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CEPCO Monday Report Monday, Nov. 24, 2008
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Spots open for renewable energy forum
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Industry leaders and experts in
education, government, economic and workforce development will discuss
opportunities and obstacles in the renewable energy industry  that will
increase the North State's competitive advantage for new business development and job creation. Accelerating the Renewable Energy Sector in the North State will take place Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Sierra Nevada Big Room and there will be nearly a full day worth of information and festivities.
For only $45, guests get a continental breakfast and lunch. Twelve speakers are booked and Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi has also been invited to speak.
For more information, click here.
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CEPCO fields dozens of resumes from tech workers and students at job fair
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CEPCO continues to show its drive to improve the area's tech company climate and Friday's gathering in the Sequoia Room at the Butte County One-Stop Employment Center allowed some people looking for work in the tech field to come meet local businesses and CEPCO.
Landacorp and Improvement Direct attended, as did Robert Strazzarino of College Scheduler, LLC.
Many attendees have recently finished an ASP.net course at Butte College, the first go-around for the course. Feedback will be considered to make it even better in the future.
If you are interested in previewing the resumes we collected, contact Leland at lee@wemanage.org.
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More info available about Jan. 15 Economic Forecast Conference
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Randall Kempner, VP for Regional Innovation at the Council on Competitiveness, will be the keynote speaker for the ninth-annual Tri-Counties Economic Forecast Conference. The festivities will take place from 8 a.m. to noon in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on the Chico State campus.
Other speakers include Dr. Robert Eyler, who is the chair of the economics department at Sonoma State in Rohnert Park. Dr. Eyler will focus on the North State's economy while a pair from the Center for Economic Development will focus on the local economy.
CSUC economics professor Dr. David Gallo and Dan Ripke, Director of the CED, will be the speakers for that portion.
Also, the Jan. 15 CEPCO Job Creation Committee meeting is cancelled so that members may be free to go to the conference.
You can register for the event by clicking this link and you can find other information by clicking here.
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Chico State ranks No. 2 nationally in having students travel abroad
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 Our local university has announced that it sends the second-most students in the country abroad for tours of at least one year, it was announced last week.
Chico State sent 191 students over 2006-07 and that ranked second only to Touro College in New York City. For more on this accomplishment, click here.
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Building at 6th & Main has a new name: The Morgan Stanley Building
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The bottom floor of 555 Main St. will have a new tenant, and that company will also have the building named after it.
It was announced Friday that Morgan Stanley, the global financial giant, agreed to a lease and will move its offices to the building that bears its name in an exclusive naming right.
"This shows companies are still moving forward," said The Group's Mike
Donnelly, who represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. "Despite these tough economic times, this is
a positive sign that stalwart companies like Morgan Stanley are confident about
the future."
The lease
was also handled by Property Manager John Miller of RSC
Associates and Attorney Timothy Ferris of Leverenz & Ferris Law Firm. Sally Shelton of the Group Real Estate
represented Morgan Stanley.
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Town and Gown Task Force is ready to work on connecting City and University
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The mission of CEPCO's Town and Gown Task Force is to advocate public
policies that will create partnerships to foster the formation and
growth to train the emerging workforce to meet the needs of existing
and emerging industries in the Chico region.
There are four initiatives that the task force will tackle and it all will commence with a meeting on Jan. 22, 2009 at 555 Main St., Suite 300 at 7:30 a.m. But CEPCO would love to get your ideas and feedback before then. If you have any ideas, concerns, questions or comments, forward them along to us with an email to Leland.
Steve Gonsalves of Nichols, Melburg and Rossetto will be the chair of the task force. Gonsalves is a former CEPCO Chairman. Frank Marinello is the current Chairman of the Board.
The CEPCO home site has more information on this new task force, and you can find that info by simply clicking here.
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CEPCO Job Creation Committee and City Technology Group have new blogs |
 In order to keep committee members abreast of the activity of the Job Creation Committee and Technology Group, we have developed a blog that will communicate the agendas and action notes from meetings. There is also an opportunity for members to comment on the topics of the agenda. Bob Linscheid (left) is the verbal artist of both blogs but he's always looking to hear from people in the community who are interested in new ideas.
Please feel free to provide input on the blogs via comment or by sending emails to Bob at bob@wemanage.org.
To visit the Tech Group blog, click here.
To visit the Job Creation blog, click here.
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CEPCO finds talent at CSUC job fair and has stacks of resumes you can review
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 Maybe it was the banner that attracted them. Whatever it was, it brought a slew of Chico State students to our table, all looking for jobs and internships.
CEPCO collected resumes and has a large stack in the office from the three job fairs in recent months. If you would like to review some of the resumes we collected, contact Leland by clicking here.
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Retail property has a new Web site devoted to it
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Mike Donnelly and The Group Real Estate have come up with a comprehensive new Web site that not only includes available properties, but also information about the local business climate and industry issues.
Take a look for yourself by clicking here.
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Come Home to Chico |
 Did you or do you know of anyone who has returned to Chico after graduating CSU, Chico and leaving the area? Did you or do you know of anyone who has come to Chico based on someone's positive description of the area?
CEPCO would like to know about you and what brought you "home to Chico." The Come Home to Chico Program is gathering information for our newly launched web site, which you can find by clicking here.
If you or someone you know has come home to Chico, please won't you take a moment to fill out and return the testimonial form? We'd love to include a picture of you in your profile too!
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This week's featured property |
 This week's featured property features a drive-thru restaurant in a Class A location in the Skypark Plaza shopping center, located at the corner of Skyway and Notre Dame Blvd. The building is right next to the entrance.
For more information on this property, you can call Mike Donnelly at The Group Real Estate at 530-828-0011. And if you want more information on all sorts of properties, take a look at chicoretail.com by clicking here.
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CEPCO gives thanks for renewals
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CEPCO would like to thank the following organizations for renewing their memberships: Robertson & Dominick, Inc. (Civil Engineering) Web site |
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Member to member specials |
If you would like to offer a member special here, please contact Leland Gordon at lee@wemanage.org |
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Committee meetings schedule |
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We have a lot going on here at CEPCO, as you can see below. Contact us at 895-1202 if you have any questions about upcoming meetings as well as their times and locations.
Meeting Dates, Times and Locations:
CEPCO Job Creation Committee
Thursday, Dec. 4 7:30 a.m. TBA
Butte County EDC Board
Monday, Dec. 8 3 p.m. TBA
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Please contact Leland Gordon at lee@wemanage.org if you have any questions or suggestions about the Monday Report.
Sincerely,
Leland Gordon, CEPCO | |
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Come Home to Chico wants your pics on there too! Of course we'd ask for a testimonial as well. All we want to hear is why you came home to Chico. Why is it a great place to live? Why is it a great place to work?