The Newsletter
November 2013
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Director's Message
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This month, our map of the month was created by Dave Armstrong which shows the veteran population as a percent of total population of the counties of California. Contact Dave at (530) 898-3864 for your research needs.
And, kicking off 2014,
-> 14th Annual Northstate Economic Forecast Conference, January 16, 2014. Details below.
Attention: Glenn County businesses may be eligible to receive a variety of services from the CED. See details below for applying with the Glenn County Human Resource Agency.
Dan Ripke
Director
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The Center for Economic Development is proud to announce that our Research Unit was instrumental in aiding 17 health centers in California receive new funding totaling $12,177,261 for FY 2014! The investments are awarded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services via the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of the funding is to improve access to comprehensive quality primary health care in communities of need. These communities are burdened with high poverty rates, homelessness, uninsured populations and low income households.
This national grant competition is highly competitive. The CED assisted in this effort by providing mapping and quality, local level data that helped our clients highlight the need in their communities. It was the ability of the CED to produce data at the local level that gave our clients' the edge they needed to submit their best application possible.
Our success rate for this round of funding was 81 percent. Out of all awardees in California, 36.2 percent were our clients. Out of all awardees nationwide, the CED helped 6.3 percent receive awards.
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Veteran Population as a Percent of Total Population of California
Click on the map below to see full-size
 Veteran population as a percentage of total population in California shows an interesting split between Northern and Southern California. Nearly all of the counties from the Sacramento MSA north to the Oregon boarder have greater than 8.5 percent of the veteran population having veteran status. Only Yolo and Colusa counties have a smaller percentage. South of Mariposa County, only three counties have 10.5 percent or greater of their population with veteran status (Inyo, Kings, and San Diego) while only two more have veteran status of 8.5 percent or greater (San Luis Obispo and Riverside). All ten of the California counties with veteran status above 13.5 percent (Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Plumas, Sierra, Lake, Amador, Calaveras, and Mariposa) are all in the northern half of the state and all have comparatively low population densities. Sierra County, with a total population of 2,723 has the highest percentage of veterans in the state at over 20 percent while Amador comes in second at just over 16 percent.
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Highlights from the October 15th Roundtable with Commissioner Sandoval
Many thanks to all who attended the October 15th Broadband Roundtable with Catherine Sandoval and Communications Director Ryan Dulin. 49 people representing 12 northern counties voiced a collective need and demand for access to better broadband in Northern California. The overarching theme that arose from this meeting is that Northern CA lacks broadband infrastructure, and, without infrastructure there can be no adoption. Therefore, in order to facilitate effective identification of exactly where broadband is not available and is needed, please:
1) Complete the Validation of Broadband Availability survey. 2) Facilitate the completion of a survey on behalf of those California neighbors who remain underserved, unserved, "in-between" and with special needs, especially those who don't have access to adequate broadband, or at all. 3) Distribute as widely as you possibly can---electronic version on websites, newsletters, etc., hard copies in public meeting places (libraries, chambers of commerce, community and senior centers, schools, etc.). As the surveys are returned to the CPUC, each address will be geo-coded and added as a data point to a new public feedback layer of the CA Interactive Broadband Map. Read MoreThis information will help determine what geographic areas qualify for broadband deployment funds based on demand (v. supply) and the lack of broadband, rather than advertised claims of broadband availability.
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14th Annual Northstate Economic Forecast Conference
"Healthy Time to Grow"
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The Center for Economic Development is proud to announce that the theme of the 14th Annual Northstate Economic Forecast Conference will be "Healthy Time to Grow." It will focus on health care as an emerging opportunity for economic growth in the North valley. The conference will examine our region's ability to leverage healthcare and other assets, as well as its various prescriptions for economic growth in the upcoming year.
The conference will take place on January 16, 2014 at the Gold Country Event center.
In addition to the main session, this year's conference will include:
- hot breakfast and lunch;
- afternoon break-out sessions;
- an appreciation reception for our sponsors;
- a networking reception; and
- a tradeshow.
Last year's conference recorded over 500 attendees. With that number increasing each year, this event has become an excellent networking opportunity on top of providing invaluable insight for businesses and organizations of all types.
Speakers this year include:
We are seeking both sponsorship and tradeshow exhibit participants for this exciting event. For information on sponsorship opportunities, click here. For information on tradeshow exhibits, click here. For information about the conference in general, click here. To register for the conference, click here.
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| CED staff have spent the past four months working with one Glenn County microenterprise and four potential start-ups. The business owners have significant ranges in their experience levels and the CED can tailor its services to fit the specific business's needs. Over the next two years, through a contract with the Glenn County Human Resource Agency, CED will continue to work with both existing and start-up companies to provide loan prep, competitive intelligence, marketing services, financial services, website services and social media utilization.
To receive these services an existing business or start-up must qualify as a microenterprise and be headquartered in Glenn County. A microenterprise is defined as having five or fewer employees and the owner must meet certain income qualifications. All interested entrepreneurs in Glenn County should contact Yassi Lam, Business Services Coordinator for Glenn County, at (530) 934-1494 or Michael Suplita.
For questions about other CED business services please contact Michael Suplita at msuplita@csuchico.edu or (530) 898-3855. |
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