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 Program Archives - 2008 Season
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12/30/06 - Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns look at 2006 in review, and look forward to 2007 in this week's edition of The Pulse. We'll talk about the biggest stories of 2006, from falling unemployment to Fresno's expanding retail sector, to collaborative efforts like the San Joaquin Valley Partnership and the RJI. Download this program as an MP3...
12/23/06 - Don Paully, City Manager of Kingsburg, joines Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns to talk about economic development in that city of 12,000 in southern Fresno County. We'll learn more about expanding industry, new retail, housing, and Kingsburg's upcoming centennial celebration.?
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12/16/06 - This week, Deborah Adishian-Astone, Director of Auxiliary Services for California State University Fresno, joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns to talk about plans for a major retail development on land owned by Fresno State. The Campus Pointe Project will include retail space, housing, a hotel, and a 14 screen movie theatre, and has recently generated come controversy in the community.
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12/09/06 - This week, Ashley Swearengin, Director of the Office of Community and Economic Development at California State University Fresno, joins hosts Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Dr. Timothy Stearns. We'll talk about the new strategic action report released last month by the California Partership for the San Joaquin Valley, and what it means for Valley residents. We'll find out more about the 10 key areas this public/private partnership will be focusing on to improve the quality of life in the Valley. You can download the 97 page report (PDF) here.
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12/02/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Dr. Timothy Stearns talk about public / private partnerships and the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley.
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11/25/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Dr. Timothy Stearns are joined by Deborah Nankivell, CEO of the Fresno Business Council, to talk about capacity building, civic entrepreunership, economic growth, community values, and more.
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11/18/06 - This week, Lee Lockhart and Dr. Timothy Stearns analyze the results of the November election, talk about what it means for the Valley, and discuss the role higher education plays in being an economic engine for the region.
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11/11/06 - This week, Yrma Rico, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Lyles Center is our guest. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Yrma's career began at a Fresno television station and led her to become an equity holder in a major national communications company. She is an equity holder of Entravision Communications Corporation, a diversified Spanish-language media company. The company's combination of television, radio, outdoor and publishing operations reaches approximately 80 percent of Hispanic consumers across the United States and the border markets of Mexico. She also is president and a stockholder in Weber BMW in Fresno.
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11/4/06 - This week, Fran Blackney, spokesperson for the Clovis Chamber of Commerce, joins us to discuss their organization's opposition to Measure C, the sales tax extension to fund roads and public transportation in Fresno County. Earlier in October, we featured as a guest Steve Geil, from the Greater Fresno Chamber of Commerce, which is supporting Measure C (link to previous show).
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10/28/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart discuss the cultural use of space, city planning, and dropping Valley unemployment numbers, as well as a recent announcement by CALPERS to increase its investment in the Valley to $500 million.
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10/28/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart discuss the cultural use of space, city planning, and dropping Valley unemployment numbers, as well as a recent announcement by CALPERS to increase its investment in the Valley to $500 million.
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10/21/06 - Dennis Keiser, President and CEO of the Fresno based exercise equipment company Keiser Corporation is our guest this week on The Pulse. We'll learn why this company's equipment is found in top gyms, atheltic club, and pro sports training rooms across the world. We'll also learn about how the company started, why this internationally known manufacturing company is based in Fresno, and much more.
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10/14/06 - This week, Tim Stearns and guest host Craig Scharton talk with Steve Geil, Chairman of the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce. In addition to learning about Steve's businesses, we'll also talk about Measure C, a sales tax extension on the ballot for Fresno County voters this coming month. If passed, it will help fund transportation projects in county for the next 20 years.
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10/07/06 - This week, Tim Stearns and guest host Craig Scharton talk with Becky Anderson, President of the locally based career training school Institute of Technology. We'll learn about Anderson's plans for the future at IT's two Clovis locations, and how their programs can help to address the workforce needs of the greater Fresno area.
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09/30/06 - Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart talk with Dr. Walt Buster of the Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute at Fresno State's Kremen School of Education. Topics include how to better develop leadership in our public schools, the unique challenges public education faces in the Valley, and much more.
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09/23/06 - Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns talk this week about how the west was won again through entrepreneurship, what the baby boomers are going to do as they begin to retire and more.
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09/16/06 - Dirk Poeschel, AICP of Dirk Poeschel Land Development Services is our guest this week on The Pulse. Dirk is a consultant who helps developers develop plans for their projects that meet the general plan requirements of municipalities. Dirk is a proponent of "smart growth" and is a leader in his field. This year, his firm was honored with a Central California Excellence in Business award.
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09/09/06 - Art and entrepreneurship is the topic of this week's program, as two guests from Art Works, join Tom, Lee and Tim to talk about the local art community, and how artists are entrepreneurs.
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09/02/06 - This week, frequent guest host Craig Scharton is our special guest, joining Lee Lockhart, Tim Stearns and Tom Jones to talk about his new job as CEO of the Central Valley Business Incubator.
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08/26/06 - This week our guest is Nathan Magsig, Mayor of the City of Clovis. Nathan is also Executive Director of the Coalition for Urban Renewal Excellence, a non-profit organization dedicated building affordable housing in Fresno and Clovis.
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08/19/06 - Sandra Jones from the Lyles Center is our guest this week on The Pulse. We'll talk about the innovative after school programs that Sandra runs which teach kids how to invent their own toys and the concepts of entrepreneurship, as well as math, physics, and much more.
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08/12/06 - Family businesses in the Valley are the topic this week on The Pulse. Guest George Vozikis, the new Reighard Chair at the Sid Craig School of Business joins Lee Lockhart, Tim Stearns and guest co-host Craig Scharton to talk about this new job, and the Family Business Institute at Fresno State.
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08/05/06 - Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart are joined today by Kurt Madden of One by One Leadership, a local faith based organization dedicated to the economic, educational and spiritual transformation of Fresno, and by Christine Walter of Read Fresno. This new organization is a community-wide collaborative effort to ensure that every child is able to read at grade level by 3rd grade.
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07/29/06 - Our guest this week on The Pulse, is Assistant City Manager Jon Ruiz. Jon will talk about the new utilities commission, airports, parks, and downtown retivalization in Fresno.
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07/22/06 - This week Jarah Euston of Fresno Famous.com joins Lee Lockhart and guest host Craig Scharton for The Pulse, KFSR's Business Roundtable. They'll talk about Jarah's expanding web based business, downtown Fresno, and much more.
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07/15/06 - This week's guests on The Pulse are Roger Palomino, director of the Economic Opportunities Commission, Fresno County, and Juan Arambula, State Assemblyman. We'll be the first to learn the results of a new survey from the commission and about things being done in Sacramento to help workforce and economic development in the Valley.
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07/08/06 - Our guest this week is winemaker Peter Ficklin, of Ficklin Vineyards of Madera County, known nationwide for its award winning Port. Peter is also President of the Madera Vintners Association, and part of the Madera Wine Trail. We'll find out more about the Valley's growing fine wine industry and what that means for the region as a whole.
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07/01/06 - Richard Kriegbaum, President of the United Way of Fresno County is our guest this week on The Pulse. Rich talks with Tim, Lee and Tom about the state of giving in the Central Valley, and his goal to make Fresno one of the Top 20 places to live in the nation.
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06/24/06 - This week, Mo Bagunu, manager of the Fashion Fair shopping center joins Lee Lockhart to talk about the center's new expansion project, which was just completed. We'll also learn more about what national retailers think of the growing Fresno market and what might be in store for the future.
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06/17/06 - David Spaur, CEO of the Economic Development Corporation serving Fresno County joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns this week. David talks about how globalization has changed they Valley's economy, and how Fresno can position itself to grow and prosper for the future, grow entrepreneurs, new businesses and jobs.
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06/10/06 - This week, Michael Hanson, Superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District, talks with Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart about the dramatic transformation now underway of one of the state's largest and once most troubled districts. We'll learn more about Mr. Hanson's thoughts after his first year on the job, where the district is headed, and what role the business community can play in helping the district become the best in the nation.
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06/03/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Tim Stearns and Lee Lockhart talk with Deborah Nankivell, CEO of the Fresno Business Council, about economic growth, community values, and the process of transforming Fresno.
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05/27/06 - This week, Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart talk with Blake Konczal of the Fresno County Workforce Investment Board.
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05/20/06 - This week, Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart invite Dr. Paul Beare, Dean of the Kremen School of Education and Human Development at Fresno State to the studio to talk about the state of education in the Valley.
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05/13/06 - "What Fresno Needs Is Anthropology" says Craig Scharton of One By One Leadership. To help explain what that means, and how anthropology can have an impact on the future of Fresno, Dr. James Mulloly of Fresno State joins Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns, with special guest host Craig Scharton, for this week's edition of The Pulse.
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05/06/06 - This week, Tom, Lee and Tim and joined by Steve Tadlock, from the SMG Corporation, General Manager of the Save Mart Center. We'll learn more about the impact the Save Mart Center is having in Fresno, and what brining "A List" entertainment to the Valley means for the quality of life in Fresno.
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04/29/06 - This week, Cynthia Cooper, of the Fresno Coalition of Arts Science and history joins Tom, Lee and Tim to talk about the relationship between the arts and culture and the economy and entrepreneurship.
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04/22/06 - This week, The Pulse celebrates the grand opening of the new home of the Lyles Center at Fresno State with a special remote broadcast, recorded on location at the center. Joining Tim Stearns and Tom Jones is Michael W. Hennessy, President & CEO of the Coleman Foundation, a major supporter of the entrepreneurship programs of the Lyles Center.
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04/15/06 - Diana Dooley, Vice President and General Counsel of Children's Hospital Central California, joins Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns to talk about the impact Children's Hospital (one of the largest in the nation) has on Central California.
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04/08/06 - Dr. John Welty, President of California State University, Fresno is our guest this week on The Pulse - KFSR's Business Roundtable. Lee Lockhart, Tim Stearns and Tom Jones ask Dr. Welty about the different ways that the University is a vital part of the efforts to transform the Valley, about Dr. Welty's 14 year tenure at Fresno State and much more.
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04/01/06 - Join Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns and this week's guest Ian Duffield, from Famous Software in Fresno, and part of the RJI's Software cluster, for this edition of The Pulse. We'll find out how local software companies are now working togehter, and how Fresno might be able to foster growth in that industry locally.
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03/25/06 - This week, Dan Doyle, President and CEO of Central Valley Community Bank joins Lee Lockhart, Tom Jones and Tim Stearns to talk about his bank's "community" focus, and also the New Valley Times newspaper of the Regional Jobs Initiative.
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03/18/06 - This week, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns talk with Mike Dozier, Economic Development Director for the City of Clovis, and find out more about some exciting new projects. In the second half of the program, Tim and Lee talk with Dr. Rafael Solis, Director of the MBA program at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno.
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03/11/06 - This week, Lee Lockhart and special guest host Suzanne Bertz-Rosa talk with Lynne Twist, author of the book "The Soul of Money" who will be speaking on Tuesday March 14th at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium as part of the New Valley Inforum Series. In the 2nd half of the show, Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns talk about the potential for growth in Fresno, "conventional wisdom" and more.
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03/04/06 - The Pulse goes on location this week for the "March on the Mall" (recorded Tuesday February 28th live on the Fulton Mall in Downtown Fresno). Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart stroll about the crowd and talk to the some 400 people who came out in support of a vibrant thriving Fulton Mall, and the Creative Economy Council's report. In the first half of the show, Tom, Lee and Tim Stearns are joined in studio by Keith Kelley of the Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development, who will talk about bringing economic opportunities to Fresno's underserved westside residents.
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02/24/06 - This week, Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns are joined by Pete Weber, co-chairman of the Regional Jobs Initative. We'll get an update on the progress of the RJI, and also hear from Craig Scharton of One by One Leadership, and learn more about their plans for revitalizing urban Fresno, the creation of unique "districts" for the city and much more.
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02/18/06 - This week Lee Lockhart and Tom Jones talk about social marketing with Betsy Hayes, a public relations professor at Fresno State. We'll learn more about this method of creating social change and how it might help Fresno.
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02/11/06 - This week, Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart talk about how technology is changing the business world, and about the digital divide with Tiffany Shlain, Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards, filmmaker, and Good Morning America's Internet Expert. TIffany will be talking at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium on February 16th as part of the New Valley Inforum series. Tom and Lee with also be joined by Marilyn Meyer-Behringer of Fresno City College, and Bruce Hubbard, of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, to learn more about the upcoming Valley Business Conference taking place February 23rd at the Convention Center Exhibit Hall.
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02/04/06 - This week Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart are joined by Jim Aldridge, a professor at Fresno State and former Fresno City Manager. Jim is involved with the upcoming 45 acre Campus Pointe project, to be built at the corner of Chestnut and Shaw across from the Save Mart Center, on University owned land. Jim is also involved with downtown redevelopment via the proposed Chinatown project, with developer Ed Kashian.
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01/28/06 - Joining Tom Jones and Lee Lockhart this week is Anne Fisher, columnist for FORTUNE magazine. Anne will talk about the idea of the "gray ceiling" where aging baby boomers in mid level management positions don't have options to move up in the corporate ranks, and are being squeezed out of their existing positions by Gen X'ers.
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01/14/06 - This week, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Randy Strahan, of Mohr Davidow Ventures joins hosts Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Tim Stearns for a discussion about how investors such as Randy go about their business and the potential for funding projects in the San Joaquin Valley.
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01/07/06 - Join Tom Jones, Lee Lockhart and Dr. Timothy Stearns for an exclusive preview discussion of the new report by Fresno's Creative Economy Council. More than three months in the making, this report presents suggestions for how Fresno can better attract and retain "knowledge workers" and creative professionals to the area. Our guest will be a member of the council, Suzanne Bertz-Rosa, who will present the plan to Fresno Mayor Alan Autry on Monday. We'll hear about the four major areas of the report, mindset, smart growth, urban Fresno, quality of place, and much more.
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