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Business, Economic Development

External Application Reviewers Needed for CDFI Fund Programs

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions (iFOS) Managing Consultants, LLC is seeking applicants to serve as field reviewers in evaluating grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) for the fiscal year 2013 funding rounds of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program.

Education and Schools

Thirty Students Return from Educational Program in Bangladesh to Launch Climate Change Projects to Improve Local US Communities and World

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Thirty U.S. youth leaders and five U.S. educators are set to return next Saturday, January 12, 2013, from a month-long immersion study and cultural exchange program in Bangladesh from World Savvy. The group studied how global climate change has impacted local communities in Bangladesh, and upon return to the U.S., the students will apply their new knowledge by launching climate change projects to improve their U.S. communities and the world.

Business, Insurance, Management Changes

EPIC welcomes principal Terri Parreira to Fresno

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Terri Parreira as a property and casualty insurance producer and principal in its Fresno office. Parreira brings an extensive knowledge of risk management, property and liability insurance and workers’ compensation cost control to EPIC.

Business, Insurance

Leading Long Term Care Insurance Distributors Announce Merger

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The National LTC Network is pleased to announce the merger of two of its member firms’ Long Term Care insurance brokerage operations. Effective January 1, 2013, Individual Commercial Brokerage, Inc. (ICB) and Gelbwaks Executive Marketing Corp. (GEM) are combining their two award-winning and nationally-recognized operations.

Entertainment

‘Five Views’ Exhibit Opens at The Calumet Gallery – Five Photographers Exploring Vision Beyond Documentation

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Calumet Photographic is proud to host this exceptional exhibit that offers deeply personal work from photographers exploring new themes: ‘Five Views’ represents recent work by five emerging photographers in the gallery of Calumet’s Hollywood store located at 1135 N. Highland Ave. The exhibit begins January 8 and runs through February 8, 2013.

Awards and Honors, Banking and Finance, Business

Bank of Southern California recognized as a top Small Business lender in San Diego County

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Bank of Southern California N.A., a locally owned community business bank, has been recognized as one of the top small business lenders among medium sized banks for the largest number and dollar volume of 7(a) loans in 2012 in the greater San Diego area according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Food and Beverages

Multi-Flow Industries Launches Re-Fuel Energy Drink Can

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Multi-Flow Industries, a fountain-beverage manufacturer and distributor for over 75 years, recently introduced one of its best-selling brands – Re-Fuel(TM) – in a 16-ounce can. This product launch represents the premier introduction of a ready-to-drink beverage from the company that helped to revolutionize energy drinks available for nightclubs and bars in a bag-in-box package.

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