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Downtown Revitalization
Economic Trends, Forecasts
Business Attraction
Visitor-Serving Campaigns
Commercial\Industrial
Miscellaneous
Statewide EDOs 
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento Valley
Surrounding Areas
University ED
Think Tanks, etc.
Business Media
vol. 003, nos. 007 Feb 18 - Feb 24, 2009

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Downtown & Neighborhoods
Sacramento Valley and Nearby Areas 
Chico takes steps to "take back d'town" (Chico ER

San Joaquin Valley and Nearby Areas
Stockton's favorite d'town office building (Stockton Record
Turlock discusses downtown future (Turlock Journal
)
Hanford retailers gather to talk about d'town (
Sentinel
Historic d'town Patterson building gets makeover (
Irrigator)


 
EconomicDevelopmentNotes 
Nominate your city or EDO for an EDA "Excellence" award (EDA)
Nominate your city for "Fast Company" award (Fast Company
Tree City USA honors Rocklin (Placer Herald
Oakley, Brentwood economic directors depart amicably (Press
Profile of San Joaquin Partnership CEO (Stockton Record)
Profile of San Joaquin Co. Farm Bureau leader (
Stockton Record
CALED: annual conference: 4/15-17/2009
CRA:
annual conference: 4/1-3/2009

Stimulus News
Yeah! California to get big chunk of stimulus (McClatchy News)
Chico economist says stimulus will help (
Chico ER)
How stimulus will help Tulare Co. (
Valley Voice)
Capitol region eyes at least $32 million in stimulus (Sac Biz Jrnl
Mariposa looks forward to stimulus (Mariposa Gazette)
Statement on stimulus for high-speed rail (
Business Wire)
Stimulus can boost municipal bond market (
Bloomberg)
Stimulus stokes "smart grid" battle (
NY Times, Bloomberg)
City-by-city stimulus list (
Stimulus Watch)

Jobs Listing
. Redevelopment Manager, Watsonville (CRA)
. Redevelopment Project Coordinator, Santa Cruz (CRA
. Redevelopment Services Manager, Oxnard (CalOPPS
. Redevelopment Contract Compliance, San Francisco (CRA)
. Community Development TA, San Francisco (CareerBuilder)
. Community Development Dir., Cathedral City (
CareerBuilder) 
 
  

 
 
Economic Trends, Forecasts 
Cities across nation hurt by retail d'turn (USA Today
Rancho Cordova assesses 2008, eyes 2009 (Grapevine)
Lincoln hits bumpy road (Sacramento Bee
Stockton lender sees recovery on horizon (Stockton Record)
Construction down in Chico, more of same in '09 (ER
Private sector's take on budget agreement (Chico ER)

 
 
 
 
Economic Development Plans 
Amador Co. updating General Plan (Ledger Dispatch
Sacramento region working as a team (Sacramento Union
Tulare Co. seeks new EZ designation (Valley Voice)
Woodland discusses "innovation park" (
Daily Democrat
Turlock updating its General Plan (Turlock Journal
 
 

 
Business Attraction, Retention 
Mervyns coming back? (Eastbay Express
Remodelling of Rancho Cordova Target begins (Grapevine)
Redding Trader Joes to open soon (
Searchlight
)
Loomis offers small business loans (
Loomis News)
Sacramento helps Honda dealership (Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento Saturn dealer concerned (Sacramento Bee
Patterson Super Wal-Mart officially on (Patterson Irrigator
Mom & pop grocery uses web-site (Siskiyou Daily News
Redding gives high priority to econ dev (Searchlight
Shasta Co. begins EIR for 700,000 sqft project (Searchlight
Who will fill vacancies, asks writer (Sacramento Bee
Restaurants save by buying in bulk (Sac Biz Jrnl
Fresno restaurants finding ways to survive (Fresno Bee)
Los Angeles trying to lure retailers, others (LA Times
San Joaquin Valley offering perks, too (Fresno Bee)
Elk Grove Wal-Mart limits hours (
Citizen)
 

 
 
Visitor-Serving Campaigns 
Cheer's Lillith (Bebe Neuwith) plays Redding (Red Bluff Daily
Lodi ponders ways to attract Amgen next year (News-Sentinel)
Lodi attends Los Angeles tourism show (
News-Sentinel)
Lodi sends trade mission to China (
Stockton Record
Amgen good to Visalia businesses (Times-Delta)  
Almost four million visit Yosemite (Sierra Star
Manteca hosts Senior Games (
Manteca Bulletin)
  


 
Commercial\Industrial Projects 
Commercial, Industrial
Stockton business park almost ready-to-go (Stockton Record)
Corning splits parcel to facilitate commerce (Observer)
BRAC facility underway at China Lake (
Ridgecrest News
 
Residential, mixed-use
Loomis discusses mixed-use project (Loomis News) 

  
 
 
Miscellaneous
Medical school at UC Merced a high priority (Merced Sun-Star
Colorado pokes California in the eye (Rocky Mountain News
)
Loggers rally in Redding (
Searchlight
Nestle working with McCloud residents (Siskiyou Daily News
Amador Co. sees link between census, funds (Ledger Dispatch
People beginning to warm up to Wal-Mart (Retail Wire
Corning to study code enforcement (Observer
Dam removal impacts on Siskiyou Co. analyzed (Daily News
Drought compounds farmworkers' hardships (New York Times
Don't overlook EITC, says columnist (LA Times)
Favor people, not cars, says Wired Magazine (WIRED)
Nat'l eyesores: abandoned rail cars (Wall Street Journal
Kings County tackles neighborhood blight (Hanford Sentinel)
A number of towns concerned about Wal-Mart (
Stockton Record)
 
Community "Third Place": Coffee Shops
Starbucks opens on CSU Fresno campus (Fresno Bee
McDonalds not threatened by Starbucks (Wall Street Journal
 
Internet Infrastructure, Access
Not much jobs created by rural broadband, say some (
NYT)
 
State of Cities, Counties
Budget agreement aids Chico, maybe says staff (ER
Elk Grove budget is a-okay (Elk Grove Citizen
Furloughs for Ripon police? (Manteca Bulletin)
Jackson eyes gaming money (Ledger Dispatch
Selma sales taxes lower than expected (Enterprise)
Bakersfield eyes pension costs (Bakersfield Californian
Los Banos' State of the City (Enterprise
Escalon reviews budget, hard choices imminent (Times
Manteca gets hit for $14 million (Manteca Bulletin)
 
Municipal bonds, insurance, etc.
Municipal bond reform might include consultants (NY Times)
MBIA splits its business (Bloomberg, WSJNY Times)
 
Agriculture: A Way of Life
Madera grower pursues perfect wine (Madera Tribune)
Price floor set for raisins (Fresno Bee
San Joaquin Co. losing ag lands? (Stockton Record
Composting doing well in Orland (Oroville MR)
Mariposa ag is up, says Census (
Mariposa Gazette)
 
Alternative and Traditional Energy
Stimulus includes tax credits for home solar (SF Chronicle
Obama's alt energy still finding its way (Washington Post
Selma concerned about Parlier power plant (Enterprise)
California bio-fuels firm is restructuring (Valley Voice
Solar farm for Tulare County (Valley Voicel

AsiaWatch: global customers, global competitors 
China projects 8% GDP growth in 2009 (
China Daily)
US urges China to buy treasuries (China Daily)  
India's industrial competitiveness rank slips (Times of India)
 
 
 
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