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  • Lagunitas explores own wastewater plant

    February 6th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Lagunitas Brewing Co. wants to build its own process-wastewater treatment plant to handle the expected growth of its brewery in the next several years, and Petaluma and business leaders are exploring whether additional industrial wastewater treatment capacity is needed to accommodate current food and beverage companies as well as attract more.

  • SMART expects ‘at least’ two more contracts by summer

    February 6th, 2012

    Planners expect to award at least two more contracts for the construction of a commuter rail line between Sonoma and Marin counties by this summer, following the failure of an effort that could have repealed the 2008 sales tax measure that supports the project.

  • RepealSMART campaign submits ballot signatures

    January 27th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — Election officials in Sonoma County have completed an initial count of 5,471 signatures submitted today in support of a ballot measure to overturn the quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2008 to fund construction of a North Bay commuter rail project. Staff at the Marin County Registrar of Voters office will conduct an informal count on Monday. RepealSMART, the group spearheading the repeal, submitted the signatures hours before an end-of-the-day deadline and six months after their efforts officially began in August.

  • Business news: Week of Jan. 16, 2012

    January 16th, 2012

    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, [...]

  • Supervisors OK $84 million airport upgrade

    January 10th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an $84 million upgrade to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport that will enhance safety, add a new passenger terminal, provide longer runways and allow mid-sized commercial jets to land at the airport.

  • Sonoma County airport traffic up 9.8%

    January 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport was up by 1.2 percent in December compared to last year, while 2011 ridership overall increased nearly 10 percent from the year before, according to airport figures released today.

  • 2012 – The year of economic development

    January 2nd, 2012

    SONOMA COUNTY – Swiftly enacting a five-pronged strategic plan and partnering with existing economic development efforts will be some of the hallmarks of Sonoma County’s Building Economic Success Together or BEST group in 2012, said the organization’s newly appointed Executive Director Carolyn Stark.

  • Sonoma County moves closer to smokeless

    December 19th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — The first provisions of Sonoma County’s smoke-free law went into effect in early December, a move viewed by proponents as both a critical step in making the county healthier as well as a relatively rare achievement for a county.

  • Santa Rosa to test same-day tenant-improvement plan check

    December 19th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — As part of a wide-ranging review of zoning and permitting policies to spur business growth, the city of Santa Rosa plans to try same-day permitting for simple commercial tenant improvements, possibly shortening a process that can take weeks.

  • People: Week of Dec. 12, 2011

    December 12th, 2011

    Banking and Finance Summit State Bank  hired Britt Cooper as its senior vice president branch relationship manager. Mr. Cooper has 28 years of banking experience in Sonoma County. He has been a branch manager and commercial banker, both with the vice president title. He has his Master’s Degree in organizational development and human resources from [...]

  • Horizon traffic eases slightly in November, but up 10.6% for year

    December 7th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — More than 17,300 passengers flew in and out of Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in November, fewer than October but slightly above last year’s total, representing a 0.3 percent gain over the year, according to figures released this morning.

  • DeTurk Round Barn: Painstaking historic restoration with high-tech, too

    December 5th, 2011

    Since the $2.5 million adaptive-reuse painstaking transformation a 120-year-old historic horse stable into a high-tech community center was completed in March, DeTurk Round Barn in west Santa Rosa has accommodated weddings and receptions, birthday parties, business and group meetings, workshops and special events almost once a week, and a number of holiday parties are lined up through the end of this year.

  • Survey shows enduring voter support for SMART

    November 23rd, 2011

    A majority of voters in Marin and Sonoma counties said they would oppose the repeal of Measure Q, the sales tax measure funding the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit project, according to poll results released today by the North Bay Leadership Council. Critics say that the level of support has fallen since 2008.

  • Napa County planning $76 million health and human services project

    November 21st, 2011

    NAPA –Napa County is moving along its plan to renovate the aging Health and Human Services Agency Department, a $76 million project that will rebuild the Old Sonoma Road campus with phased development over a span of 20 years.

  • County to spend $82 million on Marin Commons building

    November 15th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — The Marin County Board of Supervisors today approved an $81.9 million plan to purchase a 328,000-square-foot mostly vacant office building and renovate up to 110,000 square feet over the next three years to accommodate a new county Emergency Operations Facility.

  • Deadline approaches for Napa’s $38 million downtown plan

    November 7th, 2011

    Napa residents have until Friday to send in their comments on the city’s draft Downtown Napa Specific Plan, a comprehensive document that will coordinate development in the area over the course of two decades.

  • 18,700 use Horizon, up 5.6% in October

    November 3rd, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Traffic at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport grew by 5.6 percent in October from September, with more than 18,700 passengers flying in and out of Santa Rosa on Horizon Air.

  • Santa Rosa chamber names executive director for BEST jobs effort

    November 1st, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce today announced the appointment of Carolyn Stark as executive director of the Building Economic Success Together program, a countywide economic development organization created to spur job growth while making Sonoma County more economically competitive.

  • Lenders, legal experts caught off-guard in fed’s crackdown on pot dispensaries

    October 31st, 2011

    NORTH BAY — As the federal government moves to disrupt or disband medicinal marijuana dispensaries across Northern California — many of which operate legally according to state laws — an unlikely target has been thrust into the cross hairs of the sticky legal battle: banks and lenders.

  • Job creation effort ‘transitioning from campaigning to execution’

    October 24th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — After winning approval from the Santa Rosa City Council, a countywide job creation effort headed by the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce received positive feedback from the cities of Sonoma and Healdsburg as it closed in on its $3.25 million fundraising goal.

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