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released 3/19/2001
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TO ONLINE NEWS Award of Excellence to be Presented in Monterey Yuba
County’s Office of Economic Development was notified by California
Association of Local Economic Development (CALED) this week that the
organization will be recognizing the County with a prestigious
“Award of Excellence” for a package recently submitted, “Music
in the Entertainment Triangle.” The award, in the form of a plaque,
will be presented to Yuba County at CALED’s annual conference
luncheon at the Monterey Marriott’s, April 12, 2001. “Three
Awards of Excellence will be presented to various jurisdictions
throughout California in the category of Development Partnerships on
the 12th,” states Economic Development Coordinator John
Fleming, “and one of them will be given to Yuba County.” One of
the three awards is considered the Grand Prize, but the recipient is
not disclosed until the awards are formally announced at the luncheon.
“Any one of the three Awards of Excellence that will be presented
will greatly enhance Yuba County’s economic development presence
throughout the state,” adds Fleming, “and give us the opportunity
to market appropriately zoned properties that will complement the
activities in the Entertainment Zone.” “Music
in the Entertainment Triangle” memorializes the relationship that
formed between the County and the Motorplex partners in 1998 to
develop the Entertainment Zone resulting in the attraction,
construction and first successful Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre
season in 2000 with 26 significant acts including three sold-out
shows. Yuba County native Lon Hatimiya, Secretary of the California
Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency, nominated the “Music in the
Entertainment Triangle” submittal for consideration in CALED’s
Awards for Excellence Program. The
award package was jointly prepared by John Fleming and Mary Hansen,
Airport and Enterprise Zone Manager, the county’s economic
development team. The
presentation submitted followed the project construction from
beginning to end, emphasizing the financial well being the project
brings to the Region.
The amphitheatre/raceway project was previously selected by the
State Trade and Commerce Agency for the 1999 Success Story of the Year
– Small City – under the Enterprise Zone Excellence Awards. CALED
was organized in 1980 by a small number of state, local and federal
economic developers to provide a forum for building a network of local
economic development organizations in California. Today there are over
300 established economic development departments and agencies in the
State.
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