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Stuart Wall, CEO of Signpost , a local advertising platform funded by Spark Capital and Google Ventures. Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, SanJose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. city), restaurants and nightlife.
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Cities and local agencies have to quickly approve or deny ADU projects within 60 days of receiving a permit application. The company claims it can deliver an ADU in as little as 30 days in SanJose and Los Angeles thanks to the cities’ pre-approval process. So far, it’s operating in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle.
“I have to choose my words carefully,” says Joe Castelino of Stevens Creek Volkswagen in SanJose, California, when asked about the management software on which most car dealerships rely for inventory information, marketing, customer relationships and more.
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Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending SanJose State University in the fall. As I am disabled, I have used several programs that Bookshare/Benetech provides for their consumers.
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Photo from SanJose Library. VolunteerMatch One of the largest online databases for volunteering, where over 71,000 nonprofits have listed local and regional events and projects. Many corporations like Target or AMEX have well-established programs for engaging their employees with local nonprofits. right where you work.
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This year I facilitated several labs, including several for the Knight Foundation Arts Program to learn about the local arts ecosystem in four cities, including Philadelphia, SanJose, Charlotte, and Macon.
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Because nonprofit organizations rely so heavily on the ability to connect to local communities in order to generate precious donations and grants, it is vital to their continued relevancy as change-agents to be able to connect to diverse communities. in History from SanJose State University in 2017. He earned a B.A.
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However, the SanJose-based nonprofit, Community Technology Alliance (CTA), had a hunch that cellphones might be a surprisingly good place to start getting employment and becoming self-sufficient. Local university students are even working on an app to make connecting to Wi-Fi simpler. Surprises So Far.
And he had received the necessary permits from his utility company and the local township. Close-up of Solarglass Roof, a roof shingle with integrated solar panels, from Tesla Energy, a division of Tesla Motors, on Santana Row in the Silicon Valley, SanJose, California, January 3rd, 2020.
The top 20 mashups will be selected by the NetSquared community and the winners will be invited to attend this year’s NetSquared Conference (N2Y3) in SanJose, CA May 27-28, 2008. An informational postcard to pass out at local events. NetSquared badges to put on your blog, web site or email signature. •
As in other maturing markets, companies that have seen success in the past are now spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs as well as attracting others from various locales. While they are not primarily focused on Texas, they are starting to invest locally, as well.”. million median home price in SanJose, California, for example.
They also expand their reach through partnerships and activities with organizations such as Human Rights Watch International, PBS Foundation, Peapod Foundation, and local film festivals, among others. Boynton High School in SanJose, CA uses stop-motion animation to tackle water conservation. Employee Engagement.
Both in attendee feedback and in our own debriefs, we''ve identified a number of points that we want to formally share back out here to gather additional feedback and share some of our thoughts as we look ahead to 2016 (in SanJose, March 23-25). Looking forward to seeing you in SanJose for 16NTC March 23-25!
The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. Areas served: SanJose, St. Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations.
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These staff members are true representatives of their community, and help give the museum street cred with their local visitors as an acceptable and positive place to visit. The Brooklyn Museum of Art found that skateboarders were using their entrance plaza and invited them to continue.
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and others under consideration by local governments will have Glydwayss four-seat electric vehicles plying short on-demand routes between existing business and transportation hubs. But Glydways is starting smaller than that. mile route that Google Maps estimates as a seven-minute drive but a 40-plus-minute transit adventure.
Fry’s Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains in the United States — and a Silicon Valley institution in particular — is permanently closing nationwide, local broadcaster KRON4 has confirmed , following a report from Bill Reynolds and another from Matthew Keys.
Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! NetSquared Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
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