Its image set, MarketPlace looks ahead - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Visitors entering see abundant evidencethat they've arrivee somewhere other than an unrelated collection of shopping centersd and offices, a place to ignore whilre whizzing by at rush hour. Yet that'es what the area around Sunrise Mall used tobe -- businessesz with little in common except location. But the Sunrisee MarketPlace businessimprovement district, which ends its debu t five-year term next month, has changed the way shopperzs and merchants treat the area arouncd Sunrise Boulevard near Madison Avenue and Greenbacik Lane.
The 500 businesses have gelleed into a single districy with acommon name, marketing and The concept worked well enoug h that in January Sunrisse MarketPlace will begin its second five-year term, havingb won an overwhelming vote for renewal in June from its propertgy owners and the Citrus Heights City Council. "(Neighbors and actually know what the SunriseMarketPlace is," said Gloriz Wright, the district's marketing committee chairwoma and property manager for Inter-Ca l Real Estate, which has four retail centerzs in the district. "We've overcomes people thinking it is Sunrised Mall or Marketplace at she said. "They get it.
I think the name recognition happeneed much quicker than I thought it The merchants have voted to increasedtheir self-imposed tax, growing the annua assessment from $500,000 this year to $630,000 in 2005, followed by smallert increases in later years. The district also enlarge its boundaries, added three shopping and expanded its board to 13 voting memberxsfrom 10. Coming up: more outreach, practical educationj for districtbusiness owners, and finding a permanent home for the Sacramentl Capitals pro tennis team. Improvinb the neighborhood and creating a brand occupiedr the firstfive years.
Accomplishments included median improvements, street a map guide that listaindividual businesses, and a discount card good at more than 70 businessez in the district. There's also that unifier voice. "It's just more effective to go to the city and theyknow they'rde talking to 500 businesses," said Kathilynn executive director of the district. In October, the Sunrise MarketPlace boardc chose its goals for the next five The district wants to educate its businesses by holding seminars on such topicsas workers' compensation, the Americanx with Disabilities Act and sexual harassment.
It'll work on findiny a permanent home in the district forthe Capitals, whicy currently plays its short season in a temporary stadiuk in a mall parking lot. The district plansx to better promote and improvesthe little-known weekly farmers markegt near Sears, keep reaching out to businesses, and freshenb if not replace the holiday Fine-tuning to be done includes working with the city to pick up trasbh more often and working with Sacramento Regiona l Transit District to get new bus shelters.
The a significant partner in helping to launch the district and get grants for thepublic improvements, hopesz Sunrise MarketPlace will work to recruit new tenants and keep its existinvg ones, said Rhonda Sherman, Citrus Heightws economic development director. Sunrisr MarketPlace also needs to continue to promoteits attractions, she said. "They've really created a senss of place," Sherman said. Sunriser MarketPlace is a one-of-a-kind "gatherinhg of centers," said John Lambeth, a localp attorney and consultant who helps form business improvement includingthis one. Sunrise MarketPlacee was about "place making," he said.
Befor the district formed, "there is no there there." Karen general manager and vice presidentof Macy's at Sunriss Mall, has seen a sensee of pride and ownership in the district amonvg the 400 people who work at her store, plus the employeew of other businesses in the district. That feeling didn'tg exist when she routinely visited the Sunrisse storeas Macy's regional merchandisd manager years ago, she said.

Wichita businesses utilize Twitter for free marketing and customer connections - Wichita Business Journal:

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Residents of 250 Douglas Place, the residential portion of the Garvey were meeting up at the pool or at the penthouser lounge to mingle seemingly without any advancedsnotice — no flyers on the wall, no mass e-mails, no chaimn of phone calls. Weber, the Garvey Centef general manager, asked a tenant how all of thiswas . Weber went to the Twittert Web site and started hisown page, making him a membe r of a social networking scene that includeds hundreds of Wichita businesses, business leaders, news outlets, includingb the , and everyday Joes. “k believe social networking is a medium that is something we need to embracse withinthe workplace,” Weber says.
Twitter givex users a text box to enter messagesof 140-characters or less calledr Tweets. The messages can be personal — Weberr posted last month he was watching the NCAA Nationaol Championshipgame — or professional. Those who elecrt to “follow,” or read his Tweets, can stay up on Weber’s business ventures or what’s goint on in the Garvey Center throughoutthe day. “From a business standpoint, our apartments have a very stronvgcommunity alliance,” he says. “You’ll see severalo of them on Twitter.
” advised during its rebrandinb efforts to start its Twitter page soonerthan “What social networking does is allows you to communicats directly with those customerx that are important to you. They can find you, and you can find It’s a chance to communicate personal, meaningful information,” says Lathio De Silva, communications managefr at SHS. “That’s when Twitter becams an important media forGo Wichita, becauss we knew we could help them find people who coulsd help them promote Wichita. It sort of spreads the marketinh burden.
” Go Wichita, the former Greater Wichita Conventiohn andVisitors Bureau, wants to reach out to people who migh t be talking about going to Wichita on othe people’s Twitter pages, says Ken Vandruff, director of communications and “We want to follow those kinds of conversations, so that we can add to that he says. Ryan Cole, presidenf and CEO of the R Companies, says he’s not so much interestefd in business but the people makinghit happen. “People want to do business with people that they like and areinterested in,” Cole “I think this is insight to seeing a littlde more of the humanistic side of our businessx associates and clients in the community.
” Steve and Stephanie owners of , use the restaurant’s Twitter page to interactg with customers. Stephanie invited followers toa Mother’s Day bruncuh and tells them about daily specials at the When she wanted help building a new Eatomn Web site, she asked followerxs if they knew of anyone. She got 300 “It works fantastic for me,” she says. “I t gets me to know my customera better and find a newcustomefr base. It allows me to promote my restaurantt andmy menu.
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Simon dTOUR has two Atlanta stops - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The tour hits Mall of Georgiw on Aug. 7 from 1 p.m. to 7 with School Boy Humor headlining. Then on Aug. 9, the tour comees to Discover Mills from noon to 6 with JimmyRobbins headlining. The musical line-upo for the tour also includesPush Play, Young Love, Cash Cash, Shwayze, The Cab, and Foreved the Sickest Kids. The tour is presented by (NYSE: SPG) and presentecd by . Dave "The Lord" Voelkert will lead the XGames BMXJams tour, three half-hour BMX bike demos and games throughougt the day. Voelker, a 22-year veterabn of BMX riding, is a multi-year XGameas competitor and is considered a BMX legend know forinnovative moves.
Teens can check out some of the season' latest music stars while exploringh extremesports demos, interactive games and Participating sponsors include The Coca Cola Co., XGames Gear, Universal Studios Home Entertainment's release of Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, truth, the National Crimr Prevention Council, and Fox Searchlight Pictures' featur e film Post Grad. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola KO) will give teens a chance to checik out the latest games and equipment from Guita HeroWorld Tour.
The beverage giant will also hand out special limited edition aluminum contour free whilesupplies

Solar land auction nets two sales, more slated - Nashville Business Journal:

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million, with a thir deal potentially inthe works. Buyersz of the small parcels werenot identified, but Kuldip Verma, president and CEO of , which sold the said the buyers had interest in developing the land'e solar potential. Vermaland also is looking at selling a 3,600-acre parcel at auction withinm the next six months in the county’s westerbn reaches. While the first auctiom focused on fivesmaller parcels, a contiguous site such as Vermaland’s coulds draw a higher premium, if companies believde it has access to water and power “Several large-scale utility companies have expressed interesyt in the property once the site is developed,” said who added the site has water rights, on-sitse wells and a low While the company was able to sell the two prices were below what neighboringv land has been selling for.
The goal was to spur solad companies to purchase land rather than simply tieit up, Vermq said. The properties sold at Saturday’zs auction included an 80-acrde site in the Tonopah areafor $340,000 and a 320-acred site in Tonopah for $2.24 million. The company did not identif which of the remaining three properties mightf be involved inanother “The auction brought the properties to the attentio n of some parties that we had neverf been in contact with, as well as reminded others we had spokenb with in the past of the property, which is highly suitable for solar development,” said Anita Verma-Lallian, the company’s marketing director.
Vermalanc already had sold land toseveral California-based utilitiew looking to develop renewabled resources to meet that state’s standardsa for clean energy. Solar energy developeres have been placing applications on state and federa lands in western Arizona for the past three and private land owners have been negotiating as developerzs look for thebest parcels. As companies scout for they also face financing issues and none of the proposed project s in Arizona hasbroken ground. Arizona’s main solar corridor includex Vermaland’s parcels, an area that stretches from Yuma to Phoenix and Tucsohn seen as a huge growth area fordevelopiny utility-scale solar power plants.

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APNewsBreak: Ohio ban on exotic animals proposed The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â€" A study group proposed that Ohio ban new ownership of venomous snakes, monkeys, tigers and other dangerous animals with only limited exceptions. The group has held expedited meetings since last month, when police were forced to ... and more »

Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he With no action, the state coulx run out of cash in14 days. Three monthx after the state budgetwas approved, Californiwa faces a $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has alreadyu proposed massive cutsto education, health care and prisons. Now he’as looking for structural reform to make government more efficient and stretchtaxpayer He’s asked the State Boarc of Education, for example, to make textbooke available in digital formats — a move that could save millions. In 2004, the governor talked about blowingt up boxes andconsolidating agencies, but the initiative never gained traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegget is proposing once again to eliminatre and consolidate more than a dozen state boardsand commissions. This includes the Waste Management the CourtReporters Board, the Department of Boatinvg and Waterways and the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee. Earlier this year, the state begam consolidating informationtechnology departments. Now Schwarzenegge wants to consolidate departments that oversee financial institutionas and merge taxcollection operations. In state leaders will receive recommendationes on how to modernize thetax code.
“This will be a tremendou opportunity to make our revenues more reliabled and less volatile and help the statre avoid the boom and bust budgets that have broughy ushere today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislaturre adjourns for summer recess on July 17.

Cushman & Wakefield loses third Miami exec - Orlando Business Journal:

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Caplin’s exit is the latest of severarecent high-profile departures at C&W in Miami. The firm is one of Soutj Florida's largest real estate brokerages and, like other has seen few investment dealsd in the last Former branch manager Tere Blancqa left in the spring tolaunchy , a firm focused on office leasingv and sales. Hank Klein, executiver director of C&W in Florida, was notified last montu that his position was being Steelbridge owns and manages property throughout Itsold , on Miami’s Brickelp Key, for $150 million in 2007 afte r an eight-year hold.
Steelbridge founder Gavin Campbelpl will continue asmanaging principal, sharing the helm with Caplin is one of a handfuo of commercial brokers involved in South Florida’s largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responsse to a paradigm shift in locak investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutional investoras became secondary tomarket momentum. During the boom yearas leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with stronyg track records could be purchased and flippesd quickly for big returns. For a shorty period of time, some owners made the strategy work, but then the economiv meltdown put the brakes onthe market.
who bought in the last few were holding assets that cost too much comparec tomarket fundamentals. The market has now shifted back to fundamentap principlesof investment, with institutional investors and privat e capital “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, local operating Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelieve it’x about operations on the grounsd and knowing how to positioj a building in a particular submarket,” he Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactions at C&W, including $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’sx landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickell building in 2006.
He was involvexd in the sale of 355 Alhambrz in Coral Gablesfor $87.3 million in 2008 and is currently working with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatde of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmett o High School. He graduated from in 1985 witha bachelor’se degree in finance and real estate. Two years later, he left C&W’sz appraisal group to launch the company’a local investment sales operation. Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980zs that first specialized in investment salesin Miami. Durinf the mid-1990s, Steelbridge Capital had 2 million square feet of commercia real estate in its portfolio in sevenh Florida markets including Naplesand Miami.
They sold much of it from 2005to 2007. Caplin’sd arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investment for the Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "Wew think valuations are finally starting to look attractive Campbell said ina statement. “The opportunitu to buy Florida assets at significant discount to replacement costis imminent, while the long-terjm job and demographic prospects for Florida and the Caribbeajn basin are as strong as ever.
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Condo 'neighborhood' sketched for E. Gay St. - Business First of Columbus:

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will propose to build 250 condominiumas at East Long and East Gay streets in a layou designed toevoke Chicago's Lincolhn Park or New York's Murray Hill venerable The company expects to deliverf its conceptual plans Nov. 21 to the city's Downtownh Commission. "It's a much different produc t than what's been built in the downtown byanybodg else," said company President Jeff Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styld condos to be densely developed along several city blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderfuk that (projects are) going up," Edwards said.
"Ij frankly think we shouled be going outbecause there's so much vacangt land downtown." , an affiliate of the has spent nearly $7.8 million since March acquiring about 60 percent of the projecyt site. It paid an additional $350,00 0 in September for a property alongh the northern edge of Long Stree t that will serve as a constructiohstaging area. The company still needss to get about 10 percenft ofthe site, or less than an acre, undedr contract before its and Multicon Construction divisionds can start working on the development, Edwardds said. The developer plans to builcd the condos over four to six with the first buildings schedulerd to opennext fall.
"We have the luxur y to react to the marketplace basesdon what's accepted," Edwards said. "We laid out the whole projectt butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecy would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urban housiny development initiative in 2002. Real estater consultant Ken Danter said he expectsz the project will attract a different buyetr from those drawn tothe office-to-condo conversion projects that have dominated the downtown housing "It broadens the market considerabluy to where more people in the suburbs will feel comfortablde moving into that kind of environment," said the presidenf of "(It) creates that village-like feel you get in Germanj Village or the Shorf North.
" Edwards plans to begin sellinb one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000 range. A three-bedroo m townhouse of 2,600 square feet would head into the Danter saidthose prices, at or beloew $200 a square foot, widensa the downtown market, where some recenrt housing has crept into the $250-a-square-fooyt price range. "We've been encouraging peopld for a long time to come in at a broaderpriced point," Danter said.
The project'sd eastern edge would sit inside theDiscover District, which has landed a few housingt projects in recent years, including 88 apartments plannedf for the former Seneca hotel building at South Granyt Avenue and East Broad Street and the 44-unitt Terraces on Grant soutnh of Town Street. The lack of developmentt in that section of downtown surpriseas the president of the Discovergy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbu cultural andeducational institutions. "jI would think those developing any sort of downtowh housing would see that as a saidChuck Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickerrt said Columbus State Community College and the have begun expanding westward toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expanss of parking lots near where Edwards plansato build. "Eventually, it's all going to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sites befored choosing EastGay Street. "u figured if we were going to work on a projecglike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatwe a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'ft all that many locationx where you can tie up this amoun tof ground.
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Animals and their habitats - Adrian Daily Telegram

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Animals and their habitats Adrian Daily Telegram On Thursday they went to the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center at Adrian's Heritage Park to learn about animals and their habitats. Van Skeels, left, and Miguel Rivera, first-graders at Lincoln Elementary School in Adrian, use a puppet to learn ...

WNBA's Sparks ink jersey sponsorship with Farmers - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The branded jerseh will be worn when the team opens its season Saturday with a game against the defending WNBA championDetroit Shock. In addition to the jersey Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance will received "considerable visibility" in durin g the Sparks' home "We are very excited to be on the cuttinb edge of this type of sponsorship with a majof sports franchise in amajor market. What made it even more attractivse is that the Sparks reach a primary demographicv in our marketingstrategy – the women'd market – not only in L.A.
, but throughout our operatinv territory,” Farmers Insurance Executive Vice Presidenyt and Chief Marketing Officedr Kevin Kelso said in a statement. The move comesa on the heels of another WNBA the , inking the league'se first jersey sponsorthip deal earlier in the week with Jersey sponsorship is prevalent in overseas sports, most notably soccer, but has not caughrt on amongst the majod sports in the United States. has gone the way of the overseaw counterparts withjersey sponsorship. The Los Angeled Galaxy's jersey is sponsored by and is sponsoreby . The is now allowing teams to have sponsorr patches onpractice jerseys.
The and have both been reportedlyg examining suchsponsorship deals, according to mediza reports.

St. Louis Business Journal: Business Events Calendar

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Ben Franklin Bridge Shutting Sunday Morning, Periodically During the Week - Patch.com

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Ben Franklin Bridge Shutting Sunday Morning, Periodically During the Week Patch.com The entire span will close for the Run the Bridge 10K, and construction will periodically take out lanes during the week. By Patch Staff The Ben Franklin Bridge will close Sunday morning for the Run the Bridge 10K. Looking to cross the Ben Franklin ... and more »

Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The software company reported net incomdof $16,300, or zero centse per share, compared to a net loss of or 9 cents per share, in the year-agl quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 millioh from $3.6 million. The one analyst who coversx the company expected a net loss of 2 cents on revenueeof $3.5 million. Systems sales and maintenance and support revenues both rose 12 percent duringthe quarter, while application hosting services revenues fell 23 the company said in a news “We continue to make progressa in moving this business forward to the point of becoming consistently profitable; that is our main strategicv goal,” said CEO Brian Patsy in the In early June, Streamline won a contract valuedr at more than $1 million to integratr its document workflow solutions into an electronic medical recorda system at a Canadian health care Patsy said.
It is the second Canadian contracft the company has won in thepast year. Despitew the better news, shares of Streamlinse (NASDAQ: STRM), followed most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losinvg more than 8 percent, or 26 cents, to $2.89. Streamlind Health Solutions, based in Cincinnati, is a supplierf of workflow and documentmanagement tools, applications and servicesz to businesses, specifically health-care organizations.

Ritz Camera gives up reorganization efforts, plans to sell remaining stores - Washington Business Journal:

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Beltsville-based Ritz Camera, which is in Chapte r 11 bankruptcy protection, says the lack of funds now forces it to auction off its remainin locations by the endof July. Ritz Camera says, in a courtf filing, that it is talking with two potential although neither has been willingy to signa contract. The company is hopeful at least some of the remaininb 400 photo stores will be sold toa going-concerm buyer. The other 400 stores already have been closedin going-out-of-businesz sales. There will be a hearing in U.S. Bankruptc y Court in Delaware on Friday.
Bids are due July 16, followefd by a July 20 auction and a July 23 hearinvg for approval of the sale to one or more Ritz Camera's debt included $54.5 million on a secured revolving credir agreement with . The petition says therr is also $13.1 million owed on subordinated Assets and debt are both lessthan $500 million. Ritz Cameraz also owned Boater’s World, a boating-and-fishint supply retailer. The bankruptcy court judge gave Ritz Camerza permission on March 19 to hire Gordon Brotheres to shut downthe company's 130-store Boater’s Worlxd chain. In 2001 Ritz acquired , which had sought bankruptch protection. Ritz began with a single store in Atlantifc Cityin 1918.
Its retaip brands today include Wolf Kits Cameras, Inkley’s and .