Exactly, the businesspeople in New Orleans came together in an unprecedented fashion when government failed. The Study Mission is going to visit those businesspeople and find out what worked and why. You must take a dim view of education: We should never stop learning.

It's one in the same effort. Two groups on two different sides of the mountain working for the same objective collaboratively. http://calwintergames.com About the CWGC The California Winter Games Committee is a group of business, civic and state leaders, who in cooperation with the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition. It is working to thoroughly explore the benefits and impacts of hosting the Olympic Games in the region. The California Winter Games Committee also guides the strategy and launch implementation of the outreach, education, media, marketing, and government relations elements of the support campaign. The CWGC has set up a web site to allow the general public to get involved in the Olympic movement in California. For more information, please visit www.CalWinterGames.com or follow the CWGC on Facebook.

Yes, perhaps they were coming back from Old Sacramento on a field trip. Also on Friday, there were 2 Folsom school bands playing in the Downtown Plaza--doing a really great job. Their musicanship was fantastic. School is learning how to be a part of the world.

The numbers came from the S.F. Examiner. As to UC Davis' portion, that's from an official UC Davis publication: Budget Plan A Kelly Ratliff, associate vice chancellor in charge of the budget, outlined the campus’s budget shortfall: • $73 million cut in state funds (UC Davis’ share of an overall cut of $500 million in UC funding).

Thank you for your interest. Supervisor Serna began an effort to keep shelters open until March 31 or so. There was a shortfall in what he had raised--so he asked the Metro Chamber to ask its members to help out. They did. B of A contributed enough to close the gap entirely--and other members kept on giving. The Metro Chamber began last year a program called Project Inspire that helps local nonprofits through bringing in volunteers and donations. You can read about that effort at metrochamber.org/inspire. It is a way for businesses and individuals to give back to member nonprofits. In fact, last Friday, the Inspire Giving program gave $10,000 to the River City Food Bank to help rebuild after the fire. The food bank was one of 4 finalists this year. The donation came from Teichert and Sutter Health. Our chamber members do a great job when called upon. You can read about that in an article posted here last week.

So now I wonder if the city or the cops will start as a policy calling out the fire dept., and other crews willy-nilly anytime a fender bender or whatever occurs to gin up their revenues. This is such a bad idea...It's one of the reasons why govt. can't charge people for being in jail--there would be too much incentive for abuse and so it will be with this new ordinance. God help us...

That's the position of the Metro Chamber--consolidate services that are redundant.

Ok, that's right! You have formed an opinion based on your experiences hearing her. Perspectives is a chance to let people in Sacramento hear from her IN PERSON--and other speakers--and form their own opinion--which may or may not tally with yours. That's the idea of the event.

She is one of the GOP's most vocal spokespersons right now on the scene. Perspectives is meant to bring in all points of view. This is a chance for local businesspeople and others to hear from her firsthand without filters...and why the event remains germaine for our times.

Yes, they will be looking at the light rail system, South Lake Union waterfront infill development and doing a special visit to the successful and popular Pike Place. Plus a lot of other venues....Looking all around Seattle at how the region does things together to create jobs!

My hat's off to all the families who run small businesses along Broadway. They are the salt of the earth and the backbone to our economy.

Read the Business Journal for another pass at this: http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/01/04/daily62.html?ed=2010-01-07&ana=e_du_pub

Yes, that's right-- the downtown core needs an entertainment facility that is big enough venue for ice capades,etc., but small enough for local arts organizations to use—a 1,200-seat venue.

Here's an update on the results. Nearly 20 teams of businesspeople and officials from the city of West Sacramento, the West Sacramento Chamber and the Sacramento Metro Chamber visited more than 200 businesses in West Sacramento today!

As a resident of Arden Arcade myself, I find your comments to be positive. It has a great feeling. I can walk or drive to all of the services--including my doctor--very conveniently...and driving down Fulton Ave. is a pleasure now that those power poles are gone, thanks to the Fulton Avenue Association. It's a great close-in suburb!

Perhaps listening to a participant who attended a Study Mission demonstrates the value for the region of this kind of exercise. News & Review publisher Jeff Von Kaenel eloquently describes his experience from the Vancouver event in the 09/03 edition: http://bit.ly/fr4xc

Actually, the annual trips have accomplished much. Recent Metro Chamber Study Missions visiting great American cities helped launch some important regional initiatives that are now producing remarkable results: • The SACOG award-winning Blueprint project was a direct outgrowth of the study mission to look at Salt Lake City and the Envision Utah smart growth strategy. • Visits to San Diego and Indianapolis helped shape the concept of Partnership for Prosperity, which ultimately helped our region work collaboratively to define our needs around “People, Business and Place.” • In Charlotte we saw how to sustain and grow regional businesses and jobs by directly connecting economic development experts with business. The Metro Chamber and 15 local agencies launched the Metro Pulse business retention and expansion program. Since 2007, it has visited more than 1,300 businesses. • Last year's visit to San Antonio convinced us to study our region's health care/bio sciences sector and we are soon releasing an economic impact report that shows how it drives our economy via $33+ billion impact. As we sort through an unsettling time, the search for “The Next Big Thing” will define our future. The Metro Chamber's annual State of the Region Forum on Sept.18 will host a panel of regional thought-leaders who will interactively discuss our challenges, our opportunities and how we can collaboratively work together to address our region’s needs. What will make us strong and better prepared for our future? What collaboration needs to happen to be successful regionally? The public can be part of the discussion. Register online at http://www.metrochamber.org/events.

Cap to Cap as started in 1970!