August 2014 Issue - Nevada Business Connections

August 2014
NBC Advisory Board
Emily Andrews
Utility Telephone
Kevin Annis
Archstone Commercial
Partners
Georgia Baker
Heritage Bank of Nevada
Rodney Borges
Plumas Bank
Volume 7, Number 8
Welcome to NBC PROGRESS, the monthly
e-newsletter of Nevada Business Connections
(Nevada’s Only Private Economic Development Authority)
August Meeting Information
There will be NO AUGUST Breakfast Meeting. Enjoy the “Dog Days of Summer”
and play safe!
Kelly Bullis
Bullis & Co, CPAs
Paul Enos
Nevada Trucking
Association
Lori Haney
City National Bank
Roger Kadz
Nevada State
Development Corp.
Dan Kahl
Kahl Commercial Interiors,
Inc.
Pat Langhoff
Langhoff Consulting
Services
Please join us for our next monthly NEVADA BUSINESS CONNECTIONS breakfast meeting
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on Wednesday, September 17 at 8 am. Doors will open at 7:30 am at the Gold Dust West
Casino, 2171 Highway 50 East, Carson City.
The meeting is scheduled for exactly one hour. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for guests
and $25 for students with valid NHSE ID. Purchase a table for eight for your company and
guests for $200 (your company name will be posted at the table.) We take cash, check or credit
card MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express.
Angela LoGiurato
Country Financial
Tom Metcalf
Metcalf Builders
James Neil
US Bank
Maxine Nietz
Capital City Computing
Greg Nixon
First Independent Bank
Future Meeting Information
Third Wednesday of the Month. Doors will open at 7:30 am. Meetings are exactly one hour, 8
am to 9 am. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for future members. We take cash, check or
credit card – MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express. Please RSVP to NBC at
775.771.5747 or kris@nvbizconnect.com. Alternately, RSVP to Maxine at 775.887.1294 or
cccnv@sbcglobal.net. See you there!
Date
August
September 17
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2014 NBC Breakfast Meeting Schedule
Location
Speakers
No Meeting in August
Gold Dust West Casino,
Manufacturers’ Panel
Carson City
We are not the experts… But we know who they are.
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NBC Advisory Board
(contd)
Sheena Shrum
Builders Association of
Western Nevada
Dick Silvera
Silvera Commercial Real
Estate Services
David Steiger
Western Nevada College
From the Director’s Desk
In the Trenches with NBC
published by the Nevada Appeal, August 2, 2014. Author: Kris Holt, NBC Executive Director
There are 140 manufacturers in Carson City who employ 1,400 workers (Nevada has a total
of 1,900 manufacturers who employ 41,000 people.)
Dr. Fred Steinmann
EDSolutions LLC
David Toll (Emeritus)
Gold Hill Publishing/
Nevada Web
John Uhart
Uhart Commercial Real
Estate Services
Brian Wallace
Wells Fargo Bank
Kris Holt
Executive Director
Nevada Business
Connections
Photo by Scott Schrantz
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NBC Members
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* Corporate Sponsors
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*7Q10
Access to Healthcare
Network
Accountants Intl.
Adele’s Restaurant
& Lounge
Advanced Machining
Techniques
Aervoe Industries, Inc.
AFLAC
Alliance Business
Appraisals
Allison-MacKenzie
Law Firm
Aloha Medicinals
Alpine Insurance
Altair Nano
Applied Business
Solutions
ARMAC Construction
Assoc. Builders &
Contractors (ABC)
Atlantis Casino
Resort Spa
AVISO Surfboards
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I have had the great pleasure and opportunity to visit 35
manufacturers in Carson City during the past 2 months.
These businesses represent 910 employees and occupy
985,000 square feet of industrial space. The 35, one on
one, nose to nose, toe to toe interviews provided great
information and insight to what is really happening in
Carson City’s important, major economic sector. Here are
some of the findings.
All companies are satisfied with Northern Nevada’s quality of life.
All manufacturers have 100 employees or less.
28 of 35 businesses are family owned.
All companies feel threatened and are upset with the proposed “Margins Tax” (which
funds may not be used for education). Eight manufacturers are ready to leave the
state if it passes – with 240 employees.
7 manufacturers are planning to expand in Carson City during the next 18 months,
adding 87,000 square feet and 40 new jobs.
80% are originally from California.
All offer employee benefits.
Most importantly, all are experiencing labor issues. Lack of qualified employees,
drug problems, no shows, etc.
Manufacturers around the airport feel neglected and are unappreciated. They
believe there is not adequate security and road maintenance. Most government
officials and elected politicians don’t know or understand the importance of
manufacturing. “They don’t know we even exist.”
Industrial zoned land is limited, 600 out of 1,800 acres are undeveloped/left.
Lack of industrial buildings to relocate (35 buildings are empty) out of 132 total
buildings equals an 8% vacancy rate.
Electric rates are extremely high compared to the other western states.
Transportation is adequate without rail.
Most live in Carson City. One commutes from Incline, two from Douglas County and
three from Reno.
31 out of 35 manufacturers would like to see more manufacturers recruited to the
region for the synergy of employees, support services and political leverage.
1 of 35 have EPA issues. They are not water, air or hazardous waste material
abusers.
Half complained about local government. No growth, development and antibusiness attitudes.
17 of the 35 manufacturers were recruited by the NNDA during the 1990’s.
Western Nevada College is a huge asset.
Healthcare is good. Most go to Reno for major health issues.
Bottom line, manufacturers like the quality of life, overall costs of doing business and
sensible regulations.
*NBC hosts monthly breakfast meeting in Reno and Carson City. 14 Manufactures and 12
business leaders have made presentations during the last 12 months. The public is welcome
to attend.
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NBC Members
(contd)
*Bank of America
Barrett Resources
Bayliss & Associates
*Betra Manufacturing
Bill Buck
Bradley Preston
Graphic Designer
Brian Gifford & Assocs
Bristlecone Family
Resources
Builders Assn. of
Northern Nevada
(BANN)
Builders Assn. of
Western Nevada
(BAWN)
*Bullis and Co CPAs
*Capital City Computing
Carson City Chamber
of Commerce
Carson City Library
Carson Nugget
Casino
Carson Properties
Carson Valley Chamber
of Commerce
CarsonNow.com
CCIM
Century 21 Clark
Properties
Charter
Communications
Churchill County
Economic
Development
City of Carson City
City of Fallon
City of Fernley
City of Lovelock
City of Reno
City of Sparks
City National Bank
Clancy Machine Tool,
Inc.
Coldwell Banker
Select RE
Coldwell Banker/
Clay & Assocs.
Columbia River Econ
Dev Council (CREDC)
Commerce Comm.
RE Group
Comnet Mktg Group
ComputerCorps
Connect2it
Country Financial
CPC Solutions
Cubix
CVirtual
Daggs Properties
Dayton Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Based on the “6 Key Components of a Positive Business Climate”
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Education
Infrastructure
Taxes
Regulations
Entrepreneurship
Attitude
I give Carson City an overall B+ for their manufacturing business climate. Congratulations?
You still remain the “Manufacturing Center of the State”.
Labor
President Obama signs federal workforce development reform bill
published on-line by California Manufacturers & Technology Association, July 25, 2014.
Author: Nicole Rice
President Barack Obama signed into law the first legislative reform of the federal workforce
education and training system in 15 years. The “Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act” (WIOA) supersedes the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and implements the changes
many believe were necessary to modernize a system that had
failed to keep pace with current labor market needs.
WIOA was designed to match businesses with the skilled
employees they need to compete in the global economy while helping job seekers access
the services necessary to succeed in the 21st century workforce. It is the product of
considerable negotiation and bipartisan compromise between both Houses of Congress.
Some of the reforms include:
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Helping employers find workers with the necessary skills;
Aligning federal investments to support job seekers and employers;
Fostering regional collaboration to meet the needs of regional economies; and
Targeting workforce services to better serve job seekers.
California (and Nevada) manufacturers need a sustainable pipeline of technically-trained
industrial workers to meet our current and future workforce needs. WIOA reforms help further
this goal. Most of the Act will take effect on July 1, 2015, the first full program year after
enactment. The U.S. Department of Labor will issue further guidance on the timeframes for
implementation of these changes and proposed regulations reflecting the changes in WIOA
soon after enactment.
Jobs
California has recovered all jobs lost in recession
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, July 22, 2014. Author: Scott Bridges
June provided anything but gloom for the California job market, as the state added more than
24,000 jobs in the month and the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent.
Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released figures showing that California has at
last recovered all the jobs lost during the recession. And Beacon Economics points out that
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NBC Members
(contd)
Day Williams,
Attorney at Law
Delta Saloon
Dept of
Employment,
Training & Rehab.
(DETR)
DGD Development
DigiPrint
Corporation
Digital Delirium
Douglas County
Douglas Co Building
Industry Assoc
Douglas Gorgen
DP Partners
Duro
Manufacturing
Downtown Imp
Assoc (Reno)
Dynagraphic
Printing
Econ Dev Auth of W.
Nev (EDAWN)
EDSolutions, Inc.
Fernley Chamber of
Commerce
First American Title
Company
*First Independent
Bank
Furniture Dept.,
The
*GDA Degree Inc.
Gold Dust West
Casino
Gold Hill Publishing
*Granite
Construction
Grant Thornton
CPAs
*Great Basin
Brewing Co.
Green Business
Chamber of Commerce
Green Enterprises
Hammer Head
Construction
HCI Environ & Eng Svc
*Hampton Inn
Henkes Welsh
Insurance Svcs
Heritage Bank of NV
Hire Dynamics
Holiday Inn Express
& Suites
Hone Company
HubZone Mfg, Inc.
ID Corporation
Industrial Logistics
Services
Industrial Plastics
Integra Telecom
the Golden State is responsible for more than 15 percent of all jobs added nationwide over
the last two months.
Over the last year, only Texas has created more jobs than California, which has added more
than 356,000 jobs and taken its unemployment rate down from 9 percent. Every metropolitan
area in the state has reportedly recorded job growth since May of last year.
“California is one of the lead performers, with job growth faster than
the U.S., and that continues through May,” Jerry Nickelsburg told the
Los Angeles Times. Nickelsburg is a senior economist with the
UCLA Anderson Forecast who focuses on state trends.
The data showed that more than 15,472,000 people were on
nonfarm payrolls in June. The prerecession employment peak of
15,449,000 was in July of 2007.
Since May, the fastest growing industries have been education and health services, which
added which added 12,000 new jobs; and trade, transportation and utilities, which created
11,000 new jobs.
“It’s definitely a job seeker’s market,” Brandi Britton told the Times. Britton is manager of the
Los Angeles district for staffing firm Robert Half.
Nevertheless, California is still tied for the fifth-highest unemployment rate in the country. The
higher unemployment rates are in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Nevada and Michigan.
Environment
Cost of California drought is growing
published on-line by the Los Angeles Business Journal, July 24, 2014. Author: Allen Young
California’s economy is expected to lose $2.2 billion as a result of this year’s drought and
conditions will likely get worse, according to a report released last week.
University of California Davis scientists said in their report they are concerned by
agriculture’s reliance on rapidly depleting groundwater reserves.
The report comes out as lawmakers are considering bills that would make California the last
of the Western states to regulate groundwater pumping. The move has drawn criticism from
the California Farm Bureau Federation.
Across the state, lack of precipitation will diminish the ability of agricultural producers to tap
groundwater reserves, raising their costs, the study authors note.
“Increasingly, people with small wells will be put out of business,” said Richard Howitt, an
emeritus professor of agricultural and resource economics.
Everyone agrees that the drought has created a crisis and that groundwater usage should be
better monitored, but the issue is complex because wells generally are on private property.
Assemblyman Roger Dickinson — an author of one groundwater management bill —
believes recent data on drought-driven economic losses “underscores the immediate
necessity of taking legislative action.” But California’s farmers feel that jamming through a
regulatory bill could create even greater problems.
“This has a potential to impact the agriculture community more than anything we’ve seen in
the last 30 or 40 years,” said Danny Merkley, director of water resources for the California
Farm Bureau Federation.
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NBC Members
(contd)
Jeffrey Benjamin
JLM Industrial
Supply
JT Basque Bar &
Dining Room
J.P. Copoulos
Architect
J.W. McClenahan
Co.
Job Opportunities
In Nevada (JOIN)
*Kahl Commercial
Interiors
KNPB Public
Broadcasting
LaMonica Properties
*Langhoff
Consulting
Lumos & Associates
Lyon County
M&K Builders
Mallard Investment
Management
*Mariner’s Resort
*Marriott Residence Inn
MC-21
McClain’s Mobile
Music & DJ Svc
MCSS, Ltd.
Sen. Mike McGinness
*Metalast, Inc.
Metcalf Builders
Micromanipulator
Mo & Sluggo’s Bar
and Grill
Moment Skis
Mustang Manufacturing
Natl Assoc of Industrial
& Office Professionals
(NAIOP)
Nevada Assn. of
Counties
Nevada Business
Journal Magazine
Nevada Center for
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
*Nevada Development
Authority
Nevada Governor
Nevada Industry
Excellence
Nevada
Manufacturers
Association
*Nevada Trucking
Assn.
Nevada Premier
Properties
Nevada Secretary
of State
Nevada Small
Business
Development Center
Groundwater management is “like a Rubik’s Cube with 36
sides,” Merkley said, and the discussion should be linked with
other solutions for water storage. “There has not been an
adequate amount of time to fully vet this,” he said.
A state or local government entity telling farmers what
commodities they can plant or how much water they can
pump could put them out of business, added Merkley, while
hurting land values and the state economy.
Dickinson’s Assembly Bill 1739 would ensure that every
region has a system that performs the same function as the
Sacramento Groundwater Authority, which sets a
groundwater management framework and works to ensure adequate supplies year after
year, he said.
Dickinson, a Sacramento Democrat, said the opposition has taken an ideological, antigovernment stance that groundwater is a property right and should remain unregulated. But
new rules would curb the practice of residents siphoning off their neighbor’s groundwater.
“Water doesn’t know any boundaries,” Dickinson said. “The water you are using may not
necessarily be that which is just under your ground.”
Economic Development
1. Fremont approves new 'innovation district' plan around BART
station, Tesla Motors
published on-line by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, July 24, 2014. Author: Nathan
Donato-Weinstein
Plans to transform the area around the new Warm Springs BART station and Tesla Motors
Inc. factory into a mixed-use "innovation district" received a major boost on Tuesday as
Fremont City Council members approved a new planning document that spells out land-use
and design guidelines for the 879-acre zone.
A decade in the making, the Warm Springs/South Fremont
Community Plan allows for a mix of residential, office, industrial
and retail uses in the area, which had previously been zoned for
heavy industrial use. The plan allows up to 4,000 housing units,
plus enough commercial space to support more than 12,000 new
jobs. Officials envision concentrating density near the underconstruction BART station, slated for completion in late 2015.
"It's key not only to the city of Fremont's growth but the region's employment growth," said
Christina Briggs, Fremont's economic development manager. "There's nowhere else in the
Valley where you have this kind of employment opportunity on BART."
The new plan is different from many city planning documents because it allows a mix of land
uses near each other where they make sense, rather than separating those uses by vast
distances, Briggs said. That's in keeping with new thinking about "innovation districts," she
added.
"The new innovation district concept allows us to mix land uses more, and this allows for
that," she said.
The plan won't just sit idle. Already, developers have submitted major project proposals for
thousands of new homes and commercial space. As I reported in-depth in early June,
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NBC Members
(contd)
Nevada State Bank
*Nevada State
Development Corp.
Nevada Taxpayers
Assn.
NevadaWeb
Nevadans 4 CarbonFree Energy
Nevadaworks
NEVCAL Trucking
Northern Nevada
Chamber of
Commerce
Northern Nevada
Title Company
Note-Ables
Office Support Center
OHL
Pacific States
Communications
Pam Parenti
Paper Cup, LLC
PAUGHCO
Pershing
County/Lovelock
Plating Products, Inc.
Plumas Bank
Polam Machining
Pro Group Mgmt
Pulte Homes
REA250
Realty Executives
Regional
Transportation
Commission
RE/MAX
Reno Forklift and
Storage
Reno-Tahoe Airport
Authority
Reiser & Assocs.
Retail Assn of Nevada
Ribeiro Company
Shaheen-Beauchamp
Builders
Shaw Consulting
Service
Bob Shriver, Consultant
Sierra Land Realty
Sierra Nevada Assn. of
Realtors
Sierra Sage Magazine
Silver Oak Golf & Events
Center
Silver Springs
Airport
Silver State Consultants
Silvera Commercial
Real Estate, Inc.
Skyline Realty
Skywest and
Companies
Small Business Admin
*Southwest Gas
Corporation
Lennar, Toll Bros. and Valley Oak Partners are in contract on significant parcels near the
BART station. The new plan allows those proposals to be processed and move forward.
Officials are particularly keen on attracting more commercial and industrial development.
One thing going for it is Tesla, which has been growing by leaps and bounds at the factory,
providing the kind of anchor business that could form the basis for more activity in the region.
"It marks a major milestone after many years of hard and thoughtful work," Briggs said.
2. Vancouver's Nautilus selects first non-West Coast U.S.
distribution center spot
published on-line by the Portland Business Journal, July 30, 2014. Author: Brian R. Ball
Fitness-equipment maker Nautilus Inc. is muscling into Central Ohio for its first distribution
center outside the West Coast.
The Vancouver, Washington-based parent of the Nautilus, Bowflex
and Schwinn brands expects to open a 253,000-square-foot
operation at an Exxcel Project Management distribution center in
Obetz later this summer. It has not released employment
projections.
“This new, centrally located facility will help meet growing customer demand and reduce
shipping time for customers living in the eastern half of the
United States,” Nautilus COO Bill McMahon said in a
statement.
Portland hosts Nautilus only other distribution center.
Readers may recall Bon-Ton Stores Inc. this year had
looked at the Centerpoint 5 property for an e-commerce
center for its retail brands, but decided on a 734,000square-foot build-to-suit project in West Jefferson.
Exxcel
Chief
Investment Officer Cliff Aiken tells me the Columbusbased developer plans to add nearly 534,000 square feet to Centerpoint 5, pushing the
building to 1 million square feet. He said that will leave about 758,000 square feet available
as an option in an active leasing environment.
Aiken said construction on Centerpoint 5 will wait until this fall with completion set for early
2015, in part due to several speculative projects already under construction. The developer,
in fact, earlier had contemplated a separate, 478,000-square-foot distribution center.
“We chose to expand the current building instead,” Aiken told me.
More on Tesla…
Confused about potential Tesla Gigafactory locations? Here's what we
know
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, July 30, 2014. Author: Allen Young
The last few weeks have seen competing claims over where Tesla Motors will locate its
mammoth $5 billion battery factory, dubbed the Gigafactory. Residents across the Western
states have publicly claimed that they are in discussions with the electric car manufacturer
and touted the winning attributes of their town.
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NBC Members
(contd)
Sperry Van Ness
Commercial Real
Estate
Spherion Staffing
Stantec
State Agent & Transfer
Syndicate
Stewart Title
Storey County
Studio G
Summit Funding
J. Paul Sutton
Corporate Planning
& Finance
Tahoe & Carson
Telephone
Directories
Tanamera
Development
Tech Ventures, Inc
Terracon
Environmental
Svcs
Tetra Tech
The Bosma Group
Thomas Clark Real
Estate
Ticor Title
Town of Mammoth Lakes
Trakker Design
Uhart Commercial
Real Estate
*United Construction
Corp
Universal Analyzers
*UNR/Business
Environmental
Program
*UNR/Center for
Regional Studies
US Bank
USDA Rural Loans
VCM Collision Center
*Vidler Water Company
Vital Systems Corp.
Vitamin Research
Products
Washoe County
Health District
*Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo Advisors
Western Industrial NV
Western Nevada
College
Western Nevada
Supply
YESCO
Ziehm Medical
Where is Sacramento in the race? It's hard to say.
The Brown administration contacted Sacramento County officials this year about Mather
Airport’s business park, and Tesla is aware that Mather can accommodate its needs, Rob
Leonard, a county executive, told the Sacramento Bee in May.
Earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported pending state legislation would
exempt Mather from environmental reviews in an attempted Tesla grab. But a spokesman for
the Tesla bill’s author, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, told the Business Journal
that the Chronicle report was wrong. While the senator would love to see a giant factory land
in Sacramento, Mather was not part of the legislation, the spokesman said.
While other potential sites boast of their attributes, Sacramento County has been curiously
quiet. Officials have refused to answer even general questions about Mather, including how
many acres are available for private use. A county spokeswoman suggested filing a Public
Records Act request to obtain that information.
According to the county website, Mather is a 5,800-acre mixed-use center and “a prime
commercial development that is just 12 miles from downtown Sacramento and located near
the highly desirable Highway 50 corridor.”
A massive Tesla factory “is exactly that kind of project that was envisioned from the feds
when they handed (Mather) to the county,” said Marc Sussman, president of McCuen
Properties, a commercial real estate services company.
In the early 1990s, the federal government decommissioned Mather Air Force Base and
selected Sacramento County to convert the area to civilian uses. A few years later, the
county solicited McCuen to aide in the redevelopment of Mather, but that relationship wound
down in the early 2000s, Sussman said. McCuen currently oversees only 20 acres of office
space at Mather.
Citing a longstanding policy of not discussing companies it may or
may not be working with, the Sacramento Area Commerce &
Trade Organization would not comment specifically on Tesla. But
speaking generally about Sacramento’s potential to attract
advanced manufacturing, CEO Barbara Hayes cited available land
in both Mather and Metro Air Park, though the latter is stalled by a
building moratorium in the Natomas Basin.
Other spaces within the region could be zoned and otherwise prepared for a large
manufacturing campus, Hayes added.
Hayes also noted the region’s “robust power delivery systems” supplied by both PG&E and
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, as well as a wealth of feeders for talented labor,
including numerous workforce training centers, universities and community colleges,
specifically Sierra College, which has an advanced manufacturing program.
Tesla has released these renderings about its needs, which includes a map of a possible site
on barren land close to windmills.
In short:
 Cost: Up to $5 billion
 Space: Between 500 and 1,000 acres
 Plant: Up to 10 million square feet with one or two levels.
 Natural resources: 25,000 tons of lithium to meet 500,000 battery packs per year.
 Labor: Up to 6,500 employees
Here's a rundown of frequently cited cities that have been identified as possible sites for the
factory. Keep in mind that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that the company may pursue
multiple sites simultaneously.
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Reno
What we know: Fifty large earth movers began work on a site dubbed Project Tiger, enough
heavy metal to build the 10 million-square-foot site, according to Greentech Media. But this
week, the work reportedly stopped, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Notable: Besides California, Reno is in the state that's geographically closest to the
company's Fremont factory. The only lithium mine in the country is located there. Lance
Gilman, principal at the Reno Tahoe Industrial Center and its director of marketing, told USA
Today in June that he has been working with Tesla "for months." But there was no signed
transaction.
Stockton
What we know: Stephen Levy, director of the Center for Continuing Study of the California
Economy, told the Los Angeles Times that Stockton was the “clear winner” if Tesla decides
to locate in California.
Notable: Stockton is about an hour drive from the company’s car assembly line and 14
minutes from Tesla’s new parts factory in Lathrop.
Stanislaus and Merced counties
What we know: Keith Boggs, an assistant executive officer for Stanislaus County, told the
Modesto Bee he met with Tesla staff a few months ago at a former Navy base to talk about
testing vehicles on the runways. Boggs said the former Crows Landing base is large enough
for the battery plant.
Notable: Assemblyman Adam Gray, a Merced Democrat, said he is putting together a local
working group to promote sites in Stanislaus and Merced counties.
Dallas
What we know: Sources told the Dallas Business Journal this month that Tesla has its eye
on a 700-acre site off Interstate 45 in southeast Dallas County. The site has easy access to
Interstates 45, 35 and 20 with $200 million worth of infrastructure planned in the region.
Notable: Dallas also could come up with major tax-incentives offered by Gov. Rick Perry,
who in June drove a Tesla Model S through downtown Sacramento for a photo op and
bragged to reporters that he wanted the car to have “a made-in-Texas bumper sticker.”
Leadership Search
CEO-led economic development group searches for leader
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, July 23, 2014. Author: Allen Young
The budding economic development organization known as the Greater Sacramento Area
Economic Council has begun directly soliciting candidates in a national hunt for a chief
executive.
Earlier this month, the recruiting firm WorldBridge Partners published a YouTube video -now set to private -- that highlights the new organization’s support from Sacramento Mayor
Kevin Johnson as well as leaders from Sacramento’s two major universities: Alex Gonzalez,
president of California State University Sacramento; and Linda Katehi, chancellor of
University of California Davis.
Recruiter Lorena Stanley promises candidates a “very competitive” compensation package.
“If you’re the right leader, compensation will not be the stumbling block,” she said in the
video.
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Interim CEO Steven Oldham said interviews haven’t begun yet, but WorldBridge hopes to
screen more than 100 applicants and cut the list down to about 15 by mid-August. At that
point, Oldham will join the hiring process and hopes to reduce the list to about three to five
candidates by mid-September. The organization's board of directors will then spend a few
days with each candidate and allow them to visit and make connections throughout
Sacramento’s six-county region.
A final selection will be made thereafter.
“We think the model we’ve set up makes the job very inviting,” Oldham said.
He added that the new organization is unique due to its promise for direct CEO involvement
and a multiyear budget that eliminates the need for fundraising.
“Those things have generated significant interest in the economic development community,”
said Oldham, the former CEO of SureWest Communications.
The economic council, which some have privately said is a competitor to the Sacramento
Area Commerce and Trade Organization, includes more than 40 of the region’s business
leaders and is led by the CEOs of VSP, Sutter Health and Pacific Coast Building Products.
The names of the organization’s board of directors will be made public in the coming days.
July Meeting Notes
“Big Data” and “The Internet of Things”
The NBC July Breakfast meeting in Reno was very informational and fun. The packed Black
Bear Diner was fabulous. Host Ray Bacon (NV Mfg Assn) updated the group with education
and workforce topics. Kris Holt, NBC Executive Director, detailed the seven Carson City
manufacturing company expansions and announced two business relocations.
The keynote speaker, Darryl Rubarth, owner of LabAnalytix, Inc., discussed “big data” and
“the internet of things.” His presentation was very lively and was interactive with the
audience. There was a Tesla update as well.
You may want to attend one of our awesome breakfast meetings and learn the details of
what’s new and exciting in Northern Nevada’s business community. See you in September at
the Gold Dust West in Carson City. We have 2 manufacturers making presentations with a
new company in attendance.
Kris with Craig Mullet (REDCO), Kathy
Halbardier (NSBDC), a guest and Ray
Bacon (NMA)
David Crumbly (CVirtual) , Craig Mullet
(REDCO), Kathy Halbardier (NSBDC),
Kris, and a guest
Georgia Baker (Heritage Bank of NV) and
Adrian Burney (NSDC)
Jim Neil (US Bank) JJ Johnson, and Greg
Perkins (Applied Bus Solutions)
Kris addresses the audience
Darryl Rubarth (LabAnalytix) speaks on
“big data” and “the internet of things”
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Ray Bacon (NMA) gives NBC members
and guests the latest info
Members and guests enjoy coffee while
waiting for breakfast to be served
Enjoying a great and sumptuous breakfast
Michael Stewart (JLM) and a guest
It’s all smiles at the Black Bear Diner
Keynoters
NBC Keynote speakers in 2012/2013/2014:
Month
Speaker
Darryl Rubarth, owner of LabAnalytix, Inc. and Ray Bacon,
July 2014
Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Nick Marano, new City Manager of Carson City, and Ray
June 2014
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
L. Lance Gilman, Tahoe Reno Industrial Park & Storey County,
April 2014
with co-hosts Luke Leonard, CVirtual, and Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Association.
David Midboe, Concept Automation Systems, with emcee Ray
March 2014
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Joseph F. Dutra, Kimmie Candy Company, and Dean Schultz,
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, with emcee Ray Bacon, Nevada
February 2014
Manufacturers Association.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Stephen Vanderver, Vital
Systems; Gerd Poppinga, Vineburg Machining; and Frank
January 2014
Dutra. Advanced Machining Techniques) with emcee Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Ken Stokes, Burns Machining,
November 2013
Eric Dripps, Vitaman Research Products, Bret Sheldon, CINC
Industries) with emcee Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Assn.
Dale Erquiaga, Nevada State Superintendent of Public
October 2013
Instruction, and Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of Washoe
County Schools
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Olgierd Downarowicz, Polam
Precision Machining, and Harvey Hornung, Nevada Heat
September 2013
Treating) with emcee Chris MacKenzie, Attorney.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Mark Thomas, Betra
Manufacturing, Red Sexton, Jube Machine, Dave Bess, Carson
July 2013
Hi Tech, and Bob White, Taiyo-America) with emcee John
Bullis, Bullis & Company, CPAs.
Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO, Director, and Ron
June 2013
James, Chief Historian, both from Comstock Mining Inc.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Walt Owens, Owens Precision,
Eric Rauch, Ametherm, Len Semas, Cubix, John Colyer,
May 2013
Reliance Parts, David Schuster, MC-21) with emcee Paul Enos,
Nevada Truckers Association.
Environment Power Panel (Chris Lynch, UNR Business
Environmental Program, Joe McCarthy, Comstock Residents
April 2013
Association, and Greg Martinelli and Sarah Polito, Waste
Management.)
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March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
Manufacturers Panel (Collie Hutter, Click-Bond, Emcee; Dave
Williams, Aervoe Industries; Ralph Johnson, EZE-LAP Diamond
Products, Inc., Ron McBroom, PAUGHCO, John Holliday, Aloha
Medicinals, and Dave Williams, Aervo Industries.
Sarah Adler, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
State Director
Perry Di Loreto, owner of Di Loreto Construction and Development,
and Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail Association of
Nevada
Frank Dutra, President of Hubzone Manufacturing and Advanced
Machining Techniques, and Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers
Assn.
For Keynote info further back in time, see NBC Progress for October 2013 on our website
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StoreyCounty.org
SOS Qtrly Newletter
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NVDETR.org
DiversifyNevada.com
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