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Sonoma County retail: Pent-up demand driving a surge in leasing
March 14th, 2011Sonoma County retail real estate remained stable through 2010 and into 2011. The outlook for this year is relatively positive as more retailers come into the market and absorb vacancies.
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EDB releases Sonoma County city economic reports
March 2nd, 2011The Sonoma County Economic Development Board, in partnership with city councils and chambers of commerce, has released a new series of City Economic Reports for each of the nine incorporated areas in Sonoma County.
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Looking for the next Google, SSU, cluster set business plan contest
February 28th, 2011ROHNERT PARK – Polish up those bright ideas, budding entrepreneurs. The first business plan pageant is under way at the North Bay iHub and the winner could be the next Nick Sturiale.
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Commercial Real Estate: Brokers see better market in 2011
January 31st, 2011After being hit hard by the housing crash of 2006 and double-whammy of economic recession and financial markets collapse of 2008, more North Bay commercial real estate markets appeared to be coming off the bottom of the market in 2010 and headed toward stabilization in 2011, according to market experts.
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Personal News Network startup closes
January 19th, 2011ROHNERT PARK — PNN (Personal News Network), the first company to join the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster, closed its doors on Jan. 1, according to founder Lauren Elliott.
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American TonerServ shuts down
January 18th, 2011Publicly traded American TonerServ has ceased operations, according to Dec. 30 and Jan. 14 filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. American TonerServ executives were not available for comment.
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After Hours: Easter Seals Fall Festival
January 11th, 2011Oct. 25, 2010: A Fall Festival took place at the Easter Seals Rohnert Park office for the children in its Early Intervention Program and their families.
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Codding Steel plans second shift amid big revenue growth
December 20th, 2010ROHNERT PARK — Codding Steel Frame Solutions, a light-gauge metal stud panel manufacturer, has enjoyed strong revenue growth and is lining up projects next year that could double that growth and require a second shift.
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Looming tax deadline provokes scramble for solar
December 20th, 2010NORTH BAY – Solar installers are reeling under an avalanche of orders for commercial solar systems as the year draws to a close.
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Santa Rosa state fund office set for closure
December 9th, 2010California State Compensation Fund workers in Santa Rosa have been told office will be consolidated into the insurer’s Pleasanton facilities in 2012.
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State Farm to close operations in Rohnert Park; 450 jobs impacted
November 22nd, 2010ROHNERT PARK — State Farm Insurance Wednesday announced it will consolidate its 450-employee Rohnert Park operation and an 80-employee office in Fresno into its Bakersfield Operations Center as part of a statewide move that includes closing nine satellite offices.
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State Farm to close 450-employee Rohnert Park office
November 17th, 2010ROHNERT PARK — State Farm Insurance today announced it will consolidate its 450-employee Rohnert Park operation and one in Fresno into its Bakersfield Operations Center.
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SSU offering course series on ‘Sustainable Development,’ climate
September 20th, 2010ROHNERT PARK – Sonoma State University is launching a Sustainable Development and Climate Change Certificate Program in October through the School of Extended Education.
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Codding acquires former Los Robles Lodge property
September 14th, 2010SANTA ROSA — Rohnert Park-based Codding Enterprises acquired the former Los Robles Lodge just south of the Coddingtown mall in Santa Rosa in a short-sale transaction Sept. 9, and Codding is exploring redevelopment options such as multifamily homes, shops and a health club.
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Target will repurpose garden centers; impacts 5 of 9 North Bay stores
August 23rd, 2010NORTH BAY – Target Corp.’s decision to close all its gardening departments will include five of the nine stores in the North Bay.
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St. Bernard Software acquires Red Condor
August 4th, 2010ROHNERT PARK — St. Bernard Software, Inc. (OTCBB: SBSW), maker of Web security appliances, today announced the acquisition of substantially all assets of Red Condor Inc., provider of fully managed email security solutions.
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Minnesota family planning sites for Anytime Fitness
August 2nd, 2010ROHNERT PARK – Several members of a Minnesota building industry family are relocating to the North Bay to open four health clubs, starting in Rohnert Park.
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Planning commission recommends Sonoma Mountain Village approval
August 2nd, 2010ROHNERT PARK — The city Planning Commission recommended approval of the 175-acre Sonoma Mountain Village redevelopment at the former Agilent Technologies manufacturing campus in southeast Rohnert Park, a project that would accommodate 4,400 residents and as many temporary and permanent jobs as it’s built over one to two decades.
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Digital sign center OK’d
July 30th, 2010ROHNERT PARK – The Rohnert Park City Council approved Petaluma-based N2 Media to erect and operate a digital message center, which will expand and upgrade the existing Spreckels Center for the Performing Arts digital billboard along Highway 101.
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Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster, Wavepoint in partnership
July 15th, 2010ROHNERT PARK – The Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster has formed a strategic relationship with Wavepoint Ventures, it announced today. The venture will identify and support innovative startups throughout the North Bay region, according to SMBC Executive Director Michael Newell. Wavepoint, a venture capital firm with offices in El Dorado Hills and Menlo Park, manages seed-stage [...]
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