Dollar Tree opens store in Suisun
Article Launched: 10/04/2008 07:30:19 AM PDT
The 7,820-square-foot store is in the Heritage Park Shopping Center, 250 Sunset Ave.
This year Dollar Tree will continue to add to its more than 3,500 stores, opening 39 stores in October alone, store officials said.
Headquartered in Chesapeake, Va., Dollar Tree is the nation's leading $1 discount variety store chain in 48 states. Dollar Tree offers brand-name and private-label basics.
For more information, visit www.dollartree.com.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Educator uses brains, not financial brawn to help venture capitalists
Sacramento Business Journal - October 6, 2008
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/06/tidbits1.html
Friday, October 3, 2008
Educator uses brains, not financial brawn to help venture capitalists
Sacramento Business Journal
Courtesy of Maidu Interpretive Center
The Maidu Interpretive Center in Roseville is expected to be completed in 2010.
Judy Kjelstrom, director of the Biotechnology Program at University of California Davis, circulated around the Sacramento Region Clean Energy Showcase Venture Expo on Sept. 26 wearing a name tag that said “Velocity Venture Capital.”
The university allows her to spend 20 percent of her time on personal projects, Kjelstrom said, and she spends some of it as an unpaid consultant for Velocity Venture Capital LLC of Folsom. She helps Velocity hunt around for biotechnology startups with good business potential.
Velocity general partner Jack Crawford Jr. approached her for help a couple of years ago when the venture capital company was just getting started.
“All they’re doing is using my brain to assess whether (a company has) good science,” Kjelstrom said. “Jack doesn’t know molecular biology like I do.”
Velocity invests $100,000 to $1 million in early-stage companies. Will Kjelstrom invest?
“I don’t have any money,” Kjelstrom said, laughing. “I sit around with these rich guys and look at these deals, but I don’t have any money.”
“My vision is (to help form) more companies so our graduate students can stay in the valley and there will be more jobs,” she said.
Kjelstrom said she didn’t find any good biotechnology-related prospects for Velocity at the conference.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Educator uses brains, not financial brawn to help venture capitalists
Sacramento Business Journal
Courtesy of Maidu Interpretive Center
The Maidu Interpretive Center in Roseville is expected to be completed in 2010.
Judy Kjelstrom, director of the Biotechnology Program at University of California Davis, circulated around the Sacramento Region Clean Energy Showcase Venture Expo on Sept. 26 wearing a name tag that said “Velocity Venture Capital.”
The university allows her to spend 20 percent of her time on personal projects, Kjelstrom said, and she spends some of it as an unpaid consultant for Velocity Venture Capital LLC of Folsom. She helps Velocity hunt around for biotechnology startups with good business potential.
Velocity general partner Jack Crawford Jr. approached her for help a couple of years ago when the venture capital company was just getting started.
“All they’re doing is using my brain to assess whether (a company has) good science,” Kjelstrom said. “Jack doesn’t know molecular biology like I do.”
Velocity invests $100,000 to $1 million in early-stage companies. Will Kjelstrom invest?
“I don’t have any money,” Kjelstrom said, laughing. “I sit around with these rich guys and look at these deals, but I don’t have any money.”
“My vision is (to help form) more companies so our graduate students can stay in the valley and there will be more jobs,” she said.
Kjelstrom said she didn’t find any good biotechnology-related prospects for Velocity at the conference.
All contents of this site © American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved.
Touro set to reveal latest plan for M.I.
Touro set to reveal latest plan for M.I.
University to give regular update presentation to Vallejo City Council
By JESSICA A. YORK/Times-Herald staff writer
Article Launched: 10/05/2008
Touro University will unveil the latest incarnation of its vision for northern Mare Island on Tuesday.
The conceptual land use presentation, scheduled for the regular Vallejo City Council meeting, is part of regular updates to the council on about 200 acres of proposed development.
The university received approval for its acquisition and development agreement for a state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research center, phase one of planned development, this summer.
City Planning Manager Don Hazen said Tuesday's informational presentation will be a sort of kickoff for the Mare Island project, although this will be about the third time Touro representatives have come before the council with their plans.
Touro spokesman Jim Mitchell said the most recent plans will likely not be the final ones and may need adjustment, much as the projects have undergone multiple times over the past year and a half.
"There will be some significant changes but I can't talk about that yet," Mitchell said of the most recent update. "We have a vision but it's growing."
Hazen said that city planning staff have not yet gone over the most recent modifications to the project area, and will have to do so after the presentation.
The second phase of the development project will likely include a university village, hotel, faculty and student housing, research and development space and retail areas, said Susan McCue, Vallejo economic development program manager.
"It's pretty typical, where a project developer would want to share where they are and where they're going," McCue said. "It's really an opportunity for the council and the community to learn from Touro what they plan for Project 2 land uses."
In other meeting items, the council will consider forming an ad hoc committee to review city boards and commission functions, at Councilwoman Joanne Schivley's request. Council members Hermie Sunga, Michael Wilson and Erin Hanningan have been appointed to the ad hoc committee.
IF YOU GO:
What: Vallejo City Council meeting
When: 7 p.m., Tuesday
When: City Council
Chambers, 555 Santa Clara St.
At Issue: Touro University's Project 2 plans
• E-mail Jessica A. York at jyork@thnewsnet.com or call 553-6834.
University to give regular update presentation to Vallejo City Council
By JESSICA A. YORK/Times-Herald staff writer
Article Launched: 10/05/2008
Touro University will unveil the latest incarnation of its vision for northern Mare Island on Tuesday.
The conceptual land use presentation, scheduled for the regular Vallejo City Council meeting, is part of regular updates to the council on about 200 acres of proposed development.
The university received approval for its acquisition and development agreement for a state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research center, phase one of planned development, this summer.
City Planning Manager Don Hazen said Tuesday's informational presentation will be a sort of kickoff for the Mare Island project, although this will be about the third time Touro representatives have come before the council with their plans.
Touro spokesman Jim Mitchell said the most recent plans will likely not be the final ones and may need adjustment, much as the projects have undergone multiple times over the past year and a half.
"There will be some significant changes but I can't talk about that yet," Mitchell said of the most recent update. "We have a vision but it's growing."
Hazen said that city planning staff have not yet gone over the most recent modifications to the project area, and will have to do so after the presentation.
The second phase of the development project will likely include a university village, hotel, faculty and student housing, research and development space and retail areas, said Susan McCue, Vallejo economic development program manager.
"It's pretty typical, where a project developer would want to share where they are and where they're going," McCue said. "It's really an opportunity for the council and the community to learn from Touro what they plan for Project 2 land uses."
In other meeting items, the council will consider forming an ad hoc committee to review city boards and commission functions, at Councilwoman Joanne Schivley's request. Council members Hermie Sunga, Michael Wilson and Erin Hanningan have been appointed to the ad hoc committee.
IF YOU GO:
What: Vallejo City Council meeting
When: 7 p.m., Tuesday
When: City Council
Chambers, 555 Santa Clara St.
At Issue: Touro University's Project 2 plans
• E-mail Jessica A. York at jyork@thnewsnet.com or call 553-6834.
Candy company energizes athletes
Candy company energizes athletes
By Cecil Conley | Daily Republic | October 03, 2008
Robert Swaigen, director of Marketing for Jelly Belly, stands in behind a package of the new "pink ribbon" packaged Sport Beans in honor of breast cancer awareness month. The Sport Beans are Jelly Belly product that delves into the sports nutrition market. The beans are intended to provide a quick energy boost to athletes. Photo by Chris Jordan
FAIRFIELD - Rob Swaigen was not sold on the idea in 2005 when Jelly Belly decided to venture into the sports nutrition market for the first time.
The idea of producing Sport Beans was hatched by Jelly Belly Chairman Herm Rowland. Although skeptical, Swaigen was not about to question it.
'It took some time for all of us to get on board,' said Swaigen, the company's director of marketing. '(Rowland) was a little ahead of his time. With his entrepreneurial mind, he's always looking for the next thing.'
The sports nutrition market was in its infancy at the time. Members of Jelly Belly's professional cycling team were relying on regular Jelly Belly beans as a convenient energy source during training and competitions. That's when Rowland decided the riders could use an energy bean.
And that's when Sport Beans were born.
'There was a need not being met in the market,' Swaigen said. 'That's what made us look at this. We thought there was something to it.'
Given the growth of the sports nutrition market in the past three years, Swaigen no longer has any doubts about Rowland's idea to give it a try.
Jelly Belly sells four flavors of Sports Beans -- lemon lime, orange, berry blue and fruit punch -- and two flavors of Extreme Sport Beans, watermelon and cherry. The watermelon and cherry beans are 'extreme' because a 1-ounce serving contains 50 milligrams of caffeine.
'That's like half a cup of brewed coffee,' Swaigen said.
The fruit punch Sport Beans will feature 'pink ribbon' packaging this month in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Jelly Belly will donate 5 percent of the sale of the beans in October to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The success of Sport Beans has made such an effort for a worthy cause possible. That success has not made company executives content, however.
See the complete story at the Daily Republic online.
By Cecil Conley | Daily Republic | October 03, 2008
Robert Swaigen, director of Marketing for Jelly Belly, stands in behind a package of the new "pink ribbon" packaged Sport Beans in honor of breast cancer awareness month. The Sport Beans are Jelly Belly product that delves into the sports nutrition market. The beans are intended to provide a quick energy boost to athletes. Photo by Chris Jordan
FAIRFIELD - Rob Swaigen was not sold on the idea in 2005 when Jelly Belly decided to venture into the sports nutrition market for the first time.
The idea of producing Sport Beans was hatched by Jelly Belly Chairman Herm Rowland. Although skeptical, Swaigen was not about to question it.
'It took some time for all of us to get on board,' said Swaigen, the company's director of marketing. '(Rowland) was a little ahead of his time. With his entrepreneurial mind, he's always looking for the next thing.'
The sports nutrition market was in its infancy at the time. Members of Jelly Belly's professional cycling team were relying on regular Jelly Belly beans as a convenient energy source during training and competitions. That's when Rowland decided the riders could use an energy bean.
And that's when Sport Beans were born.
'There was a need not being met in the market,' Swaigen said. 'That's what made us look at this. We thought there was something to it.'
Given the growth of the sports nutrition market in the past three years, Swaigen no longer has any doubts about Rowland's idea to give it a try.
Jelly Belly sells four flavors of Sports Beans -- lemon lime, orange, berry blue and fruit punch -- and two flavors of Extreme Sport Beans, watermelon and cherry. The watermelon and cherry beans are 'extreme' because a 1-ounce serving contains 50 milligrams of caffeine.
'That's like half a cup of brewed coffee,' Swaigen said.
The fruit punch Sport Beans will feature 'pink ribbon' packaging this month in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Jelly Belly will donate 5 percent of the sale of the beans in October to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The success of Sport Beans has made such an effort for a worthy cause possible. That success has not made company executives content, however.
See the complete story at the Daily Republic online.
'IMAX' to invade Fairfield theater complex
'IMAX' to invade Fairfield theater complex
By Cecil Conley | Daily Republic | October 03, 2008
FAIRFIELD - Coming soon to a theater near you will be a 'bigger, better' movie experience.
Regal Entertainment Group announced plans Friday to bring 'The IMAX Experience' to Edwards Theatres at Westfield Solano mall. Russ Nunley, the company's vice president of marketing and communications, said the IMAX theater is expected to open by the end of the year.
'Our design team and construction crew are working together to make it happen,' Nunley said in a telephone interview from Regal Entertainment Group's corporate offices in Knoxville, Tenn.
One 'auditorium,' as Nunley described it, in Edwards Theatres will be converted into 'The IMAX Experience.' A larger screen will be installed, and the seats will be moved closer to the screen 'to enhance the moviegoer's field of vision. The vision encompasses the auditorium.'
'The IMAX Experience' in Fairfield will be unique, Nunley said, because the theater will be among the first to use Regal's new digital projection system.
'It's a new format and it's picture perfect each and every time. With celluloid, over time it can have flaws,' Nunley said. 'Fairfield will be getting the latest, state-of-the-art technology.'
Regal's decision to bring 'The IMAX Experience' to Fairfield stemmed from the success of Edwards Theatres, which Nunley described as a 'terrific facility.'
See the complete story at the Daily Republic online.
By Cecil Conley | Daily Republic | October 03, 2008
FAIRFIELD - Coming soon to a theater near you will be a 'bigger, better' movie experience.
Regal Entertainment Group announced plans Friday to bring 'The IMAX Experience' to Edwards Theatres at Westfield Solano mall. Russ Nunley, the company's vice president of marketing and communications, said the IMAX theater is expected to open by the end of the year.
'Our design team and construction crew are working together to make it happen,' Nunley said in a telephone interview from Regal Entertainment Group's corporate offices in Knoxville, Tenn.
One 'auditorium,' as Nunley described it, in Edwards Theatres will be converted into 'The IMAX Experience.' A larger screen will be installed, and the seats will be moved closer to the screen 'to enhance the moviegoer's field of vision. The vision encompasses the auditorium.'
'The IMAX Experience' in Fairfield will be unique, Nunley said, because the theater will be among the first to use Regal's new digital projection system.
'It's a new format and it's picture perfect each and every time. With celluloid, over time it can have flaws,' Nunley said. 'Fairfield will be getting the latest, state-of-the-art technology.'
Regal's decision to bring 'The IMAX Experience' to Fairfield stemmed from the success of Edwards Theatres, which Nunley described as a 'terrific facility.'
See the complete story at the Daily Republic online.
Copart reports revenue increase
Copart reports revenue increase
Article Launched: 10/05/2008
Fairfield-based Copart Inc., the leading online remarketer of vehicles, saw double-digit increases in revenue and net income in its fourth quarter and the fiscal year that ended July 31.
The company reported quarterly revenue of $206.3 million, up $52.3 million, or 34 percent, compared with the same period a year ago. Net income was $40.8 million, up $4.1 million, or 11.1 percent, over the year-ago quarter.
Per-share earnings for the three months were 47 cents, compared with 40 cents last year.
For the 12 months ended July 31, revenue was $784.8 million, a 40 percent year-to-year increase. Net income was $156.9 million, a 15.1 percent gain.
Article Launched: 10/05/2008
Fairfield-based Copart Inc., the leading online remarketer of vehicles, saw double-digit increases in revenue and net income in its fourth quarter and the fiscal year that ended July 31.
The company reported quarterly revenue of $206.3 million, up $52.3 million, or 34 percent, compared with the same period a year ago. Net income was $40.8 million, up $4.1 million, or 11.1 percent, over the year-ago quarter.
Per-share earnings for the three months were 47 cents, compared with 40 cents last year.
For the 12 months ended July 31, revenue was $784.8 million, a 40 percent year-to-year increase. Net income was $156.9 million, a 15.1 percent gain.
Friday, October 3, 2008
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TEAM SELECTED FOR NEXT PHASE OF ROBERT MONDAVI INSTITUTE @ UC DAVIS
University of California, Davis
October 2, 2008
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TEAM SELECTED FOR NEXT PHASE OF ROBERT MONDAVI INSTITUTE
A team of architects, engineers and builders has been selected to design and construct the building that will house a teaching and research winery as well as a brewery and food science laboratory for the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis.
The newly selected team, chosen through a competitive bids process, includes BNB Norcal of San Mateo and Flad Architects of San Francisco; along with Gayner Engineering, KPW Structural Engineers,
Creegan+D'Angelo, Civil Engineers and HLA Landscape Architects. BNB
Norcal is a construction firm experienced in building wineries, breweries pilot plants and university facilities. Flad Architects specializes in planning and designing innovative facilities in the fields of academia, healthcare, and science and technology.
Design plans for the one-story, 32,000-square-foot building are to be submitted for approval to the UC regents in January. Construction is slated to begin in June 2009, with completion anticipated in July 2010.
This building will be located at the southwest corner of the new Robert Mondavi Institute's academic complex. On Oct. 10., UC Davis plans to host a public grand opening of the first three buildings in the complex, housing laboratories, offices and teaching facilities for the departments of Viticulture and Enology, and Food Science and Technology.
The new building will house the small-scale Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory, including a brewery and pilot food-processing plant for tomatoes, milk and other California food products. It will be designed to meet or exceed environmental specifications necessary for the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED-NC Gold Certification.
Funds for constructing and equipping the new building have been provided entirely by private donors, with lead gifts from the late Robert Mondavi for the Teaching and Research Winery and from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation for the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory. More than 150 individuals, alumni, corporate friends and foundations have contributed to the $16.5 million budget for this phase of construction. Fundraising continues for further equipping the facility.
Media contact(s):
* Clare Hasler , Robert Mondavi Institute, (530) 754-6349, cmhasler@ucdavis.edu
* Charles Bamforth, Food Science and Technology, (530) 752 9476, cwbamforth@ucdavis.edu
* Andrew Waterhouse, Viticulture and Enology, (530) 752-0381, alwaterhouse@ucdavis.edu
* Pat Bailey, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9843, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
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Davis, California 95616-8687
newsservice@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1930; Fax: (530) 752-4068
October 2, 2008
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TEAM SELECTED FOR NEXT PHASE OF ROBERT MONDAVI INSTITUTE
A team of architects, engineers and builders has been selected to design and construct the building that will house a teaching and research winery as well as a brewery and food science laboratory for the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis.
The newly selected team, chosen through a competitive bids process, includes BNB Norcal of San Mateo and Flad Architects of San Francisco; along with Gayner Engineering, KPW Structural Engineers,
Creegan+D'Angelo, Civil Engineers and HLA Landscape Architects. BNB
Norcal is a construction firm experienced in building wineries, breweries pilot plants and university facilities. Flad Architects specializes in planning and designing innovative facilities in the fields of academia, healthcare, and science and technology.
Design plans for the one-story, 32,000-square-foot building are to be submitted for approval to the UC regents in January. Construction is slated to begin in June 2009, with completion anticipated in July 2010.
This building will be located at the southwest corner of the new Robert Mondavi Institute's academic complex. On Oct. 10., UC Davis plans to host a public grand opening of the first three buildings in the complex, housing laboratories, offices and teaching facilities for the departments of Viticulture and Enology, and Food Science and Technology.
The new building will house the small-scale Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory, including a brewery and pilot food-processing plant for tomatoes, milk and other California food products. It will be designed to meet or exceed environmental specifications necessary for the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED-NC Gold Certification.
Funds for constructing and equipping the new building have been provided entirely by private donors, with lead gifts from the late Robert Mondavi for the Teaching and Research Winery and from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation for the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory. More than 150 individuals, alumni, corporate friends and foundations have contributed to the $16.5 million budget for this phase of construction. Fundraising continues for further equipping the facility.
Media contact(s):
* Clare Hasler , Robert Mondavi Institute, (530) 754-6349, cmhasler@ucdavis.edu
* Charles Bamforth, Food Science and Technology, (530) 752 9476, cwbamforth@ucdavis.edu
* Andrew Waterhouse, Viticulture and Enology, (530) 752-0381, alwaterhouse@ucdavis.edu
* Pat Bailey, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9843, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
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