Newsroom
by Lorraine Gabbert
When the San Francisco 49ers were building Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Walter Wilson noticed something.
"They didn't have a single Black contractor, not even sweeping the floors, which was a minority-owned business," said Wilson, a partner with the San Jose-based firm Minority Business Consortium (MBC) ...
By: John Varela
As I begin a new term on the Valley Water Board of Directors representing District 1, I am honored to serve as the Chair in 2023.
While our region remains in a drought, we are cautiously optimistic about Santa Clara County's water supply outlook this year. January storms brought much-needed rain and snow across California...
Health Solutions, Inc. is working in cooperation with Amazon and was featured at Alexa Live 2021, a half-day virtual education event for Alexa developers and device makers. LLENA (AI) Health Solutions, Inc. is a digital diabetes management platform with personalized recommendations powered by proprietary artificial intelligence...
By Bernice Alaniz
The BART Silicon Valley Extension into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is moving forward with two critical milestones achieved this week. The Project has advanced to the final step in the application process for the Federal Transit Administration's Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Funding Program (EPD), and selected three joint ventures to submit proposals on the estimated $2 billion track and tunnel work contract…
With the support of Civil Rights Organizations, Evelyn Tran, Interim VTA Director and Dave Bini, President Building and Trades Council developed an historic commitment to diversifying contracting efforts and increasing apprenticeship opportunities in their Project Labor Agreement (PLA), passed by the VTA Board on Friday, June 18, 2021. (Press event TBD)
Everyone recognizes the challenges faced by small construction contractors attempting to build their business or start a new one. But few programs address those challenges with real world solutions…
(This article is in the July Volume II of the VTA newsletter…due out next week. When it goes live we can include a link to the article.)
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