Posted - 07/29/2010 11:17am Entrepreneur Business Certificate Program Offered
Entrepreneurial Opportunity Analysis will be offered starting Aug. 22 through Oct. 16. The class will provide the tools for start-up businesses to determine if their business venture is feasible.
Entrepreneurial Business Planning will be offered Oct. 16 through Dec. 4. The class will walk students through the critical elements of a business plan and conclude with a completed business plan.
Both are "hybrid" classes which allow students to meet on three separate Saturdays and perform weekly assignments online.
NVC Business Professor Walt Unti and NVC Career Technical Education Director Beth Pratt are team-teaching the classes. To register for the classes apply online at www.napavalley.edu.
For more information contact Beth Pratt at epratt@napavalley.edu.
Posted - 06/30/2010 11:10am Off-Plaza Wayfinding Signage Expanded
Two additional business wayfinding signs have been installed at the periphery of the Plaza, completing a project that was initiated in 2008 by the Sonoma Valley Economic Development Partnership.
The signage project, which was designed to support business retention and attraction by expanding the Plaza visitor foot traffic pattern to the adjoining or "periphery" blocks, was funded with redevelopment money through the Sonoma Community Development Agency.
Posted - 06/14/2010 04:30pm "Fun and Fresh" New Quilt Shop on Broadway
The grand opening for Sonoma's new quilting and fabric store, Broadway Quilts, will be held on the weekend of June 18-20, with raffles, prizes, sales, and more. Owner Gery Rosemurgy opened her "fun, fresh new quilt shop in the heart of Wine Country" at 20525 Broadway at the Four Corners intersection with Leveroni and Napa Road. The shop will be open 9:30 am- 5:30 pm Friday and Saturday, and 11am - 3 pm on Sunday. Visit BroadwayQuilts.com to learn more.
Posted - 06/11/2010 11:08am El Molino Central opens in The Springs
Tamale lovers from Sonoma Valley and beyond are enjoying the opening of El Molino Central on Highway 12 in Boyes Hot Springs. Karen Taylor Waikiki, whose Primavera Tamales gained a following at the San Francisco Ferry Building Market, named her new eatery after the "molino" that every town in Mexico used to have, where their dried corn was ground into masa. Stop by to watch the hand-grinding process around 11 a.m. each morning, when the tortillas are made. El Molino offers take-out as well as several eat-in tables on the back patio.
El Molino Central was among the first businesses in the Springs to benefit from the recently implemented Facade Improvement and Commercial Rehabilitation loan program provided through the Springs Redevelopment Agency. For more information on this program, visit the financial assistance page.
Posted - 05/20/2010 11:34am New Business is "Brewing" in Sonoma Wine Country
Posted - 05/14/2010 12:54pm Union Bank Opens On Sonoma Plaza
Sonoma's oldest bank building, constructed more than a century ago, is now home to a new full-service branch of Union Bank. A grand opening ceremony was held on May 13 and included comments by bank President and CEO Masaaki Tanaka, and Sonoma Mayor Steve Barbose. Union Bank has been a major sponsor of the Sonoma Jazz Plus festival since its inception.
Learn more in a recent article from the Sonoma Index-Tribune.
