Josh Cohen, Chair of the East Bay EDA membership committee, and an attorney with Morgan Miller Blair, would like to welcome East Bay EDA's newest members: The San Ramon accounting firm Armanino McKenna; Miller Starr Regalia, a law firm based in Walnut Creek; Pacific Coast Container, Inc., a full service container freight station headquartered in Oakland, and the Walnut Creek office of Securitas Security Services, USA Inc., a global security services firm. We would like to welcome our new members to the organization, and encourage our long-standing members to introduce themselves at the next East Bay EDA event. The East Bay EDA participated in the TeamCalifornia booth at the BIO 2007 Exhibition, which featured the largest gathering of biotech exhibitors in history, with more than 1,900 companies and 60 domestic, country and regional pavilions representing every aspect of the biotechnology industry. Most of the Exhibition attendees came from the concurrent 2007 BIO International Convention, which drew a record 22,366 attendees, a nearly 15 percent increase from the previous year, with representatives from 48 states and 64 countries. One-third of attendees came from outside the United States. Innovators in biotechnology from around the world connected here with investors, executives, policy makers, government leaders, and journalists to discuss the boundless potential of biotechnology in health care, agriculture, energy, and industry. The East Bay EDA ended up with 28 leads for follow up. The 2008 BIO International Convention will be held Tuesday- Friday, June 17-20, 2008 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. The SEMICON West 2007 trade show will be held July 16th through 20th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The East Bay EDA will have its own booth and East Bay EDA public and affiliate members are welcome to participate in the booth at no fee. Just contact Keith Sutton, East Bay EDA Business Development Director, if you are interested in participating. Climate Change: What it Means to You: Best Practices for Businesses, Local Governments and Non-Profits, work session will be held from 2:00pm to 3:00pm, June 14 in the Hayward City Council Chambers.
Join the East Bay EDA, Contra Costa Council and Tri-Valley Business Council to hear a panel of experts discuss climate change and its implications for business, government and non-profits. Key topics: (1) an overview of existing and emerging regulatory issues; (2) strategies, tools and best practices to help your organization face climate change proactively rather than reactively. To register please contact Stephanie Brown, East Bay EDA, (510) 272-6843. Click here for more information. According to a survey released in May, the East Bay is the fourth leading “Nano Metro” location in the country, and San Jose and San Francisco rank first and second. The survey was conducted by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, an initiative jointly sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew charitable Trusts and displays the results graphically on a map of the US. This is an important early lead in a technology that, according to one source, will be incorporated into $2.6 trillion worth of manufactured goods by 2014. Just as with biofuels, another emerging industry in which the East Bay enjoys an early lead, it will be our local responsibility to figure out how best to take advantage of this opportunity. To read the survey results in full, click here to go to the Project on Emerging Technologies' website. On May 22nd the Northern California Trade Corridor Coalition met in Stockton to approve its work plan and review the status of the State’s allocation of the $2 billion trade corridor infrastructure bond program. Lead by the Bay Area Council, East Bay EDA is actively involved with this effort to bring together leading business from Northern California to support increased investment in the highway, freight rail, port and related trade infrastructure. As the East Bay is home to the Port of Oakland and the Bay Area’s principal goods movement corridors (I-80, I-880, and I-580) the work of the coalition is extremely important to East Bay EDA’s near and long term efforts to address the region's corridor congestion, which continues to impact goods movement and commercial freight. If you are interested in becoming involved with the Coalition, please download and complete the membership form, or contact East Bay EDA for more information. 2006-07 is proving to be a "banner year" for the issuance of Industrial Development Bonds (IDBs) in Alameda County. Only in 1988 were more IDBs issued in one fiscal year – a total of six. Five IDBs were also issued in FY 1988-89 and FY 1997-98. The Alameda County Industrial Development Authority will complete the final step in the PS Print IDB project issuance – adopting a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of a $3.65 million bond - on June 12th. The bond is scheduled to be sold on June 26th, 2007. PS Print, LLC is an online printing company located in Oakland. By the close of fiscal year 2006-07, five IDB projects will have been completed for a total of $17,075,000. This business investment will retain 548 jobs and is projected to create another 198, with a total impact of 1,168 jobs. A summary and listing of the IDB projects issued by the Industrial Development Authority of Alameda County is viewable by clicking here. On May 24th the East Bay EDA Officers appointed John Cullen, County Administrator, Contra Costa County; Paul O’Grady, Partner, Armanino McKenna LLP, and Layne Marceau, President, Northern CA Division, Shea Homes to the organization's Executive Committee.
Chairman Carson expressed his gratitude to each of the appointees who are taking the time to become involved with the leadership of the organization. The East Bay EDA Executive Committee oversees the development and implementation of the East Bay EDA Work Plan and represents the organization on many of its initiatives. For a full listing of the members please visit www.eastbayeda.org. East Bay EDA Executive Director Bruce Kern will be one of the featured speakers at The East Bay Business Times' upcoming Mid-Year Market Report , Seven Deadly Problems Facing East Bay Business. The event will be held June 21 from 8:00am - 10:00am at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center. The discussion will focus on the seven most serious problems facing East Bay business and the future of the East Bay's regional economy: infrastructure, transportation, work force, education, housing costs, environmental quality, and disaster preparedness. The distinguished panel will also include Sunne McPeak, CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund and Jim Wunderman, CEO, Bay Area Council.
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