San Diego Self Storage execs provide aide
San Diego Self Storage, an organizational entity of Carlsbad Self Storage, takes its community involvement commitment to the highest possible level.
Corporate managers have been rolling up their sleeves to tackle international disaster relief projects since 1990 by providing financial support and engaging in first response rebuilding efforts for communities stricken by natural disasters.
San Diego Self Storage Managing Partner Bob Halliday has participated on 52 construction teams. He began his disaster relief volunteer involvement with Hurricane Hugo in 1990, then Hurricane Floyd and, most recently, Hurricane Katrina.
Halliday also built sheds for victims of the San Diego wildfires and was instrumental in the construction of a daycare center for disabled children in Tijuana.
For more information, visit www.sandiegoselfstorage.com.
Jazzercise signs Burke as celebrity spokeswoman
Jazzercise, the world's leading dance fitness program, recently announced that Cheryl Burke of "Dancing with the Stars" will be the company's new spokeswoman in a variety of marketing campaigns.
Burke is a professional dancer and two-time winner of the popular ABC show "Dancing with the Stars." The partnership includes TV and print ad campaigns, online programs and a featured Cheryl Burke for Fit Couture collection in the company's apparel catalog and online store.
Jazzercise is an international franchise business that hosts a network of 7,500 instructors teaching more than 32,000 classes weekly in 32 countries. For more information, visit www.jazzercise.com.
Barnett, Hogan join Colliers International
Veteran retail brokers Bill Barnett and Doug Hogan have joined Colliers International.
"Their addition to the Colliers' team is key in positioning our firm for growth, as well as increasing our presence in the retail real estate market," said Jim Spain, managing director of the full-service commercial real estate company.
Barnett has been appointed senior vice president of the firm's Carlsbad office where he specializes in site acquisitions and the sale and leasing of shopping centers. During his 26-year career, he has completed transactions valued at close to one billion dollars.
Hogan joined Barnett as a senior vice president in the Carlsbad office where his focus is retail leasing and tenant representation. His 22-year track record includes the lease-up of the remodeled Westfield Mission Valley mall.
For more information, visit www.colliers.com.
New ViaSat contracts total $53 million
ViaSat, a maker of satellite equipment, recently won two contracts totaling $53 million to provide satellite communications infrastructure in Africa.
The contracts are with RascomStarQaf, a pan-African satellite operator. Under one contract, ViaSat will deliver equipment for high-capacity telephone and data communications between regional and national capitals. Under the other, ViaSat will provide equipment for rural telecommunications access across the continent.
Carlsbad-based ViaSat employs more than 1,900 people. The company's annual revenues hit a record $628 million during the most recently completed fiscal year, which ended April 3.
For more information, visit www.viasat.com.
West receives Stars of Industry Award
The American Hotel & Lodging Association recently recognized Carlsbad's West Inn and Suites as the Winner of the Best Guest Relations program among all hotels nationwide for small properties with 100 rooms or less.
The association recognized the hotel for its West Signature Service program. It was one of only 11 properties to receive a 2009 Stars of the Industry Award from the association.
"West Signature Service is evidence of the creativity and dedication to hospitality's guests by employees. Everyone in the lodging industry should aspire to these heights," said Joseph A. McInerney, president and CEO of the association.
For more information, visit www.westinnandsuites.com.
Optimist Club doles out scholarships
The Optimist Club of Carlsbad, known as "The Achievers," recently gave out $1,000 scholarships to five hardworking students.
The recipients were Sinjen Povoli of LaCosta Canyon High School, Ariel Perkins of the Carlsbad Village Academy and Shelby Cohantz, Ceasar Lopez and Alejandro Lbaez of Carlsbad High School.
The club strives to provide time and efforts to support many community projects. In addition, the club raises money to benefit the community.
It has donated to Special Olympics, Stand Up For Kids and Boy Scouts, to name a few. For more information, visit www.calso.org.
Tri-City names CEO, announces promotion
Last month, Tri-City Healthcare District's board of directors appointed interim CEO Larry Anderson as the hospital's permanent CEO.
Anderson had been serving as interim CEO since January. The board's decision extends Anderson's contract, which had been set to run through October, for an 18-month period.
Also last month, Tri-City promoted Jeff Segall from director of public affairs to vice president of public affairs and marketing. He is now responsible for overseeing the hospital's marketing and advertising initiatives, media relations, Web site, community outreach, sponsorships, partnerships and government affairs.
Segall has been with Tri-City since 2006. For more information, visit www.tricitymed.org.
MiraCosta students help Katrina victims
For the third year in a row, a group of MiraCosta College students and staff traveled to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane
Katrina.
Because of the damage from the devastating hurricane of August 2005, more than 6,000 Mississippi residents are still living in FEMA trailers. Of the 64,000 homes destroyed, only 30 percent have been rebuilt.
Experts estimate that it will take another eight to 10 years to complete all of the restoration and rebuilding. For more information, visit www.miracosta.edu.
UltraStar program supports military
Last month, UltraStar Cinemas kicked off a new program called Wounded Warrior Wednesday to support the military.
The program provides any wounded warrior with a card that allows them and a guest free admission to any movie every Wednesday at Mission Marketplace Cinemas, 431 College Blvd, Oceanside.
"UltraStar was born and raised here in San Diego and this is just another way we'd like to show our appreciation for our military," said UltraStar Executive Alan Grossberg.
The San Diego-based company operates 120 screens at 13 sites throughout Southern California and Arizona. For more information, visit www.ultrastarmovies.com.
Poseidon selects project's financial advisor
Poseidon Resources recently announced that it has selected Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in connection with the financing of its 50 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad.
After spending seven years permitting the project, the announcement marks the start of the process to finance the pioneer water supply plant. As financial advisor, Barclays Capital will provide Poseidon with a fully integrated, seamless solution to execute the construction and term financing of the project's more than $300 million capital investment and associated closing, construction and startup period costs.
Poseidon Resources specializes in developing and financing water infrastructure projects, primarily seawater desalination and water treatment plants. For more information, visit www.carlsbad-desal.com.
Bar Association elects Cataldo president
Mary Cataldo, senior counsel at the law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, has been elected president of the North County Bar Association.
Her term will commence in January and run through the end of 2010. Cataldo previously served as a director from 2003 through 2005 and will complete a second three-year term at the end of this year.
She has served as treasurer of the bar association for the last two years. Established in 1956, the association is dedicated to providing its members with programs and services promoting the development of the legal profession.
With more than 110 attorneys, Procopio is one of the largest full-service business law firms in Southern California. For more information, visit www.procopio.com.
San Diego Self Storage, an organizational entity of Carlsbad Self Storage, takes its community involvement commitment to the highest possible level.
Corporate managers have been rolling up their sleeves to tackle international disaster relief projects since 1990 by providing financial support and engaging in first response rebuilding efforts for communities stricken by natural disasters.
San Diego Self Storage Managing Partner Bob Halliday has participated on 52 construction teams. He began his disaster relief volunteer involvement with Hurricane Hugo in 1990, then Hurricane Floyd and, most recently, Hurricane Katrina.
Halliday also built sheds for victims of the San Diego wildfires and was instrumental in the construction of a daycare center for disabled children in Tijuana.
For more information, visit www.sandiegoselfstorage.com.
Jazzercise signs Burke as celebrity spokeswoman
Jazzercise, the world's leading dance fitness program, recently announced that Cheryl Burke of "Dancing with the Stars" will be the company's new spokeswoman in a variety of marketing campaigns.
Burke is a professional dancer and two-time winner of the popular ABC show "Dancing with the Stars." The partnership includes TV and print ad campaigns, online programs and a featured Cheryl Burke for Fit Couture collection in the company's apparel catalog and online store.
Jazzercise is an international franchise business that hosts a network of 7,500 instructors teaching more than 32,000 classes weekly in 32 countries. For more information, visit www.jazzercise.com.
Barnett, Hogan join Colliers International
Veteran retail brokers Bill Barnett and Doug Hogan have joined Colliers International.
"Their addition to the Colliers' team is key in positioning our firm for growth, as well as increasing our presence in the retail real estate market," said Jim Spain, managing director of the full-service commercial real estate company.
Barnett has been appointed senior vice president of the firm's Carlsbad office where he specializes in site acquisitions and the sale and leasing of shopping centers. During his 26-year career, he has completed transactions valued at close to one billion dollars.
Hogan joined Barnett as a senior vice president in the Carlsbad office where his focus is retail leasing and tenant representation. His 22-year track record includes the lease-up of the remodeled Westfield Mission Valley mall.
For more information, visit www.colliers.com.
New ViaSat contracts total $53 million
ViaSat, a maker of satellite equipment, recently won two contracts totaling $53 million to provide satellite communications infrastructure in Africa.
The contracts are with RascomStarQaf, a pan-African satellite operator. Under one contract, ViaSat will deliver equipment for high-capacity telephone and data communications between regional and national capitals. Under the other, ViaSat will provide equipment for rural telecommunications access across the continent.
Carlsbad-based ViaSat employs more than 1,900 people. The company's annual revenues hit a record $628 million during the most recently completed fiscal year, which ended April 3.
For more information, visit www.viasat.com.
West receives Stars of Industry Award
The American Hotel & Lodging Association recently recognized Carlsbad's West Inn and Suites as the Winner of the Best Guest Relations program among all hotels nationwide for small properties with 100 rooms or less.
The association recognized the hotel for its West Signature Service program. It was one of only 11 properties to receive a 2009 Stars of the Industry Award from the association.
"West Signature Service is evidence of the creativity and dedication to hospitality's guests by employees. Everyone in the lodging industry should aspire to these heights," said Joseph A. McInerney, president and CEO of the association.
For more information, visit www.westinnandsuites.com.
Optimist Club doles out scholarships
The Optimist Club of Carlsbad, known as "The Achievers," recently gave out $1,000 scholarships to five hardworking students.
The recipients were Sinjen Povoli of LaCosta Canyon High School, Ariel Perkins of the Carlsbad Village Academy and Shelby Cohantz, Ceasar Lopez and Alejandro Lbaez of Carlsbad High School.
The club strives to provide time and efforts to support many community projects. In addition, the club raises money to benefit the community.
It has donated to Special Olympics, Stand Up For Kids and Boy Scouts, to name a few. For more information, visit www.calso.org.
Tri-City names CEO, announces promotion
Last month, Tri-City Healthcare District's board of directors appointed interim CEO Larry Anderson as the hospital's permanent CEO.
Anderson had been serving as interim CEO since January. The board's decision extends Anderson's contract, which had been set to run through October, for an 18-month period.
Also last month, Tri-City promoted Jeff Segall from director of public affairs to vice president of public affairs and marketing. He is now responsible for overseeing the hospital's marketing and advertising initiatives, media relations, Web site, community outreach, sponsorships, partnerships and government affairs.
Segall has been with Tri-City since 2006. For more information, visit www.tricitymed.org.
MiraCosta students help Katrina victims
For the third year in a row, a group of MiraCosta College students and staff traveled to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane
Katrina.
Because of the damage from the devastating hurricane of August 2005, more than 6,000 Mississippi residents are still living in FEMA trailers. Of the 64,000 homes destroyed, only 30 percent have been rebuilt.
Experts estimate that it will take another eight to 10 years to complete all of the restoration and rebuilding. For more information, visit www.miracosta.edu.
UltraStar program supports military
Last month, UltraStar Cinemas kicked off a new program called Wounded Warrior Wednesday to support the military.
The program provides any wounded warrior with a card that allows them and a guest free admission to any movie every Wednesday at Mission Marketplace Cinemas, 431 College Blvd, Oceanside.
"UltraStar was born and raised here in San Diego and this is just another way we'd like to show our appreciation for our military," said UltraStar Executive Alan Grossberg.
The San Diego-based company operates 120 screens at 13 sites throughout Southern California and Arizona. For more information, visit www.ultrastarmovies.com.
Poseidon selects project's financial advisor
Poseidon Resources recently announced that it has selected Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in connection with the financing of its 50 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad.
After spending seven years permitting the project, the announcement marks the start of the process to finance the pioneer water supply plant. As financial advisor, Barclays Capital will provide Poseidon with a fully integrated, seamless solution to execute the construction and term financing of the project's more than $300 million capital investment and associated closing, construction and startup period costs.
Poseidon Resources specializes in developing and financing water infrastructure projects, primarily seawater desalination and water treatment plants. For more information, visit www.carlsbad-desal.com.
Bar Association elects Cataldo president
Mary Cataldo, senior counsel at the law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, has been elected president of the North County Bar Association.
Her term will commence in January and run through the end of 2010. Cataldo previously served as a director from 2003 through 2005 and will complete a second three-year term at the end of this year.
She has served as treasurer of the bar association for the last two years. Established in 1956, the association is dedicated to providing its members with programs and services promoting the development of the legal profession.
With more than 110 attorneys, Procopio is one of the largest full-service business law firms in Southern California. For more information, visit www.procopio.com.