North Bay Business Journal

CORTE MADERA — After 17 years of making environmentally and health- conscious personal care products in Marin County, EO Products seriously considered the better economics of taking the 40-person company to the East Bay, but the manufacturer is choosing to stay in Marin after an opportunity arose to convert a former Industrial Light & Magic sound stage to a much larger production plant plus local and regional economic boosters and a state legislator jumped in to help navigate permit processes.

NORTH BAY – From around the North Bay, wealth advisers, businesses strategists and investment experts weighed in on economic opportunities and dangers in the current environment.

College of Marin has received a $106,500 workforce grant for its dental assistant program.

Small businesses are the heart of California’s economic growth. In 2006, the state had 718,220 small businesses, which represented 99.2 percent of the state’s employers. Locally, the Small Business Development Center at Santa Rosa Junior College is invested in the North Bay’s economic development and wants to be of service to you.

North Bay restaurateurs confirmed last week the definitive arrival of the recession in hospitality, and though some have joined the ever-lengthening list of eateries looking to sell, others are doing what they can do to embrace the change.