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4 years out of the pandemic, Sacramento’s arts scene brings in tourism and tax dollars. A 2022 study conducted by Americans for the Arts in partnership with Sacramento Alliance for Regional Arts found that nonprofit arts- and culture-related activities in Sacramento County injected over $241 million into the local economy.
Anh Phoong: The Woman Behind the Billboard - Comstock's …
Sep 21, 2021 · When her agreed-upon interview spot, Masullo Pizza, is unexpectedly closed, personal injury attorney Anh Phoong rolls with it. Despite temperatures in the 90s, she pivots to the patio behind the empty restaurant, high heels crunching on the gravel, seemingly unbothered by the possibility that her hot pink dress could snag on an errant splinter ...
Reviving a Legacy - Comstock's magazine
Jul 11, 2019 · The orchard produces more than 40 varieties of stone fruit — mostly peaches, plums and nectarines, along with apricots, persimmons, figs, apples and pomegranates. Harvest began in June and runs until October. “It’s a huge thing to do this, but it’s going really well, and the community has just been 110 percent behind us,” Squires says.
Millennial Management - Comstock's magazine
Jul 4, 2023 · Bucking the Trend. On average, managers tend to be north of 40 years old. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that among the roughly 68 million members of the workforce who could be classified as some form of management in 2022, the median age was 43.8. Leadership in some sectors skews especially older, according to BLS data ...
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The Back Story: A Family’s Legacy | Comstock's magazine
Apr 27, 2021 · The original museum’s Italianate design, in vogue at the time, was by Seth Babson (1830-1908), the Sacramento architect, who designed the Crocker family home. Babson also designed the family’s previous home, now known as the Leland Stanford Mansion, at Eighth and N streets. In 1978, the Crocker won approval from the City of Sacramento to ...
Startup of the Month: BoxPower - Comstock's magazine
Mar 5, 2021 · Developed as a research project at Princeton University in 2011, the startup officially launched in 2018. BoxPower initially focused on projects in Alaska and disaster recovery in Puerto Rico, but has since pivoted to bring clean energy to parts of California. “Ultimately, we are still focused on what we set out to do,” Nesbit says.
An Audience with Angelo Tsakopoulos | Comstock's magazine
Oct 19, 2023 · For Angelo Tsakopoulos, it was nighttime when he heard people crying on the upper deck of the ship that brought him, at 15, and hundreds of other immigrants to the United States in 1951. “I thought maybe they were sending us back, and that’s why the people were crying,” he recalls. Then he went topside to see what the commotion was about.
A Fire in the Sky - Comstock's magazine
Oct 4, 2023 · Pyro Spectaculars has just delivered the most-watched Fourth of July fireworks show in the U.S. — the Macy’s extravaganza over New York City’s East River, watched by more than 8 million people. “That is a very unique, world class, largest Fourth of July show in the United States, nationally televised,” says Ian Gilfillan, co-owner of ...
Pipeline to Success - Comstock's magazine
Oct 3, 2023 · Tweet. The oil industry doesn’t typically evoke warm-and-fuzzy words like kindness, compassion and unconditional love. That is, unless, you’re speaking of the Ramos Oil Company.The West Sacramento-based business was founded in 1951 by Bill Ramos, who espoused those values — as well as hard work, generosity and gratitude — as a means to connect more deeply with customers.