Dialing Up
Generation Z left the tech transition in the dust — how will that impact their role in our economy?
In some ways they might already be an economic force. A 2014 study from the ad agency Sparks and Honey estimates that the average gen Z receives $16.90 per week in allowance alone, which tallies to an annual $44 billion in spending power. So who are these kids, anyway?
Verizon to Begin 5G User Trials in 11 Markets — Including Sacramento
Verizon Communications will test faster fifth-generation mobile broadband service in 11 markets in the first half of this year as the nation’s largest wireless carrier tries to take the lead in the 5G race.
Back and Forward: Debi Hammond on Marketing
Debi Hammond, the founder and CEO of Merlot Marketing in Sacramento, gives her insight into the marketing industry. For more from Hammond, check out “Dialing Up,” in our March issue. Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll email you when it’s available online.
Cannabis Can Go From Conundrum to Catalyst
Elections matter. The people have spoken. And marijuana — more appropriately known by the less pejorative label, cannabis — is now legal for adults in eight states, including California, and for those with medical needs in 28 states. That means the majority of Americans now live in states where cannabis is legal in some form.
Nicole Rogers on Telling the Story of Food
Sacramento’s farm-to-fork director leaves for job at Nugget Markets
Rogers has hung up her fork and picked up a grocery basket. She will be Nugget Markets’ first director of marketing and communications, serving stores in 12 cities in the Northern California region.
5 Reasons to Join Your Neighborhood Association
When you gather a group of people interested in bettering their neighborhood, I am pretty confident good things will come your way. While most neighbors are interested in preventing crime, some are interested in clean public bathrooms or more street lighting. All of these personal agendas make for a diverse to-do list. When it becomes personal, the vested interest grows stronger within the group.
From Childhood Proclamation to Her Own Mobile Business
Owner of Bloom Mobile Boutique set to keep rolling with spring and summer event season around the corner
So how does one go from making claims as a 5-year-old, to stumbling onto a trend, to becoming a mobile boutique owner that sells jewelry, gifts and home goods?
YP Trivia Giveaway
Win tickets to the Metro EDGE Emerge Summit
Help us celebrate our 2017 Young Professionals issue! We are giving away four tickets to the Metro EDGE Emerge Summit on April 6. If you are a young professional in the Capital Region, you won’t want to miss this annual conference.
Impact of new OSHA Regulation on Emergency Responders Remains Unclear
Emergency responders could be subject to newly imposed worker-safety rule meant for construction industry
Under new federal OSHA rules, which will go into effect for construction companies across the nation on June 26, employers must prevent all respirable silica dust above a certain level, known as the Permissible Exposure Limit.
Co-Owner of Blackbird Kitchen Joins Oak Park Brewing
Chef Carina Lampkin discusses her plans for the popular brand
Lampkin recently accepted a new position as the vice president of restaurant operations at Oak Park Brewing Company. We sat down with Lampkin to see what motivated her to make the move.