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Graniterock Teams With UCSC Cal Teach for Algebra Enrichment
This from the May 2013 UCSC Cal Teach Newsletter: Donors Help UCSC Cal Teach Sponsor Summer Enrichment Graniterock Summer Algebra Academy (August 12-17): Under leadership from the UCSC Math Department’s Nandini Bhattacharya, Cal Teach interns will support rising 8th graders in an algebra acceleration program sponsored by leading local company Graniterock at their headquarters in Read more
Holistic Grazing at Graniterock’s Santa Cruz Sand Plant
By Alex Simons On April 22nd,Graniterock welcomed a herd of goats and their kids along with the guard dog “Baby” and her puppies “in training” at the Santa Cruz Sand Plant. The goats are being used as part of a holistic management plan to decrease the amount of non-native grasses in the area and encourage Read more
Home Prices Are Climbing at the Fastest Pace Since March 2006
by Mamta Badkar Nationwide home prices including distressed sales were up 10.5% year-over-year in March, according to CoreLogic’s latest home price report. On a monthly basis home prices were up 1.9%. This was the thirteenth straight monthly rise, and the fastest pace of increase since March 2006. Ex-distressed sales, home prices were up 10.7% year-over-year Read more
OSHP Day
Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day May 8th, 2013 Each and every day, men and women from around the world return home from work to their families injury and illness free thanks to occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals, who have dedicated their careers to protecting people, property and the environment. SH&E professionals work Read more
San Francisco Building Boom Brings Change
By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle April 29, 2013 A chorus line of more than two dozen skeletal construction cranes looms over San Francisco’s skyline. A stroll down Market Street – or sections of Mission or Octavia or many other major thoroughfares – is punctuated by the clatter of pile drivers and jackhammers. Around the Read more
Stone, the Original Green Building Material
From Building Green http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2013/3/29/Stone-The-Original-Green-Building-Material/ Stone was one of our first building materials. It has been used to construct everything from humble dwellings to our most iconic structures. As a building material, stone requires virtually no manufacturing and is so durable that stone structures built thousands of years ago are still used today—characteristics few contemporary “green” Read more
Salinas Update: Building, Farming Lead Positive Job Trends
This from D.L. Taylor of the Salinas Californian, , March 29, 2013 Jobless numbers for both Salinas and Monterey County continued to decline during February, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. It marks the second straight month the local economy has seen jumps in the number of employed residents. The unemployment Read more
Wildlife Filmmaker Visits Graniterock’s Santa Cruz Sand Plant
Lance Milbrand is an acclaimed filmmaker who has worked on a variety of projects including public relations films, corporate promotional videos and wildlife documentaries. He has had a wide variety of clients including NOAA, CBS news, BBC Blue Planet and National Geographic Explorer. New to Santa Cruz County, Lance was looking for opportunities to film Read more
Construction Coming Back to Life
On the front page of Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle, writer Carolyn Said heralds a rebound in San Francsico’s construction job market. The housing downturn and recession clobbered the construction industry, wiping out 2.2 million jobs nationwide and about 380,000 in California. But now, those jobs are coming back — and the Bay Area with its Read more
Salinas Unveils New Economic Development Plan
From the March 29 issue of the Monterey County Business Council ‘”Friday Facts”: The city of Salinas (BCM) this week unveiled a new strategy to entice new companies, expand existing companies and grow local startups with the hope of bringing badly needed jobs to the Salinas Valley. Components of the economic development strategy include a Read more
