The Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau has received three first place awards from a prominent trade association. Last year’s Christmas on Euclid festival took first place for promotional piece and print advertisement from the California/Nevada Festivals & Events Association, also known as CalFest, according to a statement released today. …
Read More »Survey: Ontario residents like their city
Ontario residents are apparently very happy with their hometown, according to the results of a recent study. Nearly 86 percent of the respondents said they’re very satisfied or satisfied with city services, while almost 80 percent reported that Ontario is moving in the right direction, according to a statement posted …
Read More »Inland vocational school receives SBA award
Vocademy, a Riverside County school that teaches advanced manufacturing skills, has received a $100,000 prize from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The grant was part of $1 million the administration gave out recently to its Makerspace Training, Collaboration and Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition, according to a statement. “Our goal at …
Read More »Kelley named to state homeless panel
Veronica Kelley, director of San Bernardino County’s Department of Behavioral Health, has been named to the state No Place Like Home Program advisory committee, which advises Gov. Gavin Newsom on statewide homeless issues. Kelley, who was appointed by Newsom, is the only committee member from a behavioral health department, according …
Read More »Alonso named head of GRID Alternatives IE
Jaime Alonso has been named executive director of GRID Alternatives Inland Empire, a nonprofit agency that makes renewable energy technology and job training available in underprivileged communities. A Coachella Valley native who grew up in a trailer park in unincorporated Riverside County, Alonso graduated from UCLA in 2005 and began …
Read More »Gated community in Corona adds a neighborhood
A fourth neighborhood at a gated community in Corona opened Saturday. Parson is a collection of 80 single-family court homes that makes up Bedford, which will include 1,600 homes when it’s completed, according to a statement. Master developer The New Home Co., along with Tri Pointe Homes and Woodson Homes, …
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