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Valley visitors spend $6B in 2012

Details: Published on 06/14/2013 - 10:41 am; Written by Leah Canseco

Visitor spending increased almost 3 percent in 2012 compared to the year before, a new report showed.
According to the latest California travel impact report by Dean Runyan Associates, visitors to the Central Valley—stretching from Kern County in the south to Glenn County in the north—spent a record $6 billion in the region last year.

Reedley College president picked

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 1:49 pm; Written by Leah Canseco

Sandra-Caldwell The State Center Community College District trustees voted in Dr. Sandra Caldwell as Reedley College’s new president.

Caldwell, currently the associate vice president for planning and improvement at Western Wyoming Community College, replaces Dr. Mitjl Capet, who stepped down after less than a year on the job.

Processed tomato production climbs

Details: Published on 05/30/2013 - 10:42 am; Written by Business Journal Staff

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As of May 24, California’s tomato processors reported they have or will have contracts for 13.1 million tons of processing tomatoes for 2013.

Fresno State gets first Hispanic president

Details: Published on 05/30/2013 - 10:37 am; Written by Business Journal Staff

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The three-month-long process of finding a new Fresno State president ended Wednesday when the CSU Board of Trustees confirmed Hanford native Dr. Joseph I. Castro to fill the spot.

Study: Immigration reform would boost economy

Details: Published on 05/10/2013 - 2:32 pm; Written by Leah Canseco

A new study by the University of Southern California showed that roughly eight percent of Central Valley residents are undocumented immigrants, a population that could help boost the region’s economy given a swift path to citizenship.
The study, conducted by USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII), estimates California to account for 23 percent of the nation’s undocumented immigrants at roughly 2.6 million.

Fresno State partners with UC Merced SBDC

Details: Published on 05/03/2013 - 1:29 pm; Written by Leah Canseco

UC Merced’s Small Business Development Center has a new partner in Fresno State to deliver its entrepreneur education and consulting services.

For the last three years, the UC Merced Regional Network has been a partner with the Central Valley Business Incubator (CVBI) to support small businesses throughout Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Madera counties with counselors, workshops and financing opportunities to help them grow.

Fed office achieves LEED platinum

Details: Published on 04/25/2013 - 9:53 am; Written by Leah Canseco

The General Services Administration center in the Park Place Office building in Fresno has become the latest in the area to earn LEED certification for achieving high environmental standards.

Fresh & Easy courting buyers

Details: Published on 04/25/2013 - 9:49 am; Written by Leah Canseco

41913two Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer by sales, is to pull out of the U.S., selling off its lossmaking Fresh & Easy supermarket chain after it failed to transfer its winning formula from the U.K. to the western states.