Volume 9 / Issue 8
IVEDC's Weekly Update for Thursday, September 29, 2016
IVEDC Upcoming Events
SBDC Workshop in English "Steps to Start a Business"
October 5, 2016, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation Office, El Centro - New business owners and
Entrepreneurs are invited to attend this workshop. To register, please click HERE.
IVEDC
Investors
Diamo nd
SBDC Workshop in Spanish "Steps to Start a Business"
October 11, 2016, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation Office, El Centro - New business owners and
Entrepreneurs are invited to attend this workshop. To register, please click HERE.
PadreUSA Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Save the Date!
October 12, 2016, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Padre USA, El Centro - Come and Join for the Grand Opening Ceremony. For more, click HERE.
SBDC "Customer Service & Appreciation Workshop"
October 13, 2016, 9:00am-11:00am
Employment Development Department, El Centro - Come and learn about how to improve your business
customer service. Enhance your product or service learning techniques to fulfill your clients needs. For more
information about this workshop and registration, please click HERE.
Retirement Informative Session - Save the Date!
October 13, 2016, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - Join us for informative session on Multiple Employer Aggregation Program
(MEAP). Lunch will be provided. No registration cost for IVEDC investors. For more information and registration,
click HERE.
Imperial Mexicali Bi-National Alliance Meeting - Save the Date!
October 13, 2016, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Art Gallery of San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus - The 27th Meeting of this working group will
address infrastructure, transportation and economic development updates. To see full agenda click HERE, to
register please e-mail [email protected]
SBDC "Customer Service & Appreciation Workshop"
October 18, 2016, 9:00am - 11:00am
Holtville Civic Center, Holtville - Come and learn about how to improve your business customer service.
Enhance your product or service learning techniques to fulfill your clients needs. For more information about this
workshop and registration, please click HERE.
IVEDC Board of Directors Meeting- Save the Date!
October 20, 2016
12th IVEDC Annual Dinner
P latinum
KXO Radio
AM1230/FM107.5
Go ld
AT&T
California Manufacturing
Technology Consulting
(CMTC)
City of Brawley
City of El Centro
CRI Lighting Sales, Inc.
Development Design &
Engineering, Inc.
Pattern Energy Group
Southern California Gas
Company
Tenaska Solar Ventures,
LLC
November 17, 2016, 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Imperial Palms Hotel & Resort- For more information e-mail [email protected] or register HERE.
Community Events
Asm. Eduardo Garcia Invites Small Business Owners and Community to Small
Business Resource Fair
(El Centro) -Assemblymember is pleased to announce his office will be hosting a small business resource fair in
partnership with the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and the Imperial Valley
Economic Development Corporation.
The event will be held this Thursday, September 29th 2016 at the El Centro Old Post Office in El Centro.
The Director of GO-Biz, Panorea Avdis, will be making her inaugural visit to Imperial County and will be bringing
key members of the GO-Biz team, including the State Small Business Advocate Jesse Torres, Deputy Director
for International Affairs and Business Development Brian Peck will also be present.
"As Chair of the Assembly Jobs Committee, we have consistently asked GO-Biz about how effective state
programs are in serving the needs of low-income communities, especially those in hard to serve rural areas.
Events like the Small Business Resource Fair will assist local businesses, while also providing GO-Biz with an
opportunity to gain more understanding about their real world challenges."
The Small Business Resource Fair will included over twenty staffed resource tables to provide information on
how small businesses can gain access to capital, find local technical assistance, and compete for state
contracts.
In addition to the resource fair, local government and community representatives will have the opportunity to
present economic development projects to GO-biz and other Resource Partners, as well as speak one-on-one
with GO-Biz about their community priorities.
Other activities include a bi-national lunch with leaders from California and Mexico, ending with GO-Biz Director
Avdis visiting the Salton Sea to get a picture of the region's renewable energy and redevelopment opportunities.
IVEDC is proud to announce the launch of Imperial Valley Alive!
This is a quarterly magazine for newcomers, visitors and those who want to
rediscover all the region has to offer. From community festivals to cultural events to
world-class recreational activities, the magazine will showcase the vitality, spice and
fun that make the area a hidden gem. With engaging writing, captivating photography
and artful design, Imperial Valley Alive! will help readers make the most of the area
and connect them with the region's most interesting and intriguing people.
Silver
Agate, Inc.
CalEnergy Operating
Corporation
Controlled Thermal
Resources (US), Inc.
Conveyor Group
El Toro Export, LLC
First Capitol Consulting, Inc.
First Solar, Inc.
Hutchinson & Bloodgood,
LLP
Imperial Valley College
KROP AM 1300
Marriott Fairfield Inn &
Suites
Marriott TownePlace Suites
New Gold, Inc.
Pacificland International
Development, Inc.
Performance Mechanical
Contractors (PMC)
Rabobank, N.A.
Sanders, Inc.
Architecture/Engineering
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton, LLP
Smith-Kandal Insurance &
Real Estate
Tom Watson, Inc.
Br o nze
A & R Construction
Allied Waste Service
AmPac Tri-State CDC, Inc.
Bank of America Merrill
Lynch
Barrett's Biological
Surveys
Best Best & Krieger, LLP
Best Western Plus Main
Street Inn
Border Communities Capital
Company, LLC
Brawley Inn
Burgers and Beer
Castillo Construction Co.
Chula Vista Electric Co.
Citizens Energy Corporation
City of Calexico
City of Holtville
City of Imperial
Community Valley Bank
CoopersWest Insurance
Agency, LLC
Creative Alliance Group,
LLC
Development Management
Group, Inc.
Dudek
EnergySource, LLC
Enterprise Rent A Car
Farm Credit Services
First Foundation Bank
First Imperial Credit Union
Harris Road, LLC
Hensel Phelps
Heber Public Utility District
Holiday Inn Express
Calexico
Horton, Knox, Carter &
Foote, LLP
Imperial County Office of
Education
Imperial Printers
Imperial Valley Regional
Occupational Program
J.P. Witherow Roofing
The first edition of the full color magazines is now available. You can pick up a
complementary debut edition at IVEDC and convenient locations throughout the
Imperial Valley. Or, you can subscribe by sending your name and mailing address
[email protected]. For more information click HERE.
Oct Imperial Valley Sunny 5k
your friends, family or co-workers to a race. Help raise money for the local CASA (Court
08 Challenge
Appointed Special Advocates ) for Children of Imperial Valley. Enjoy a day filled with food,
activites and raffles. For more event information, please click HERE.
Oct Boys & Girls Clubs of Imperial Valley's Combo Auction
mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Imperial Valley is to enable all young people, especially
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those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. For
more information, click HERE.
Imperial Irrigation District's Monthly Publication:
Circuit
Click here to read the September 2016 edition.
Renewable Energy News
Tenaska's 2nd Solar Project in Imperial Valley Begins Commercial Operation
EL CENTRO, California - The 150-megawatt (MW) Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West, a new solar
plant near Seeley capable of powering 55,000 homes, is now fully operational. Southern California residents
and businesses will be able to take advantage of this renewable resource via the project's 25-year agreement
with San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E).
Tenaska Imperial West, located 14 miles west of El Centro on Interstate 8, consists of 1.8 million photovoltaic
panels. Construction began in November 2014. The project employed more than 800 construction workers at
peak, approximately 75 percent of whom were from Imperial County. Construction spending totaled more than
$20 million in local contracts and resulted in $2.8 million in local sales taxes. To read more, please click HERE.
CaliBaja Bi-National Mega Region Events Calendar:
Oct
07
Oct
07
Oct
20
Nov
3-1
XVIII Tijuana's EDC Golf Tournament- 3rd FIMHER GROUP CUP
Attention All CaliBaja Golfers!! Tijuana's Only Binational Golf Event. Good Food, Fun, Networking
and Great Prizes. For more information contact [email protected]
San Diego Manufacturing Day Breakfast. For more information click HERE.
BAJAMAK 2016. Tijuana, Mexico. Event free of Cost. For registration click HERE
Tijuana Innovadora 2017 "Tijuana Creativa" For more information, click HERE.
Company
John R. Benson Farms,
Inc.
Kruger Energy
Labor Ready
LiUNA! Local 1184
Landmark Consultants, Inc.
LR Sanders- Newmark
Grubb Knight Frank
Mesquite Regional Landfill
ML Energy Park, LLC
Motel 6- Brawley, CA
Mylo Janitorial Inc.
Nielsen Construction
California, Inc. Northwestern
Mutual
Oberon Fuels, Inc.
Pat Seay Real Estate
Petra Geotechnical, Inc.
Pioneers Memorial
Healthcare District
Pyramid Construction and
Aggregates, Inc.
Radco, Inc.
Ralph Road, LLC
Rancho Vista Properties,
LLC
San Diego & Imperial
SBDC
San Diego County Water
Authority
San Diego State
University - Imperial Valley
Campus
Southern California Border
Region Recycling Market
Development Zone Program
Southwest Security
Spectrum Advertising
Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
The Dahm Team Real
Estate Company, Inc.
The Holt Group
Thomas Topuzes &
Associates, LLC
Tyler Insurance Agency
UltraSystems
Environmental
URS, Inc.
Vacation Inn
Wells Fargo Business
Banking Group
YK America
Str ategic
P ar tner s
Brawley Community
Foundation
Cali Baja Bi-National
Mega-Region
California Business
Investment
Services - GO-Biz
California Association for
Local Economic
Development (CALED)
CleanTECH San Diego
California Manufacturing
Technology Consulting
(CMTC)
Coachella Valley Economic
Partnership
Export-Import Bank of US
Imperial County
Transportation Commission
(ICTC)
Imperial County Joint
Chambers
Imperial County Workforce
Development Board
Investor News
Allied Waste Service
IVEDC would like to thank Allied Waste Service for renewing as a Bronze Level Investor! Allied Waste Service is
dedicated to bring our community dependable solutions for your recycling and waste challenges. For more
information on this investor,please visit their website at www.republicservices.com
Marriot
IVEDC would like to thank Fairfield Inn and Towne Place Suites by Marriot in El Centro for renewing as a Silver
Level Investor! Marriot offers suite accommodations offering state-of-the-art facilities for swimming, work out and
rooms featuring high-tech AV equipment and high-speed Wi-Fi to facilitate productive presentations. For more
information on this investor,please visit their website at www.marriott.com
Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation
Imperial Regional
Alliance, Inc.
Imperial Valley Community
Foundation
San Diego Imperial District
Export Council
San Diego Regional EDC
Small Business
Development Center
Southern Low Desert
RC&D
Team California
USDA Rural Development