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New laws create benefit, flexible-purpose corporations
May 14th, 2012California for-profit businesses now can legally converge social responsibility and environmental awareness objectives with traditional economic and profit goals under two new forms of incorporation that became effective Jan. 1.
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People: Week of May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012Construction Carilile Macy, a Santa Rosa-based civil engineering, landscape architecture and surveying firm, has hired Christopher Brown as its finance manager. Health Care Chris Bandy, MD, FACS, has been named trauma medical director of Kaiser Permanente’s Vacaville Medical Center. Dr. Bandy joins Kaiser Permanente from Enloe Medical Center in Chico where he was a trauma and [...]
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Calendar: Week of May 7, 2012
May 14th, 2012Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week Habitat for Humanity – National Women Build Week Sponsor: Lowes and Habitat for Humanity Date: May 7-13, 7:30a.m.-2:00p.m. Cost: Free Place: Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Windsor Info: 707-578-7707 North Coast Business Exchange- [...]
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Calendar Week of May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week “Leveling the Playing Field” at the Schulz Museum Sponsor: Chas M Schulz Museum Date: May 14 Cost: $5 -$10 Place: Chas M Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane Info: 579-4452 2012 Construction [...]
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Leases: Week of May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012Commercial real estate leases in the north San Francisco Bay Area
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2012 Women in Business Dinner Gala registration ends June 22
May 11th, 2012Event: Thursday, June 28, 5:30-9 p.m., DoubleTree, Rohnert Park. At the 2012 gala, we honor the legacy of Peanuts creator and women’s athletics supporter Charles Schulz with keynote speaker Missy Park, founder of Title Nine clothing, remembering Title IX federal law that changed women’s sports forever.
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Assembly approves Casino in Rohnert Park
May 10th, 2012ROHNERT PARK — The California State Assembly today approved a pact between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that will allow for a Las Vegas-style casino on the outskirts of Rohnert Park, a move that all but assures construction will begin on the controversial project.
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Santa Rosa Chamber to move offices
May 10th, 2012SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce said today it plans to relocate its downtown offices to a business park in the west central area of the city this summer.
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Healdsburg wine company gets $2.5 million investment
May 10th, 2012HEALDSBURG — A San Francisco venture capitalist is investing $2.5 million in a 5-year-old wine producer, the company announced today.
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Three local stores part of Cost Plus purchase by Bed Bath & Beyond
May 9th, 2012Cost Plus Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) stores in Santa Rosa, Napa and Greenbrae are part of a $495 million cash deal announced today by the Oakland-based home accessories retailer to sell the operation to New Jersey-based Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY), which has stores in Santa Rosa, Larkspur and Vallejo.
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Sutter selects developer for Santa Rosa medical office building
May 9th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa today announced it selected Irvine-based Hammes Company to develop an on-campus, state-of-the-art medical office building as part of the new $284 million hospital just north of Santa Rosa.
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After Hours: Anova’s ACE of Hearts Pink & Red Ball
May 7th, 2012Feb. 11, 2012: Anova’s held its 3rd Annual ACE of Hearts Pink & Red Ball at the Friedman Event Center in Santa Rosa
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Report: Homebuilding to rebound after prices hit bottom in 2013
May 7th, 2012SONOMA COUNTY — Residential construction in the North Bay’s most populous county is projected to improve this year as prices for unsold homes finally hit bottom heading into 2013, but the pace of homebuilding going forward will be slower than before the economic recession and profits will be pinched harder, according to a new county government report.
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Food bank expects to open new building in January
May 7th, 2012SANTA ROSA — More than 100 representatives from many of the 149 nonprofit and faith-based agencies served by the Redwood Empire Food Bank were given an advance preview of the new headquarters building and food distribution hub on April 17.
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Marmot got RP building permits in eight days
May 7th, 2012ROHNERT PARK — High-end outdoor clothing and gear maker Marmot Mountain LLC wants to have its expansion to 58,000 square feet of office and light-manufacturing space in two vacant Rohnert Park buildings completed by summer, and thanks to a gamble by one of the new landlords and a fast-moving city permitting process, building permits for the bulk of the tenant improvements were approved in just eight calendar days.
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With state funding slimmer, SRJC’s Petaluma campus charts future
May 7th, 2012PETALUMA – The Sonoma County Junior College District is charting a future for its recently expanded Petaluma Campus, considering strategies at a time when reductions to state funding have stymied plans to increase enrollment and kept attendance hovering at about half the facility’s capacity.
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People: Week of May 7, 2012
May 7th, 2012Biotech Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. announced the appointment of Shalini Sharp as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, effective May 21. Ms. Sharp will be a member of the senior management team and will be responsible for leading the corporate finance function. Ms. Sharp joins Ultragenyx from Agenus Inc. (formerly Antigenics Inc.), [...]
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Leases and sales: Week of May 7, 2012
May 7th, 2012Commercial real estate leases in the north San Francisco Bay Area
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Psych hospital opening pushed to August
May 5th, 2012SANTA ROSA — The long-awaited opening of a 93-bed psychiatric hospital in Santa Rosa has been pushed back until August due to construction delays, according to the forthcoming hospital’s chief executive officer.
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May 15 event: Contractor rules, regulations and today’s projects
May 5th, 2012SANTA ROSA — State regulators are cracking down on contractors trying to cut corners on employment and licensing law to win jobs amid the steep contraction in the building industry in the past six years, while local governments increasingly have been actively looking for ways to speed projects that will revive the economy and tax base, according to experts set to speak at the Business Journal’s 2012 Construction Conference next week.
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