Every Wednesday thru August 14, 2013
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Tune in to KTIE 590 every Saturday at
2:30 p.m. for the Explore Riverside radio show.
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Pick Power Breakfast
July 18
Nonprofits: Getting Your Supporters Involved
July 19
Good Hearted Leadership (SBDC)
August 6
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 City of Riverside, CA
Office of Economic Development News July 16, 2013
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Long-Awaited D-Dogs Restaurant Opens in Downtown Riverside
 Remodeling an 11,000 square foot 125 year-old-building that was a carriage-house-turned-pawn-shop is no easy task. Yet, answering the community's cry for more places to eat, drink and gather, Riversiders Darryl Hurt and Laurie Brower met that challenge with a focused vision and a lot of perseverance. Located at 3557 University Avenue (between Lemon and Orange Streets), D-Dogs describes itself as a fast-casual All American Cuisine restaurant and is hesitant to say that it is "just" a sports bar despite the 13 flat-screens. (Read more...)
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Riverside Entrepreneur Grey Frandsen Featured as 'New Cool Kid' by Huffington Post
His company, ieCrowd, kicked off their funding campaign on July 15 to raise money for testing Kick, a non-toxic, 24-hour patch to prevent mosquito bites.
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Grey Frandsen, ieCrowd
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The July 13, 2013 Huffington Post story, 'The New Cool Kids, Leaving Wall Street Behind', describes a changing of the guard as the corporate recruits are being replaced by the up-and-coming changemakers as 'the cool kids'. Author Amanda Slavin, CEO of CatalystCreativ, featured Riverside entrepreneur, Grey Frandsen, as the prime example of what defines a 'new cool kid'. She writes:
Grey Frandsen, a recent Catalyst Week attendee is a new cool kid to me. Self identified as an "organization builder," he and his partners created a platform called Innovation Economy Crowd (ieCrowd) allowing them to build new companies around innovations that solve global challenges powered by entrepreneurship. Here is the cool catch; (Read more...)
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Riverside Sports Commission Brings National Attention to Riverside
 The mission of the Riverside Sports Commission (RSC) is to market the city of Riverside as a premier destination for state, regional, national, and international sports events and to be the leading voice of the sports tourism industry in the Inland Empire - making Riverside a "Location of Choice" for sports activities. With Riverside being home to Southern California's premier Olympics-quality Aquatics Complex, as well as a soccer complex and college stadiums, Riverside has many summer and fall events for residents to enjoy. (Read more...) |
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Riverside is being recognized worldwide for its forward looking, cutting-edge approaches to economic development, education, sustainability and technology. Discover the possibilities within this City of Arts & Innovation.
Sincerely,
Scott C. Barber
City Manager
City of Riverside
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