1. business and industrial

February 2015
NBC Advisory Board
Emily Andrews
Utility Telephone
Georgia Baker
Heritage Bank of
Nevada
Kelly Bullis
Bullis & Co, CPAs
Paul Enos
Nevada Trucking
Association
Volume 8, Number 2
Welcome to NBC PROGRESS, the monthly
e-newsletter of Nevada Business Connections
(Nevada’s Only Private Economic Development Authority)
February Meeting Information
Please join us for our next monthly NEVADA BUSINESS CONNECTIONS meeting on
Wednesday, February 18th at 8 am. Doors will open at 7:30 am at the Gold Dust West Casino,
2171 E. Highway 50, Carson City. Our speakers are Matt Fisher with Trakker Design Research.
Trakker is an industrial design studio, focusing on consumer products designed for
manufacturing companies.
Lori Haney
City National Bank
Roger Kadz
Nevada State
Development Corp.
Dan Kahl
Kahl Commercial
Interiors,
Inc.
The meeting is scheduled for exactly one hour. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for guests and
$25 for students with valid NHSE ID. Purchase a table for eight for your company and guests for
$200 (your company name will be posted at the table.) We take cash, check or credit card
MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express.
Pat Langhoff
Langhoff Consulting
Services
Future Meeting Information
Angela LoGiurato
Country Financial
Third Wednesday of the Month. Doors will open at 7:30 am. Meetings are exactly one hour, 8
am to 9 am. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for future members. We take cash, check or credit
card – MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express. Please RSVP to NBC at
775.771.5747 or kris@nvbizconnect.com. Alternately, RSVP to Maxine at 775.887.1294 or
cccnv@sbcglobal.net. See you there!
Jeffrey Lowden
Sky West
Tom Metcalf
Metcalf Builders
James Neil
US Bank
Carol Nicholson
Atlantis Casino Resort
Date
February 18th
March 18th
2015 NBC Breakfast Meeting Schedule
Location
Speakers
Matt Fisher, Trakker Design
Gold Dust West Casino, CC
Mark Richardson, Ashima
Atlantis Resort, Reno
Devices (Drone Mfgr)
Maxine Nietz
Capital City Computing
We are not the experts… But we know who they are.
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NBC Advisory Board
(contd)
Greg Nixon
First Independent Bank
Welcome New & Renewing Members


Dick Silvera
Silvera Commercial
Real
Estate Services
David Steiger
Western Nevada
College
Dr. Fred Steinmann
UNR/College of Bus.
Admin.


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Bayliss & Associates, Bill Fergus
Calculated Industries, Scott Berry
John Copoulos Architects, John Copolous
Sperry Van Ness, Jack Brower
Virginia City Brewery & Taphouse, Kurt Holt
January Meeting Notes
Innovation and Training in the Spotlight
David Toll (Emeritus)
Gold Hill Publishing/
Nevada Web
John Uhart
Uhart Commercial Real
Estate Services
Brian Wallace
Wells Fargo Bank
Luke Leonard (CVirtual), Roger Diez,
Georgia Baker (Heritage Bank), Charlie
White, and Katie Hopper prepare for a
great breakfast meeting
Jane Grossman (IMPAQ) addresses the
audience
Emily Andrews (Utility Tel.) and Carol
Nicholson (Atlantis) pass the “outside the
box” test first
Jane Grossman (IMPAQ) makes an
emphatic point
Roy Klino (3D Print Zone) speaks and Kris
Holt (NBC) takes note
Roy Klino (3D Print Zone) explains a point
Thomas P. Johnson (Stifel Fin.) and Roger
Kadz (NSDC)
Marie Gibson, Brian Wallace (Wells Fargo)
and Emily Andrews (Utility Tel.)
Jack Brower (Sperry Van Ness) and Kris
Holt (NBC)
Kris Holt
Executive Director
Nevada Business
Connections
NBC Members
Corporate
Sponsors
Access to Healthcare
Network
Adele’s Restaurant
& Lounge
Advanced Machining
Techniques
Aervoe Industries, Inc.
AFLAC
Alliance Business
Appraisals
Allison-MacKenzie
Law Firm
Aloha Medicinals
Alpine Insurance
Applied Business
Solutions
ARMAC Construction
Assoc. Builders &
Contractors (ABC)
Atlantis Casino
Resort Spa
Kris chats with attendees Jane Grossman
(IMPAQ), Georgia Baker (Heritage Bank)
and Ray Zavalla (United Const.)
Manufacturing Members of NBC
Advanced MachiningTechniques
Aervoe Industries, Inc.
Aloha Medicinals, Inc.
Betra Manufacturing Co.
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Calculated Industries
Carson Hi Tech
Concept Automation Systems
Cubix Corporation
Custom Stamping
Click-Bond
Duro Manufacturing
EE Technologies
EZE-LAP Dimond Products, Inc.
Great Basin Brewing Company
HubZone Manufacturing
MC-21 Incorporated
Mustang Manufacturing, Inc.
Polam Machining
PAUGHCO
REDCO
Universal Analyzers
Vital Systems Corporation
Vitamin Research Products
NBC Members
(contd)
Bayliss & Associates
Betra Manufacturing
Bradley Preston
Graphic Designer
Brian Gifford & Assocs
Bristlecone Family
Resources
Builders Assn. of
Northern Nevada
(BANN)Builders Assn.
of
Western Nevada
(BAWN)
Bullis and Co CPAs
Capital City
Computing
Carson City Chamber
of Commerce
Carson City Library
Carson Nugget
Casino
Carson Properties
Carson Valley Chamber
of Commerce
CarsonNow.com
Churchill County
Economic
Development
City of Carson City
City of Fallon
City of Fernley
City of Lovelock
City of Reno
City of Sparks
City National Bank
Clancy Machine Tool,
Inc.
Click-Bond
Coldwell Banker
Select RE
Columbia River Econ
Dev Council (CREDC)
Comnet Mktg Group
ComputerCorps
Concept Automation
Systems
Connect2it
Country Financial
Cubix
Custom Stamping
CVirtual
Dayton Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Delta Saloon
Dept of
Employment,
Training & Rehab.
(DETR)
DGD Development
Wages
Business-backed opposition to minimum-wage hike begins to form
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, February 3, 2015. Author: Allen Young
Businesses within the city of Sacramento are overwhelmingly opposed to efforts to raise the city's
minimum wage, a pair of surveys suggest. As city officials explore the issue, businesses interest
groups have begun organizing a coalition to debate a new wage law.
The Sacramento Metro Chamber sent a survey to its members last week asking whether they
supported an increase to minimum wage, and respondents raised concerns that a citywide law
would eliminate paid internship programs, hurt profit margins by over 50 percent in some cases
and eliminate raises, CEO Peter Tateishi said.
Restaurants could be particularly hurt, said Bobby Coyote, owner of Davis-based Dos Coyotes
Border Café. A new wage law in Sacramento would compound rising expenses around health
care and workers compensation, he said, forcing restaurants to raise prices on consumers while
cutting server jobs. These changes would diminish the dining experience and could lead to less
people eating out, he said.
"We need to keep things balanced," Coyote said. He stressed that
he thinks all workers should receive "fair wages," adding he thinks
an increase to minimum wage is inevitable -- in Sacramento and
elsewhere. Nevertheless, Coyote said he hopes city leaders exert
caution.
"You don't want (business expenses) to go too far to one side because it will hit the tipping point"
and hurt the economy, Coyote said.
Though local business interest groups have not yet taken a position on a local minimum wage
measure because no proposals have surfaced, Tateishi said the chamber plans to build a
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NBC Members
(contd)
DigiPrint
Corporation
Digital Delirium
Douglas County
Douglas Co Building
Industry Assoc
Douglas Gorgen
Duro
Manufacturing
Downtown Imp
Assoc (Reno)
Econ Dev Auth of W.
Nev (EDAWN)
Fernley Chamber of
Commerce
First American Title
Company
First Independent
Bank
Furniture Dept.,
The
GDA Degree Inc.
GHX, Inc.
Gold Dust West
Casino
Gold Hill Publishing
Granite
Construction
Great Basin
Brewing Co.
Green Business
Chamber of
Commerce
Green Enterprises
Hammer Head
Construction
Hampton Inn
Henkes Welsh
Insurance Svcs
Heritage Bank of NV
Hire Dynamics
Holiday Inn Express
& Suites
Hone Company
HubZone Mfg, Inc.
ID Corporation
IMPAQ
Industrial Logistics
Services
JLM Industrial
Supply
JT Basque Bar &
Dining Room
J.P. Copoulos
Architect
J.W. McClenahan
Co.
Job Opportunities
In Nevada (JOIN)
Kahl Commercial
Interiors
coalition representing the business community that would include the region's ethnic chambers
and other groups.
For more than a year, members of the Sacramento City Council have engaged in private
discussions over a local minimum wage law. Local labor leaders have begun pressing for $15 an
hour.
At his State of the City address last week, Mayor Kevin Johnson expressed enthusiasm for
exploring the issue, but stopped short of saying he favored a new law. Instead, Johnson
highlighted an "income inequality task force" he had assembled to study minimum wage in
Sacramento and its potential economic impact.
An internal poll by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership found that 90 percent of its members
objected to any citywide increase, said Michael Ault, the partnership's executive director. Survey
respondents, consisting of downtown Sacramento businesses and community groups, raised
concerns that the city would be placed at a competitive disadvantage with other jurisdictions
within the region, leading to fewer local businesses locating downtown and more property
vacancies.
Ault suggested that imposing a minimum wage in Sacramento might slow or even reverse
economic revitalization resulting from the downtown arena.
"We're in the process now of… filling ground floor spaces that have been vacant a long time. If
we are going to look at the goal, and see an added hurdle for businesses coming in, are we
potentially taking one step back before we even get started?" Ault asked.
The poll by the partnership was an unscientific sampling sent to 548 downtown businesses and
community groups, Ault said. The poll included 62 responses, with all but six opposed to any
local minimum wage increase.
More from Tesla
Tesla leases 300,000-square-foot industrial project in Fremont
published on-line by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, January 21, 2015. Author: Nathan
Donato-Weinstein
Last summer, I detailed the emerging real estate impact of Tesla Motors — not only from Tesla's
own expanding footprint, but also its suppliers as they cluster near the electric-car darling.
Well, here's more evidence: Right before Christmas, Tesla leased a large industrial project in
Fremont that hasn't even finished construction.
The 300,000-square-foot facility at 47400 Kato Road is being developed by Westcore Properties,
the firm that just acquired two buildings in Sunnyvale in a deal I wrote about on Tuesday. Victoria
Grether, vice president of acquisitions and asset manager for Westcore, would only tell me that
the project is leased. But numerous market sources confirmed the tenant is Tesla, whose giant
factory is located a very short distance away. Tesla representatives declined to comment when
reached for comment last week. Brokers with Colliers International, which was marketing the
project, didn't return a request for comment.
"From our perspective, it's another affirmation about what's happening in the innovation district,
and following suit with others like Seagate and Thermo Fisher," said Christina Briggs, economic
development director with the city of Fremont. She was speaking generally and did not have
specific knowledge of the Tesla transaction. "We're seeing this growth from within."
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NBC Members
(contd)
KNPB Public
Broadcasting
LaMonica Properties
Langhoff
Consulting
Lumos & Associates
Lyon County
Mallard Investment
Management
Marriott Residence
Inn
MC-21
McClain’s Mobile
Music & DJ Svc
Metcalf Builders
Moment Skis
Mustang Manufacturing
Moment Skis
Mustang Manufacturing
Nevada Assoc of
Counties
Natl Assoc of Industrial
& Office Professionals
(NAIOP)
Nevada Business
Journal Magazine
Nevada Center for
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Nevada Development
Authority
Nevada Governor
Nevada Industry
Excellence
Nevada
Manufacturers
Association
Nevada Trucking
Association
Nevada Premier
Properties
Nevada Secretary
of State
Nevada Small
Business
Development Center
Nevada State Bank
Nevada State
Development Corp.
Nevada Taxpayers
Assn.
NevadaWeb
NEVCAL Trucking
Northern Nevada
Chamber of
Commerce
Northern Nevada
Title Company
Note-Ables
Office Support Center
OHL
Westcore acquired the four-building property, which included 5 additional acres, from New York
Life in August of 2012, paying $45.6 million. The new development should be complete by the
third quarter of this year, Grether said. Terms of the long-term deal were unclear as of this week.
The facility includes 54 loading docks on two sides of the building — making it a "cross-dock"
facility. The building has 32-foot-high ceilings and sits on not quite 16 acres.
Its unclear what Tesla plans to do in the space; warehouse is a strong possibility, though such
industrial buildings are highly flexible. This would be Tesla's largest local deal since buying the
factory in 2010; last year, Tesla leased a 430,000-square-foot assembly plant in Lathrop.
One thing's certain: This is a very good time to be in the industrial/warehouse business. The
latest market research report from DTZ shows year-to-year warehouse vacancy being squeezed
across the Valley. Fremont's vacancy rate plummeted from 4.9 percent to just 2 percent.
Further proof: Overton Moore's massive, 700,000-square-foot Crossings @ 880 development,
also in Fremont, is now fully leased after Apple expanded by 100,000 square feet in the project.
I previously wrote about this project leasing most of the space back in October.
"In Silicon Valley we are seeing a perfect storm of spiking demand from both local and regional
users as well as national and global e-commerce players," DTZ writes in its most recent Silicon
Valley warehouse report. "All of the speculative construction projects begun this year were leased
before completion and in some cases before groundbreaking."
DTZ said the market saw 1.7 million square feet of new space added in 2014, the highest level
seen since 1997, and demand continues to outpace supply.
Tesla is not yet profitable, but its growth in Fremont has been extraordinary. Inside the factory, it
is believed to be at or above the employment level seen during the halcyon days of yore, when
it pumped out GM and Toyota vehicles for New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. Tesla, which
expects to begin delivering its Model X crossover vehicle in early 2016, is also reportedly in the
market for additional office space.
In December, Tesla bought the old United Auto Workers union hall at 45201 Fremont Blvd. It
also leased about 90,000 square feet in Sunnyvale at 1250 Elko Drive.
True North
Could rebranding Minnesota as the 'North' actually work?
published on-line by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, January 22, 2015. Author: Mark
Reilly
The notion of Minnesota unilaterally evicting itself from the Midwest and inventing a new region
— the North — for itself has been kicked around for several months by the sort of people who
think deeply about regional branding. But there just aren't a lot of those people, and the idea
seemed like it could vanish unnoticed.
But that's less likely now, as The Wall Street Journal has picked up the concept and is running
with it. The story pegs the state's desire to embrace its own identity with the economic success
of companies like Red Wing Shoe Co. and Duluth Pack, whose rugged corporate images fit in
nicely with what "North" proponents are trying to achieve. In a nutshell, the concept takes the
perceived weaknesses of the region, its remoteness and cold climate, and embraces them. (The
subtext is that if Minnesotans can put up with these things, we must be rugged and cool
ourselves. New York's been doing a riff on this for decades, positioning itself as a tough place to
live whose residents must, therefore, be tough.)
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NBC Members
(contd)
Paper Cup, LLC
PAUGHCO
Pershing
County/Lovelock
Plating Products
Plumas Bank
Polam Machining
Pro Group Mgmt
Realty Executives
REDCO
Regional
Transportation
Commission
RE/MAX
Reno Forklift and
Storage
Reno-Tahoe Airport
Authority
Retail Assn of Nevada
Ribeiro Company
Shaheen-Beauchamp
Builders
Bob Shriver, Consultant
Sierra Nevada Assn. of
Realtors
Sierra Sage Magazine
Silver Oak Golf &
Events Center
Silver Springs
Airport
Silver State Consultants
Silvera Commercial
Real Estate, Inc.
Skywest and
Companies
Small Business Admin
Solid Solutions Design
& Machine
Sperry Van Ness
Commercial Real
Estate
Spherion Staffing
Stantec
State Agent & Transfer
Syndicate
Stewart Title
Stifel Financial
Storey County
Tahoe & Carson
Telephone
Directories
Tetra Tech
The Bosma Group
Ticor Title
Town of Mammoth
Lakes
Trakker Design
Uhart Commercial
Real Estate
United Construction
Corp
Among the supporters are Eric and Andrew Dayton (sons of Gov. Mark Dayton), who ordered
150 hats last winter bearing the word "North" at their North Loop Minneapolis boutique, Askov
Finlayson, and haven't been able to keep them in stock since. The WSJ also talks with Andrew
Blauvelt, the Walker Arts Center's curator of design, research and publishing, who hosted a
packed program on regional identity last fall.
The Star Tribune has also covered that push, touching on the difficulties regions have it standing
out from their neighbors. That can be especially true in the Midwest, a sort of catch-all region
whose boundaries, according to the FiveThirtyEight blog, can be incredibly fluid.
The idea's gotten some pushback, too, most prominently by the unabashedly Midwestern
Chicago Tribune, which points out that " geographic terms, like most nicknames, aren't easy to
popularize"— they're given by outsiders, not chosen by insiders. And Chicago should know, since
it chafed for years under its "Second City" moniker, thought up by a New Yorker writer. (Chicago
stopped complaining about it around the time when other cities eclipsed it, and "Second City"
actually was sort of a promotion.) Which is partly why the Journal piece qualifies as a win for the
North folks — getting outsiders to at least consider the idea without making jokes. In the
comments section, it takes about a half-dozen posts before the Minnesota insults start in earnest.
It’s Not Soup
Macy's will occupy big part of former Campbell Soup plant
published on-line by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, January 23, 2015. Author: Ben van der
Meer
Macy's has signed on as a major occupant of the Capital Commerce Center, the industrial site
on Franklin Boulevard formerly known as the Campbell Soup plant.
Sacramento County announced Thursday the retailer would be occupying at least a portion of
the site and use it for distribution and shipping of online store purchases.
As part of the deal, Macy's will also spend up to $10.5 million in improvements to the center
and plans to have the equivalent of 175 full-time jobs there, and at least 100 full-time positions.
It wasn't immediately clear if the company is moving any work from other locations.
"Customers today are shopping whenever, however and wherever they
prefer – via stores, desktops and mobile devices – and we continue to invest
to meet the customer demand," said R.B. Harrison, Macy's, Inc. chief
omnichannel officer, in a news release. "We are choosing to expand and
invest in Sacramento County, based on the quality of the workforce and the
outstanding support we have received from the local community."
More information, such as the timing of the lease or exactly how much
square footage Macy's would occupy, was not immediately available. Since
the site was bought and renamed by Hackman Capital Partners in December
2013, brokers have leased 261,000 square feet at the plant, which has 1.6
million square feet. Brokers have also mentioned the possibility of new build-to-suit industrial
spots on the plant site, which totals 129 acres.
The county helped secure Macy's as a tenant with assistance from its Office of Economic
Development and Marketing, according to the press release. The lease also qualifies for
expedited permitting, and county supervisors will vote on necessary approvals next Tuesday.
"This is a huge step toward revitalizing the Franklin Boulevard neighborhood," said District 2
Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy in the news release. "We are proud to partner
with Macy's in order to bring quality jobs back to south Sacramento."
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NBC Members
(contd)
Universal Analyzers
UNR/Business
Environmental
Program
UNR/Center for
Regional Studies
US Bank
USDA Rural Loans
VCM Collision Center
Vidler Water
Company
Virginia City Brewery &
Taphouse
Vital Systems Corp.
Vitamin Research
Products
Washoe County
Health District
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo Advisors
Western Industrial NV
Western Nevada
College
Western Nevada
Supply
Western Industrial
Nevada
YESCO
County officials referred further calls to a local representative for Hackman, who did not
immediately respond to a call for comment. A broker with CBRE, which had leasing
responsibilities for the site, was also not immediately available for comment.
Campbell operated a soup plant on the site for 66 years before closing in 2013. The former
industrial equipment in the building was auctioned off and removed last year.
California
1.
In first appearance, new CEO group leader says Sacramento must
embrace change
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, January 21, 2015. Author: Allen Young
Making his first public appearance since being named CEO of the new Greater Sacramento Area
Economic Council, Barry Broome on Wednesday said the capital region should be prepared to
redefine itself to achieve greater success.
"I love change," he told an audience of 800 at California State University
Sacramento. "When a community becomes a change agent, it can be an
extraordinary community."
Broome, named in December to be the first leader of Sacramento's newest economicdevelopment organization, delivered the keynote at this year's Sacramento Business Review.
Noting that one of the region's key economic strengths is agriculture, Broome referred to
Sacramento as California's "fourth region" after San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. "We
have this tremendous opportunity, and just being a resilient community will pay such dividends."
But Broome said he was baffled that many in the Sacramento region are afraid to talk about its
challenges — including skills gaps and poverty rates.
"Why aren't we having these conversations?" he asked. "I want to have this honest conversation
about our future because I know we're strong enough."
Broome said he plans to be forthright in working with business leaders to help develop
Sacramento's economy. "I will be diligent and committed to doing the very best job for each of
you," he said. "If you join us in this effort, we will not disappoint you."
In an interview after the speech, Broome said health technology and educational technology are
two areas where he plans to focus business-recruitment efforts.
Broome is wrapping up his tenure as CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. Under his
leadership, the Phoenix council has attracted 250 companies representing 50,000 jobs and $8
billion in capital investment, according to the organization.
Sacramento's economic council, backed by CEOs of some of the region's top companies, came
together last year and eventually acquired the functions, name and staff of the Sacramento Area
Commerce & Trade Organization. Earlier this month, SACTO members approved a merger
between the two groups.
At the event, economic experts predicted another year of sustained economic growth with
upwards of 4,000 jobs to be created in health care and business services. Read a PDF of the
report.
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The annual forecast is organized by California State University Sacramento and the Sacramento
Metro Chamber. Last year's keynote speaker was Neel Kashkari, the former Treasury official
who used the event to announce his campaign for governor.
2. Local companies awarded California Competes tax credits
published on-line by the Sacramento Business Journal, January 21, 2015. Author: Allen Young
The Brown administration has approved approximately $31 million in tax credits for 56 companies
in its latest round of California Competes disbursements. The recipients include several capitalregion firms, including a cryotherapy services company in Davis and a wealth adviser in
Sacramento.
Credits are approved following an evaluation of factors that include
total jobs created, business investment, employee wages and
"strategic importance." As in past funding rounds, the biggest winners
are engaged in high-tech manufacturing in areas such as
biopharmaceuticals, electric buses and computer hardware.
In the Sacramento area, Remark Enterprises LLC, a cryotherapy
services company in Davis, agreed to hire 126 employees and invest
more than $15 million in its business in exchange for a tax credit of
$400,000.
Brian Boyd, a Sacramento-based wealth management and insurance sales company, agreed to
hire three employees and invest $282,000 into its business in return for a tax credit of $47,000.
Applications already are being received for the next funding round of $75 million in credits, and
are due Feb. 2.
In this latest funding round, the companies committed to creating roughly 4,900 jobs and
generating over $900 million in investments.
Here are more Sacramento-area winners:
 Adams Group, an agricultural processing company with an office in Woodland. It agreed
to create 15 jobs over six years and invest $10.3 million in its business for a tax credit
worth $147,500.

Wily Fox Technologies, a health information technology company based in El Dorado
Hills. It committed to creating 15 jobs and investing $45,000 in the business in return for
a $25,000 tax credit.

Pikios Auto LLC, an automotive repair shop in Sacramento. It agreed to create three jobs
and received a $45,000 tax credit.

Wright & Wright Inc., an accounting services firm in Yuba City. It agreed to add four
employees and invest $60,000 in return for a $24,500 tax credit.
3.
San Jose is top US advanced-industries hub, but faces challenges
in expanding
published on-line by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, February 3, 2015. Author: Angela
Swartz
San Jose's metro area leads the U.S. as an advanced-industries hub, but the crucial expansion
and improved competitiveness of this high-tech workforce could be challenging, the Brookings
Institution says in a new report.
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In terms of advanced industries' local clustering, the San Jose area is the nation's leading hub
with 29.9 percent of its workforce employed in the sector. Seattle follows with 16.0 percent of its
local jobs in advanced industries; then Wichita (15.5 percent); Detroit (14.9 percent); and San
Francisco (14.0 percent), the report says.
The San Jose metro area — which the report defined as including Santa Clara and San Benito
counties — employed 291,660 full-time workers in advanced industries as of 2013.
Brookings, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., defines advanced
industries as those that spend at least $450 per worker per year on research and development,
and employ at least 20 percent of their workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathintensive occupations. These jobs are across manufacturing, energy and services industries
ranging from aerospace and automotive to energy generation, computer software and biotech
sectors.
In San Jose, these jobs pay an average salary of $183,950 annually, while
their industries produce $71.3 billion in the region.
The tech sector will be very important for future prosperity in the United States,
but continuing to grow these industries could be a challenge, according to the
new study from Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program.
"Our desire was to pull together and connect conversations that are usually separate," said Mark
Muro, lead author of the report, titled "America's Advanced Industries: What They Are, Where
They Are, and Why They Matter."
"San Jose clearly has some of the same strains on the housing front as San Francisco," Muro
said. "The region is participating in the same innovation inputs. The two metros share the skills
problem."
The biggest challenges the country's current 12.2 million employee tech industry is facing is a
lack of STEM skills needed for jobs. After 20 years of offshoring and inconsistent federal policy,
the size of the sector's employment and output, as a share of the total U.S. economy, has shrunk.
The result is that the United States is losing ground to other countries on advanced-industry
competitiveness, according to the report.
"The country can't be complacent," Muro said. "We're competing with the world. We've got to get
better at training workers for these industries. We haven't done a great job at generating that kind
of workforce."
To be more innovative, the nation needs to continue expanding its investments in relevant R&D,
along with making sure more students are getting STEM training in school, he said.
"The bulk of our patents are coming out of these industries," Muro said. "Beyond that, they pay
well and are actually adding jobs in many places. These are the industries that really matter for
U.S. prosperity."
Keynoters
NBC Keynote speakers in 2014/2015:
Month
Speaker
January 2015
Jane Grossman, IMPAQ and Roy Klino, 3D Print Zone
Moderators: Collie Hutter, President and CEO, Click-Bond and
Dr. Carol Lucey, former President, WNC. Panelists: Ann Silver,
Executive Director, JOIN, Sandra Haslem, Director, NVIE,
December 2014
David Steiger (with guest, Emily Howarth), Director of
Economic Dev., WNC, and representatives of Nevada DETR,
JobConnect, and TMCC
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November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
July 2014
June 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
Bruce Breslow, Director of the Department of Business and
Industry, and Joseph F. Dutra, Kimmie Candy Company
Sonny L. Newman, President of EE Technologies, Inc., Megan
Sells with Patagonia, Inc., and Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Association.
Craig Mullet, CM Enterprises, manufacturing consultant, and
Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Darryl Rubarth, owner of LabAnalytix, Inc. and Ray Bacon,
Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Nick Marano, new City Manager of Carson City, and Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
L. Lance Gilman, Tahoe Reno Industrial Park & Storey
County, with co-hosts Luke Leonard, CVirtual, and Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
David Midboe, Concept Automation Systems, with emcee Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Joseph F. Dutra, Kimmie Candy Company, and Dean Schultz,
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, with emcee Ray Bacon,
Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Stephen Vanderver, Vital
Systems; Gerd Poppinga, Vineburg Machining; and Frank
Dutra. Advanced Machining Techniques) with emcee Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Ken Stokes, Burns
Machining, Eric Dripps, Vitaman Research Products, Bret
Sheldon, CINC Industries) with emcee Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Assn.
Dale Erquiaga, Nevada State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of Washoe
County Schools
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Olgierd Downarowicz, Polam
Precision Machining, and Harvey Hornung, Nevada Heat
Treating) with emcee Chris MacKenzie, Attorney.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Mark Thomas, Betra
Manufacturing, Red Sexton, Jube Machine, Dave Bess,
Carson Hi Tech, and Bob White, Taiyo-America) with emcee
John Bullis, Bullis & Company, CPAs.
Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO, Director, and Ron
James, Chief Historian, both from Comstock Mining Inc.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Walt Owens, Owens Precision,
Eric Rauch, Ametherm, Len Semas, Cubix, John Colyer,
Reliance Parts, David Schuster, MC-21) with emcee Paul Enos,
Nevada Truckers Association.
Environment Power Panel (Chris Lynch, UNR Business
Environmental Program, Joe McCarthy, Comstock Residents
Association, and Greg Martinelli and Sarah Polito, Waste
Management.)
Manufacturers Panel (Collie Hutter, Click-Bond, Emcee; Dave
Williams, Aervoe Industries; Ralph Johnson, EZE-LAP Diamond
Products, Inc., Ron McBroom, PAUGHCO, John Holliday, Aloha
Medicinals, and Dave Williams, Aervo Industries.
Sarah Adler, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
State Director
Perry Di Loreto, owner of Di Loreto Construction and
Development, and Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail
Association of Nevada
Frank Dutra, President of Hubzone Manufacturing and
Advanced Machining Techniques, and Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Assn.
For Keynote info further back in time, see NBC Progress for December 2013 on our website
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