MBDA, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce is an entrepreneurially focused organization committed to wealth creation in minority communities. The Agency's mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of large, medium and small minority business enterprises (MBEs). 

The Riverside MBDA BC provides procurement and finance assistance to MBEs in Riverside. Its primary objective is to assist MBEs by identifying opportunities for increased sales and revenues, securing financial capital needed to start or expand a business, resolving key operational issues hindering the success of the business, and providing business education and training on important business topics.

951.637.1460
6820 Airport Drive
Riverside, CA 92504
www.mbda.gov

Featuring Don Schjeldahl, Sierra Nevada Brewery

• Beyond Land, Labor & Location - New trends in what companies are looking for
• Locational Analysis I & II - What the client wants from the site selector

Details:

Thursday, July 19, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Mission Inn, Riverside

Cost: $35   Limited Seating - Register Now!
Register at:  http://tinyurl.com/riverforum1

Don brings 27 years of site selection experience to the forum from his time with The Austin Company. He recently started a new chapter at Sierra Nevada Brewery - he helped them find a site for their East Coast brewery, and then they hired him! In addition to site location expertise, Don has deep knowledge in issues related to sustainable management.

This event is sponsored by Riverside County EDA, City of Riverside and Riverside Public Utilities.

Bourns, Inc. was founded in 1947 by Marlan and Rosemary Bourns.  Gordon Bourns, son of the co-founders, is Chairman and CEO of Bourns Inc.  Gordon resides in Riverside and is a member of the Riverside Technology CEO Forum and Smart Riverside.  He is active throughout the community serving on many boards including the Riverside Police Foundation, the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns School of Engineering at UCR, the Visitors for Cal Baptist University, and the UCR Foundation.  He was selected by the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce as Citizen of the Year for 2012.

"Riverside is proud to recognize the significant efforts of Mr. Gordon Bourns in growing the family business in Riverside and providing leadership to our Universities and non-profits" said Mayor Loveridge.

More than sixty years ago co-founders Marlan and Rosemary Bourns set up shop in their tiny 384 square-foot garage in Altadena, California, a replica of which is housed at their Global Headquarters in Riverside. Their idea to provide a method of accurately determining an aircraft's pitch and attitude solved crucial problems for pilots. Their invention of the first miniature vane position potentiometers and linear motion potentiometers propelled their tiny business into a global corporation.  In 1952, Marlan Bourns patented the world's first miniature trimming potentiometer which he trademarked as the Trimpot®. (Read more...)

The City of Riverside's Office of Economic Development recently launched a new radio program - Explore Riverside Weekly.  The goal of the show is to bring attention to economic development issues in the community and discuss how they affect residents, jobs and our overall quality of life.

Hot topics for the new talk show include current economic development activity, business expansions, job creation, transportation projects, funding resources and much more. Exclusive guest interviews offer conversations with civic and business leaders that are shaping the City's future.  If you live or work in Riverside, Explore Riverside Weekly covers the issues that affect your life, highlighting topics important to your family, your community and your finances! (Read more...) 

Sincerely,

Scott C. Barber