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How community colleges aim to help California’s aspiring entrepreneurs in the new economy

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By: Ed Coghlan

April 18, 2019

As the gig economy grows, technical skills combined with an entrepreneurial mindset increasingly important

Study: Opportunity Zone-ready California could generate hundreds of millions in economic activity

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By: Ed Coghlan

April 18, 2019

New analysis shows not aligning state resources and tax laws could be a large missed opportunity

CA Fwd’s Mayer to become Senior Fellow; Weinberg to be CEO

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By: John Guenther

April 16, 2019

Bay Area Council Economic Institute President Micah Weinberg To Succeed Jim Mayer as CEO

California’s vast health care industry requires growing workforce pipeline

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By: John Guenther

April 15, 2019

Community colleges working on need for funding, faculty, employer engagement and more

A model for achieving housing goals takes shape in Sonoma County

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By: Nadine Ono

April 11, 2019

Santa Rosa, the County and employers advance plans for recovering homes lost in fires, dealing with larger housing crisis

VIDEO: How California business and nonprofits are adapting post-wildfires

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By: John Guenther

April 10, 2019

Disasters have become part of the new normal, but the lessons learned by the public and private sectors are invaluable

Sonoma County builds framework for resiliency after destructive wildfires

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By: Nadine Ono

April 10, 2019

Plan includes improving warning systems, retrofitting homes, and upgrading utility infrastructure

One Powerful Insight and Three Urgent Workforce Priorities

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By: Jim Mayer

April 4, 2019

How to transform workforce development to better serve the millions of Californians unemployed, underemployed or stuck in low-wage jobs

Change is happening in Fresno schools and the workplace

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By: Deb Nankivell

April 3, 2019

How project-based learning can build a stronger workforce better than the sage on the stage

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How community colleges aim to help California’s aspiring entrepreneurs in the new economy

Study: Opportunity Zone-ready California could generate hundreds of millions in economic activity

CA Fwd’s Mayer to become Senior Fellow; Weinberg to be CEO

California’s vast health care industry requires growing workforce pipeline

A model for achieving housing goals takes shape in Sonoma County

VIDEO: How California business and nonprofits are adapting post-wildfires

Sonoma County builds framework for resiliency after destructive wildfires

One Powerful Insight and Three Urgent Workforce Priorities

Change is happening in Fresno schools and the workplace

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