March is Women’s History Month! In honor of Women’s History Month, the Chamber is contacting women-owned businesses to feature on our blog. Please contact nadine@rcoc.com for details. Funding Opportunities March 10: The Richmond Promise Scholarship March 20: ECIA Community Grant Program Application Due Chamber Events March 15: Women of Impact:...
Posted on Tom Butt E-Forum, www.tombutt.com, February 27, 2014. I found out today that I had been selected to receive the American Institute of Architects California Council 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. See below. The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) is the voice of the architecture profession, dedicated to...
On behalf of all of us here at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, we would like to congratulate Interactive Resources on their upcoming 40th Anniversary! Recently, they released this very interesting article documenting their history, projects and years of service to the Richmond area. Please read the article below: Interactive...
By Robert Rogers, Contra Costa Times. Posted on 10/14/2013. Read the original story here. RICHMOND — Tarnel Abbott sat on a hunk of knotty driftwood Monday morning and listened to the water gently lap at the shore. It was the first time in more than a decade the Richmond resident...
By Mark Andrew Boyer, posted October 3, 2013, richmondconfidential.org. Read the full story here. Richmond City Council member Tom Butt reflected as he applied butter to his dinner roll from a small white ramekin. It had been exactly 40 years since he moved to Richmond, and in that time he’d...
Article by Michelle Blackwell, Government Relations Committee Chair Councilmember Tom Butt addressed about 20 members of the government affairs committee and interested chamber members at the March 5th breakfast meeting. He came prepared to discuss economic growth and issues that impact local business.
Article by Zach St. George, www.richmonconfidential.org – Posted February 5, 2013. Read the official article here. The City Council appointed Jael Myrick to fill Gary Bell’s empty seat in a 4 – 1 vote with one abstention Monday, avoiding a special election. Myrick will be sworn in during Tuesday night’s...
Article by Jennifer Baires, richmondconfidential.org – Posted February 1, 2013. Read the official article here. Twelve people have submitted their names for consideration by the Richmond City Council to fill the vacant seat left open when councilmember-elect Gary Bell—who is in a coma after suffering a bacterial sinus infections—was unable...
