North Bay Business Journal

Jill Kinney: Health clubs can play an even larger role in wellness

Jill Kinney, the founder and of Club One, Inc. and the managing director of Clubsource, began working in corporate wellness in 1979, for a Marin County cardiologist who she said decided to take a proactive approach to health, particularly executives. She was chief operating officer of Western Athletic Clubs for eight years before she started Club One.

Railroad Square project boosted by grant

A large mixed-use city-centered development planned at the site of the historic Santa Rosa Cannery has received a $1.5 million federal grant, a major boost to the project even though it has lost a health club as a potential tenant.

Conference to examine conditions needed to fuel local economic vitality

NORTH BAY — What will propel Sonoma County’s economy in the years ahead? How will the region compete in an increasingly global market for innovation, labor and products? What conditions need to be in place to support economic vitality?

These are the questions the Business Journal’s Oct. 19 Impact Sonoma conference aims to answer for the business community in these uncertain times.

Impact Sonoma Conference: The job creators tell their stories

NORTH BAY — At the Business Journal’s inaugural Impact Sonoma conference, business leaders in technology, services and clean tech will address what it takes and the conditions that are needed to spur innovation and create jobs and wealth to support their communities.

The event will be held Tuesday, Oct. 19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program runs from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $49 per person or $510 for a table of 10 and include continental breakfast. To register, contact Linda Perkins at 707-521-5264 or events@busjrnl.com by October 15, or go to www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com.

Impact Sonoma registration open until Oct. 15

Impact Sonoma Registration now open.
The Good News: The job creators tell their stories.
Hear from business leaders in technology, services and clean tech who know what it takes and the conditions that are needed to spur innovation and create jobs and wealth to support their communities.

A chance to jumpstart SMART project at Railroad Square

Imagine this proposal coming to your city’s leaders in today’s awful economic environment: Build a privately financed, state-of-the-art health club near downtown and adjacent to a rising heritage neighborhood with three stories of affordable senior housing on top.

Impossible?

Well, there is such a proposal surrounding Santa Rosa’s long-delayed Railroad Square SMART project. And it should be warmly and emphatically welcomed.

Fairgrounds market developer sees it as an ‘incubator’

SANTA ROSA – The Sonoma County Fair board is holding a public meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 on the plans for a permanent year-round public market at the fairgrounds inspired by Pike’s Place Market in Seattle, Wash.

Club One of Petaluma – 41,000 square feet devoted to fitness

The new Club One, located on a four-acre parcel of land at 1201 Redwood Way in Petaluma, expands the traditional definition of a full-service fitness center.  About 400 members and guests come each day to the club visible from Highway 101 near Old Redwood Highway. In addition to the fitness facilities, community organizations such as [...]

Projects to be honored for excellence, contributions to North Bay

NORTH BAY – The Business Journal will honor 11 North Bay real estate projects and the key industry players who made them possible at its fourth-annual 2009 Top Projects Awards reception on Dec. 10.

New Project Profiles: Club One at Petaluma, Meadows at Fountaingrove

Project profiles for Club One at Petaluma, Fairfield Inn & Suites in Sebastopol and Meadows at Fountaingrove in Santa Rosa.