GROWYuba-Sutter Jobs Initiative Announces Local “Fabulous 50” Businesses
Inaugural Event on June 29 Will Celebrate and Catalyze Business Success in the Region
DATELINE: June 22, 2010
Yuba City and Marysville, California -- GROWYuba-Sutter, a collaboration of local businesses, governmental entities and nonprofit organizations, announced today the inaugural class of the Yuba-Sutter “Fabulous 50” businesses that will be recognized at a special event on Tuesday, June 29 from 4-7 p.m. at Frank M. Booth’s corporate offices located at 222 Third Street in Marysville. Seating is limited for the event and individuals should email business@thinkyubacity.com or call 530-822-4762 by noon on Monday, June 28 to RSVP.
The GROWYuba-Sutter jobs initiative is focused on assisting innovative growth companies who sell their products into the statewide, national or global market and thereby bring income back into the region which grows the economy. It is sponsored by North Central Counties Consortium (NCCC), County of Yuba, County of Sutter, and the City of Yuba City, and supported by the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation, Northeastern California SBDC, SMART Marketing, The Gibbs Group, Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce, Absolute Pewter, Golden Capital Network and others.
Companies determined to be part of the GROWYuba-Sutter “Fabulous 50” are headquartered or have major local decision-making influence on their operations in the Yuba-Sutter region and are being recognized because of their past, current or future economic contributions to the regional economy. Information highlighting their collective economic impact will be presented on June 29 at the event. The companies that will be recognized as part of “The Fabulous 50” include:
- Absolute Pewter
- Ace Composites, Inc.
- Andermac
- Baked Industries
- Bella’s Confections
- Billtek Profits
- Bishop’s Pumpkin Farms
- Butte Iron Works
- California Molded Products
- Cambridge Jr. College
- Chipco Manufacturing
- Coe Orchard Equipment
- CTU Precast
- Deluxe Packages
- Eagle Molding
- Electronic Health Records
- FAST Fabricators
- FERM Hydraulics
- Frank M. Booth
- Golden Bear Ceramics
- GreenTraks
- Gibbs Group
- HART (High Voltage Apparatus Repair and Testing)
- HFB Enterprises, ElectraBase
- Intech
- Ken’s Custom Cars
- King Clothing
- Kingsbury, Inc.
- Kinner Manufacturing
- MarComm Media Group
- Mathews Rice
- Montna Farms
- Nelson Manufacturing
- New Earth Market
- No-Toil Industries
- OMI (Organic Mattresses, Inc.)
- Orchard Machinery Corporation
- Placer Waterworks
- Robert Mathews Farms
- Sculpture Concepts
- Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc.
- Silica Resources
- Siller Brothers
- Stephens Farm House
- Succeed.net
- Sunset Molding
- Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
- Sutter Buttes Brewing
- Sweco Products, Inc.
- Taylor Brothers Farms
- Telecom Lifters
- The Farmers Wife
- Transitional Systems Manufacturing, Inc.
- Unity Forest Products
- Valley View Packing
- Yuba City Steel Products
- Yuba River Molding and Millwork
“For the first time, leaders of the Yuba-Sutter region’s top companies will gather to share their stories, learn of their collective economic impact, and provide insight to civic, policy and business leaders about how to continue to make the region prosperous moving forward,” said Yuba County Chair Mary Jane Griego. “We are pleased to support the GROWYuba-Sutter effort, and these local growth companies so important to our economy and job creation.”
“I am encouraged by the significant amount of innovation occurring in the Yuba-Sutter region, and view the GROWYuba-Sutter initiative as a way for us to learn about the needs of our growth companies to better determine how we can help them succeed,” stated Kash Gill, Mayor of Yuba City.
Todd Hambrook, President of Ace Composites, reported enthusiasm about his company being selected to be one of the GROWYuba-Sutter “Fabulous 50”. “Its good to hear that leaders in the community believe our business is an important contributor to the local economy,” said Hambrook. “We manufacture a wide range of products using composite technology, including medical equipment enclosures, refrigerator rail car panels, and floating boat docks -- among other products -- right here in locally.”
“We are pleased to be recognized as one of an elite group of high impact local companies,” said Jim Crummet, Vice President of Engineering and Operations of Telecom Lifters, which has an innovative product that lifts Radio Base Station (RBS) cabinets for under-cabinet modifications at cell tower sites. Crummet continued, “It is good to see the region supporting the types of companies whose innovations will help our region accelerate economic recovery and growth, and help make our region more competitive in the global economic landscape.”
In addition to the recognition ceremony, the GROWYuba-Sutter event will feature an Innovative Product Showcase, samplings of locally produced specialty food and beverage products, a panel of financial experts called “Where the Money is in 2010”, and a segment of start-up companies who will make “elevator pitches” to a panel of capital sources.
For more information about the June 29 event and the GROWYuba-Sutter initiative, visit www.goldencapital.net
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