automotive processing company Amports Inc. to do the final assembly on its flagship zero-emission cars. Coda CEO Phil Murtaugh led a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marin Employment Connection lands $399,000 grant</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40228/marin-employment-connection-lands-399000-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL -- Marin Employment Connection, a public-private partnership powered by the Workforce Investment Board of Marin County, received a $399,000 grant to provide vocational training and certifications  in the green economy for 100 unemployed or underemployed workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Venture-backed LumiGrow moves to Novato</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- Backed by its first round of venture funding, LumiGrow Inc. relocated from San Francisco's Treasure Island to Novato to further develop its line of specially tuned LED grow lights for food science research and commercial greenhouses.]]></description>
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		<title>Frost-pond bill passes; regulators float frost-water rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legislature passed a bill by two North Coast state legislators that would streamline permitting of small irrigation ponds that could be tapped for frost prevention, rather than streams deemed habitat for protected fish. Meanwhile, state water regulators released the latest revision to a Russian River basin frost-water regulation more than three years in the making.]]></description>
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		<title>First third-party commercial PACE funding approved</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/40012/first-third-party-commercial-pace-funding-approved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROHNERT PARK -- Codding Enterprises, developer of Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park, said it received county of Sonoma approval for $1.6 million in funding for a second 1-megawatt solar electric array at the development, the first project funded under a new public-private model for clean-energy enhancements to commercial properties.]]></description>
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		<title>44-mile Napa Valley Vine Trail gets $2.5 million federal grant</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/39120/napa-vine-trail-gets-2-5-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- The Napa Valley Vine Trail, a 44-mile mixed use pedestrian and bicycle path currently under construction throughout Napa and Solano counties, received $2.5 million in federal funds last week from the U.S. Department of Transportation.]]></description>
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		<title>Enphase Energy powers toward $100 million IPO</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/39556/enphase-energy-powers-toward-100-million-ipo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Solar power technology startup Enphase Energy is preparing for what would be the North Bay's largest  initial public offering in years that could raise $100 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Frost-pond bill bound for governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legislature today passed a bill by two North Coast state legislators that would streamline permitting of small irrigation ponds that could be tapped for frost prevention, rather than streams deemed habitat for protected fish.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin Clean Energy signs 31-megawatt supply deal</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/39007/marin-clean-energy-signs-31-megawatt-supply-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/39007/marin-clean-energy-signs-31-megawatt-supply-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL -- Marin Clean Energy today said it signed a power purchase agreement with enXco for 31 megawatts of electricity from new photovoltaic solar generators in California, including a 1-megawatt solar carport facility to be built in Marin County.]]></description>
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		<title>AmCan project turns waste heat to power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMERICAN CANYON -- In addition to a large solar electricity plant planned to cover much of the closed 80-acre American Canyon landfill and an existing power plant there that uses captured methane from decomposing garbage, a new project will harness heat normally lost during combustion of landfill gas to generate up to an additional 1.5 megawatts of electricity.]]></description>
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		<title>North Bay recycled water projects to get $2 million more</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- North Bay Water Reuse Authority is on track to receive a $2 million state grant, as part of the San Francisco Bay Area Clean Water Agencies being awarded their full grant request of $30.1 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Altec Industries breaks ground on Dixon plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Quackenbush, Special to the Business Journal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIXON -- Altec Industries, Inc., an Alabama-based leading international equipment and service provider for electric utility, telecommunications and contractor markets -- including government and military -- has broken ground for a new 42,000-square-foot manufacturing plant adjacent to its existing West Coast service center at 1450 North First St. in Dixon.]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Rosa task force focuses on city processes, fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Quackenbush, Special to the Business Journal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The Planning and Permitting Study Group formed by the Mayor’s Economic Development Task Force has identified issues and practices in the city of Santa Rosa’s Community Development Department that it believes should be re-examined in an effort to streamline application and permitting processes to support Santa Rosa’s business stimulus efforts.]]></description>
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