This week at the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership

July 22, 2011

Here is a glimpse of what is happening at CVEP.

CVEP in the News

This past Monday our CEO Tom Flavin made two appearances in the media. First, early Monday morning you may have heard Tom interviewed on The Morning Show with Steve Kelly on KPSI Newstalk 920AM, talking about issues relevant to CVEP and the business culture of the valley.

Tom was also interviewed as the Newsmaker on KPSP Local 2 on the Monday evening 6:00 segment. Tom was asked about the relationship with local businesses including CareFusion and their recent announcement of leaving the valley. Economic competitiveness was discussed as was overcoming the burden of the "Business Unfriendly" title that California has earned. Click here to watch entire interview .

CVEP on the Move

It's been an exciting week as we make our move over to the new Rabobank Regional Business Center. The big moving day is today and we should be ready for business on Monday. We look forward to showing you our new offices soon! The new address is 3111 East Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs

Economic Competitiveness

In another article related to CVEP's continued theme of Economic Competitiveness, The Desert Sun included the following article covering the recent announcement by CareFusion to leave Palm Springs. This article also mentions CVEP's plans of a Business Visitation program to visit businesses across the valley. This is something that the organization will be working closely with the cities to accomplish. To read the full article, please click here .

Mark your Calendar - Upcoming Events

July 26 - E-Commerce - The World of Online Sales

Webinar hosted by the Coachella Valley Women's Business center. Please click here for details.

Friday, October 21 - Coachella Valley 2011 Annual Economic Summit

More details to follow

Thanks for reading the CVEP Weekly Newsletter, have a great weekend.

Tom Flavin

President & CEO

Coachella Valley Economic Partnership

DID YOU KNOW

The City of Palm Springs announced earlier this week, WestJet Airlines will be expanding service to and from Palm Springs International Airport to Winnipeg, Canada as of December 2011. The airline already successfully serves the Palm Springs market from Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver.