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OAK VALLEY COMMUNITY BANK
DRIVEN BY STRONG FEMALE LEADERS
With over 30 years serving Central Valley businesses and the local people and families who breathe life into them, Oak Valley Community Bank is committed to relationship banking at its best. Driven by a team of strong women leaders, Oak Valley is expanding in the Capital Region.

Fuel From the Forest
Can bioenergy technology combined with innovations in finance fuel forest restoration in the Tahoe National Forest?
A new project in the North Yuba Forest is developing a local economy built on wood and other biomass clogging the forest.

Perspective: California’s Long and Complicated History With Water
The battle for more water has been fought for decades with no solutions
From 19th century battles between farmers and hydraulic gold miners over debris polluting rivers to 21st-century political duels over spawning salmon, Californians have squabbled incessantly over how water should be captured, allocated, conveyed and priced.
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DesCor Builders
BUILDING A LEGACY TO THRIVE FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP
Prior to launching DesCor Builders in February 2005, founders Brad DesJardin and Neal Cordeiro asked themselves, “How do we create a business that is truly built to last and that can sustain its culture for multiple generations into the future?”
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LP Consulting Engineers
20 YEARS OF INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
For the last 20 years, Roseville-based LP Consulting Engineers, Inc.(LPCE) has been providing award-winning, full-service design, and engineering resources.

Who Will Save (Not Stop) the Rain?
California has always been celebrated for Innovation, yet we can’t budge our elected leaders to truly innovate much of anything, states Comstock’s president and publisher. In this month’s letter, she considers the complicated issue that is our state’s water dilemma.

Sacramento Valley, Already Deluged, Braces for More Floods
Storms have already tested a region at high risk of flooding. One report says the Central Valley needs $30 billion in improvements over 30 years.
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NECA
WOMEN IN NECA - AMANDA KING
Amanda King, the leadership coach on the Foreman’s Development and Leadership Training NECA team is encouraged and inspired by NECA’s efforts to support women and make them feel valued.
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NECA
WOMEN IN NECA - JENNIFER BYRNE
Jennifer Bryne is a NECA member and accounting manager with T&R Communications. She has over 20 years of industry experience and is passionate about creating an accessible industry for everyone.
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Hensel Phelps
EMPOWERING NEW VOICES IN THE FIELD
With twice the national average of women in construction, the employee-owners at general contractor Hensel Phelps believe they can grow only by challenging each other to think and act differently.