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December 2, 2011
 

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CVEP News

Good Morning,

It's been another busy and exciting week at the Rabobank Regional Business Center, here is a highlight of what is happening at CVEP.

Dinner for a Worthy Cause

This next Monday, December 5th, the 3rd Corner Wine Shop and Bistro in Palm Desert is hosting the First Annual Chef Celebration Dinner benefitting CVEP's Workforce Excellence Program "Pathways to Success". Chef Matt Smith from 3rd Corner appeared on KMIR this week and spoke about the event, click here to watch. The dinner will feature five popular local chefs preparing a five-course wine pairing tasting menu. Cost is $100 per person, for reservations call 760-837-9600 or click here for more information.

"Where the Jobs Are"

This week Bloomberg International News highlighted a story on Riverside County. Featured are Riverside County Supervisor John Tavaglione, and foreign direct investment examples from Japan and Canada. Calling Riverside County "one of the worst casualties of the recession," the story reports on the aggressive strategy by county officials to lure foreign investment bringing in billions of dollars from overseas and creating local jobs. Please click here to watch the 2 minute segment.

Clean Tech Opportunities 

Are you a small business that deals with clean technology? We would like to hear from you! The CViHub provides education, support, training, business assistance, and networking programs to contributing members and overseas operations of the small business incubator. This survey will assist the CViHub in identifying potential clients and members and to ascertain opportunities for assistance.  This survey should only take a few minutes to complete. Thank you for your participation. Your input is invaluable. Click here to take the survey.

Mark your Calendar - Upcoming Events  

 

CVEP Legislative Breakfast - We apologize for the inconvenience but due to schedule changes with our legislators we have had to postpone this event to early 2012.  More details to follow.     

 

FAFSA Fundraiser - February 10, 2012 

Tickets now available by clicking on link. 
Thanks for reading the CVEP Weekly News, have a great weekend!

Tom Flavin
President & CEO
Coachella Valley Economic Partnership 
 
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DID YOU KNOW?

CVEP has a very exciting announcement next week - come by our offices for the official announcement on Wednesday, December 7th at 11:00 a.m. to hear about the new addition to the Rabobank Regional Business Center.