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IN PROGRESS ONLINE
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Office of Economic Development, Placer County, California
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Vol. 9, No. 8
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August 2008
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Ÿ Area Supermarkets Add PlacerGrown Stands
Ÿ ‘Raising
Monet for the Arts’ Event Benefits North Tahoe Arts
Ÿ Rocklin Chamber of Commerce to Host Annual ‘Hot
Chili and Cool Cars’
Ÿ City of
Roseville Grants Total $725,000, Support 34 Agencies
Ÿ Squaw
Valley’s Pinnacle Real Estate Merges with Chase International
Ÿ Rocklin
Recognized as One of Nation's 10 Best Towns for Families
Ÿ Placer
County Winery to Help Fight Breast Cancer
Ÿ New Auburn
Bakery Rolls Out Desserts, Gift Boutique
Ÿ Sierra
College Offers Class in Basics of Supply Chain Management
Ÿ Placer
County’s Bus Systems Set Passenger Records for Fiscal Year
Ÿ Anatolian
Table Set in Rocklin, Turkish Cuisine & Patisserie
Ÿ What’s in Your E-Mail Newsletter
Area
Supermarkets Add PlacerGrown Stands
Enjoying locally cultivated
fruit recently got even more convenient. Auburn’s
Bel Air supermarket has installed a PlacerGrown “fruit stand” loaded with wooden crates of
peaches, nectarines and plums. The Lincoln Raley’s
also sports a PlacerGrown stand, and displays will be
arriving soon at the Raley’s in Loomis and Auburn, said Amy
Johnston, Raley’s communications specialist. “We
support local products whenever possible,” Johnston said. The mix of stone fruits comes
from Twin Peaks Orchard in Newcastle,
a family farm since 1912, now run by Sheila and Raul Enriquez. Their 85 acres
produce peaches, plums, nectarines, pluots, Asian
pears, and persimmons. Twin Peaks Orchard’s produce is a staple at farmers’
markets in Auburn, Lincoln,
Colfax, and Reno.
For more, visit the Auburn Journal at
http://www.auburnjournal.com/detail/88302.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=Area+supermarkets+add+PlacerGrown+fruit+stand&search_filter_mode=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=stories&town_id=6
Twin Peaks Orchard at http://www.twinpeaksent.com/back.htm
or PlacerGrown at
http://www.placergrown.org/
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‘Raising
Monet for the Arts’ Event Benefits North Tahoe Arts
North Tahoe Arts (NTA)
invites art lovers to refresh and renew their art collections at its fourth
annual art sale and silent auction fundraiser, Raising Monet for the Arts,
August 29 - September 22 at the art center in Tahoe City.
Inventory will include new and gently used art of all types donated by North Tahoe artists and art collectors. The art can be
purchased outright at any time at the estimated market value or bid on over a
three-week period. All proceeds help North Tahoe Arts fulfill its mission of
supporting the arts throughout the North Tahoe and Truckee
communities. NTA activities include monthly art center exhibits, Tahoe ARTour, ARTisan Shop, ART in
Public Places, and YouthART Camp. For more, visit
North Tahoe Arts at http://www.northtahoearts.com/raising_monet.php
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Rocklin
Chamber of Commerce to Host Annual ‘Hot Chili and Cool Cars’
Plans for the 15th
Annual Hot Chili and Cool Cars event, September 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., are
shifting into high gear. Hosted by the Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce, the
event will feature a chili cook-off, classic car contest, vendors, live
entertainment, crafts, and kids’ activities.
“Hot Chili and Cool Cars has many exciting additions
to look forward to this year, including new sponsorship opportunities,” said
Amber Tillery, chair of the event and owner of Tillery Family Insurance. “We offer a sponsorship package
that includes a business booth for not much more than the price of the booth
alone. Plus, we've got a few more surprise enhancements up our sleeve so that
this year’s event can be the best yet." For details about sponsorships,
volunteering, or entering a car or chili in the event, visit Rocklin Area
Chamber of Commerce at http://www.rocklinchamber.com/
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City of Roseville Grants Total $725,000, Support 34 Agencies
Every year the city of Roseville allots
thousands of dollars worth of funding to be distributed among a variety of
nonprofit organizations and schools to improve the quality of life for
citizens. This year, $725,000 was granted to 34 agencies with funding from
three sources: the Citizens Benefit Fund, the Roseville Auto Mall Community
Fund, and Roseville Employees Annual Charitable Hearts Fund. Among grant
recipients are: A Touch of Understanding (towards hands-on disability
programs for county students), The Gathering Inn (providing housing for
homeless people within south Placer County hosting churches), Roseville Home
Start, Inc. (transitioning homeless families into affordable and permanent
housing), Roseville Parks and Recreation Department (for a universally
accessible playground at Mahany Park), and the Child
Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County. For details, visit the Roseville Press
Tribune at http://www.rosevillept.com/detail/88390.html
or the City of Roseville
at http://www.roseville.ca.us/citymanager/grants/
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Pinnacle Real
Estate Merges with Chase International
Squaw
Valley’s Pinnacle Real
Estate recently joined forces with Chase International. The Squaw Valley office will now operate under the name and
brand of Chase International, increasing Chase’s number of Reno-Tahoe offices
to eight. Pinnacle founders Jeff Hamilton and Bill Murphy are now partners in
ownership of the Tahoe City, Truckee, and Squaw Valley
offices with Chase’s Trinkie Watson. Joining Hamilton
and Murphy at Chase is Tamara McKinney. Hamilton
and McKinney
are both Olympians and World Champions (Speed Skiing and Alpine respectively).
Murphy has been visiting and skiing Lake Tahoe
since the 1960s and is an avid skier. The trio brings a combined 50 years of
real estate experience to Chase. Chase International represents homes at all
price levels, and currently has one of the top five most expensive properties
listed in the nation - a Lake Tahoe
property for $100 million. For more visit Luxury Real Estate at http://www.luxuryrealestate.com/scripts/index.php?siteScript=siteNews&cat=MemberPress&ID=1486
or
Chase International at http://www.chaseinternational.com/
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Rocklin Recognized as One of Nation's 10 Best Towns
for Families
Rocklin – a city sometimes
overshadowed by its bigger sibling, Roseville
– has something to crow about these days. The August issue of Family Circle magazine
names Rocklin one of the country's 10 Best Towns for Families. The national
magazine used New York
research firm OnBoard to
look at 1,850 cities with populations between 15,000 and 150,000 and an average
annual income of $65,000. Using family-friendly criteria that included cost of
living, availability of jobs, and quality of schools, the list was whittled
down to 800 cities, which were ranked according to their states. The
highest-rated communities in the top 10 states were named the winners. Family
Circle also considered how environmentally friendly the cities are. Rocklin
was the first city in California
to participate in Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s ClimateSmart
program. By paying an additional amount for its monthly gas and electricity
usage, the city helps fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In
2006, Rocklin also installed solar panels at the Police Department
headquarters, reducing energy costs by 40 percent. For details, visit the Sacramento Bee at http://www.sacbee.com/placer/story/1085655.html
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Placer County Winery to Help Fight Breast Cancer
When people talk of wine in the
Sierra foothills, they usually mention the wineries and vineyards of Amador,
Calaveras, and El Dorado
counties. Jim Taylor, his wife Lynda, and their son Ryan, of Mt. Vernon Winery
in Auburn, aim to add Placer
County to that list, and they’ve
enrolled the help of an energetic and admired ally, Dr. Ernie Bodai, director of breast surgical services at Sacramento’s Kaiser
Permanente Medical
Center. Bodai is the sparkplug behind the U.S. Postal Service’s
rainbow-hued breast-cancer stamp, of which 600 million have been sold over the
past eight years, raising $50 million for research into the causes and cures
for breast cancer. This fall, that stamp will become a wine label appearing on
about 2,000 cases of a Mt.
Vernon red table wine
selling for $23 a bottle. The Taylors
are proposing that 12.5 percent of sales of the wine would go toward breast
cancer research. If the wine label is approved in time, the wine would be
released in October. For more, visit the Sacramento
Bee at http://www.sacwineregion.com/109/story/591.html
or Mt. Vernon Winery at http://mtvernonwinery.com/ or
Placer County Wine & Grape Association at http://www.placerwineandgrape.org/
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New Auburn Bakery Rolls Out Desserts,
Gift Boutique
Opened in April, Petunia’s
Bakery, owned by Auburn resident Rachel Brandin, combines traditional baked favorites and desserts
with a gift boutique. Cheesecake bites with fresh fruit, eight kinds of
cookies, cupcakes, dessert platters for parties, and a variety of cakes - all are made fresh on site. “The German chocolate cake has been a top
seller,” Brandin said. “Another is the
triple-chocolate-raspberry cake. Brandin’s favorite
is the lemon mousse cake, and her three children like the ooey-gooey
brownies, she said. The boutique has a baby section, housewares,
lotions, cake plates, and other gifts. Brandin and
her husband, Greg, had been planning the business for two years before opening.
After acquiring space at 510
Auburn Ravine Rd., they did a complete remodel of
it. Response to the venture have been great, she said.
“We’ve been slammed. It has been wonderful. I’ve just gotten incredible
feedback.” For more, visit the Auburn Journal
at http://www.auburnjournal.com/detail/88908.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=Petunia%27s+Bakery&search_filter_mode=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=6
or Petunia’s Bakery at
http://www.petuniasbakery.com/
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Sierra College Offers Class in Basics of Supply Chain Management
From September 9 to October 16,
Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m., Sierra College
is offering a class in the Basics of Supply Chain Management at its Roseville
Gateway Campus. The class covers basic concepts in managing the complete flow
of materials in a supply chain - from internal and external
suppliers to and from an organization. The course instructor has 24 years of
industry experience. Participants receive a Certificate of Completion after
successfully completing the course. Fee for the class is $550 plus books. To
register, contact Carol Pepper-Kittredge at (916) 781-6288 or cpepper-kittredge@sierracolege.edu.
For details about Sierra’s training and development classes, visit Sierra College
at http://www.sierracollegetraining.com/training.php
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Placer
County’s Bus systems Set Passenger Records in Fiscal Year
Placer County’s two bus systems attracted record numbers of
passengers during the 2007-08 fiscal year. Placer County
Transit (PCT) has passed the 300,000 mark for the first time, with 317,783
passengers on its fixed routes for the fiscal year ended June 30. That’s a 15
percent increase over the previous year. PTC provides fixed-route and
dial-a-ride bus service to western Placer County Mondays through Saturdays. PCT
also operates Placer Commuter Express, a weekday bus service that takes
commuters from western Placer to downtown Sacramento
and back. It had 56,068 riders in 2006-07, a 39 percent increase from the
previous year. Tahoe Area Regional Transit exceeded 400,000 passengers for the
first time last year, ending the year with a total of 433,628 riders, a 19
percent increase from the previous year. For details, go to Placer County
at http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Works/Transit/TART.aspx
or
http://www.placer.ca.gov/News/2008/July/PlacerTransitRidershipUp.aspx
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Anatolian Table Set in Rocklin, Turkish Cuisine &
Patisserie
To Turks, it's pide. To Italians and Americans, it's pizza.
Pizza is all over the area’s landscape these days; pide,
not so much. But that changed about a year ago with the opening of
Anatolian Table Restaurant in Rocklin. Anatolian serves a large selection of
Turkish dishes - hot and cold appetizers, kebabs (including adana
kebab, prepared with spicy ground lamb), sigara
boregi (pan-fried phyllo
dough stuffed with feta cheese), mercimek (red
lentil soup), and several fish and poultry selections. “Diners are greeted with
a plate of hot rustic bread and a gentle hummus glistening with an exceptional
olive oil, “noted one food critic. Anatolian bills itself as patisserie as well
as restaurant; trays of traditional Turkish pastries in and on a display case
along the exhibition kitchen emphasize that point. Owners Ertugrul
and Tugce Hazar make their
own yogurt, breads, and pastries. The restaurant is located in Blue Oaks
Marketplace at 6815 Lonetree Blvd. For details,
visit Anatolian Table at http://www.anatoliantable.com/index.html
or the Sacramento
Bee at
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/dining/archives/009153.html
or Sacramento
magazine at
http://www.sacmag.com/media/Sacramento-Magazine/January-2008/Small-Bite/
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What’s in
Your E-Mail Newsletter?
In Progress Online (IPOL),
our monthly economic development e-mail newsletter,
covers the latest news on Placer
County business and
industry, agriculture, tourism, and the arts. It reports on new projects in our
cities and towns and keeps readers up to date on the state of the region’s
economy. IPOL posts news of state and local training, incentives, and loan
programs that benefit business. It provides links to more information on each
item. News about your business is always welcome. Please send items, questions,
comments, or suggestions to the Office of Economic Development at econdev@placer.ca.gov
or visit the OED Web site at http://www.placer.ca.gov/CEO/EconDev.aspx
For past In Progress Online newsletters, go to
Placer County Biz News at http://www.placer.ca.gov/CEO/Econdev/business%20news.aspx