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#Petaluma’s Moresco Distributing Company Purchases Largest Warehouse/Office Space

#Petaluma Moresco DistributingMoresco Distributing Company is purchasing a 123,600 sq. ft. facility located at 1450 Technology Lane, Petaluma, CA. Moresco was operating out of two facilities, a building it owned and a second building it was leasing. The company will consolidate both locations in the new building, which includes 39,500 sq. ft. of Class A office space for lease plus nearly 200 parking spaces.

“The new facility puts us under one roof,” said Ron Moresco, President & Owner, Moresco Distributing Company. “The building has 39,500 square feet of office space we can rent out, which gives us a real estate investment and additional cash flow. The facility is ideal as a headquarters or satellite office for a growing business.”

Moresco DistributingFounded in 1994, Moresco is a full-service packaging and distribution company specializing in biodegradable and compostable products for regional food distributors, independent grocers, food processors, specialty retail foodservice operators and wineries in the Greater San Francisco Bay, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon regions including our local Petaluma Market.

Capital Access Group logoThey accomplished this purchase using U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loans through Capital Access Group. The total financing amounts to $10.65 million. The company accessed 504 financing through Capital Access Group for the purchase of its first building, which it sold and reinvested the proceeds in the new building through a 1031 exchange. “Without the 504 program, we wouldn’t have been able to parlay up to buy this building,” said Ron Moresco, President & Owner, Moresco Distributing Company. “The SBA loan was the difference, and Jacklyn Jordan and Dave Simmons from Capital Access showed us the path to justify this move.

 

via press release Moresco Distributing Company Purchases Largest Warehouse/Office Space in Sonoma County with 504 Loan from Capital Access Group.

#Petaluma Animal Services Shares Photo of Bottle Babies

As provided for on their Facebook Page.  Safe in foster care, our first bottle babies are here. Did you know these kits are 1 day old, and will require bottle feeding every 2 hours/24hrs a day, plus steady warmth, to survive? We celebrate their tiny lives, by helping them thrive. We are the Army of Kindness, and at PASF, shelter means shelter. Thanks for being a part of all the fun and goodness. Welcome to the world, tiny babies!

via (1) Petaluma Animal Services.

Also check out VIDEO: Bixby & Mike Visit Petaluma Animal Shelter With A Yuba Reception

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#Petaluma based NewCo Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding (See VIDEO)

What does NewCo do? According to their website, they help you engage with the people behind innovative businesses in their native environment.  You visit companies not stuffy hotel ballrooms which gets you inside to see the engines driving real change in your city.  See more about the company at the end of this post.

Also see TechCrunch article, NewCo, John Battelle’s Event Startup, Raises $1.7M From Obvious, True Ventures And More by Ingrid Lunden.  Also see Newco’s website blog post Newco Announces Seed Financing by JBAT

The founders tweeted this out in the last week:

Backers included institutional investors Obvious Ventures, True Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Transmedia Capital, Freestyle Capital, and Foundry Fund, as well as angels Chris Albinson, Andrew Anker, Bart Knaggs, Michael Lazerow, Dave Morgan, Dave Morin, Jordan Shlain, Owen Van Natta, and Michael Winnick.

The company intends to use the funds to expand its staff, build the technology platform, and create new products.

CLICK PAGE TWO BELOW TO SEE THE SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THIS NEW AND GROWING COMPANY

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#Petaluma’s Mesa/Boogie® Founder Randall Smith Chosen by Readers for Induction to the Vintage Guitar Magazine Hall of Fame

UPDATE: February 27, 2015 #Petaluma’s Mesa/Boogie releases this video of Andy Timmons who makes his first visit to #Petaluma Mesa Factory and plays a very entertaining and incredible rendition of the Beatles “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” from his from his 2011 release Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper through a Mesa/Boogie Mark Five: 25™ amp.

Original Article:

Mesa/Boogie® is excited to announce Vintage Guitar magazine, the leading publication on vintage and collectible guitars, has inducted founder Randall Smith to its Hall of Fame in the Innovator category. This year’s inductees, as well as winners of this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, will be featured in the magazine’s April issue. Winners in all categories are determined by a vote of the magazine’s readership.

Mesa Boogie TubesIn the four decades since launching Mesa/Boogie, Smith has refined and expanded the company’s line of amplifiers and accessories to include nearly 20 variants for guitar, seven for bass, and a host of speaker cabinets, effects, tubes, and speakers.

“I never imagined that the little high gain Boogie® would go on to have such a huge impact on the music of the ‘70s as guitarists finally had the ability to hold notes indefinitely with our newfound sustain in the Boogie circuit…and we were just getting started. It’s an honor to be recognized by the Vintage Guitar community. Our goal at Mesa® today remains unchanged from day one: Build the best musical amplifiers possible, and treat each customer, as we ourselves would wish to be treated. We want every musician we serve to become a life-long member of the Mesa/Boogie family,” said Randall Smith, Mesa/Boogie Founder.

Mesa Boogie Mark Five 25In addition to the gain circuit Smith is recognized for, his company would go on to introduce a long list of innovations and patents that have shaped the world of electric guitar tone. It’s nearly impossible to find an amplifier on the market today that doesn’t offer a feature that Randall is responsible for. Other notable accomplishments include the world’s first channel switching amplifier, the MARK II™, which Mesa/Boogie introduced in 1980. In 2014, the company has proven that a creative environment for innovation is more powerful than ever with the release of the new MARK FIVE: 25™ offering many of the innovations Mesa is famous for in a compact 16lb. format.

via Mesa/Boogie® Founder Randall Smith Chosen by Readers for Induction to the Vintage Guitar Magazine Hall of Fame.

#Petaluma’s Rancho Obi-Wan Launches First Book For Celebration Anaheim Exhibit

Rancho Obi-Wan’s 900-square-foot exhibit at Celebration Anaheim April 16-19 will focus on how Star Wars fans through the years have made their own tremendous contributions to that far-away galaxy, and in commemoration the nonprofit museum will make available a limited print-run book, “Inspired by the Force: Star Wars Fan Artifacts & Art.”

The full-color, hardcover 72-page book will act as an exhibit guide, containing photos and stories of scores of the items on display. Written and photographed by Steve Sansweet and Anne Neumann, with design and layout by Stan Stice, the book is intended to be the first volume in a series, “The Treasures of Rancho Obi-Wan.” It also includes a 4-page centerspread foldout that has hundreds of photos of visitors to Rancho and to our exhibits at past Celebration events.  Steve Sansweet has published previous books about his collection including Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection.

LumaCon 2014-4 ResizeSteve Sansweet recently showcased some of his collection at Petaluma’s First Annual LumaCon comic book convention as well.  Click here for more information on the 2015 LumaCon event.

This information is via Rancho Obi-Wan Launches First Book For Celebration Anaheim Exhibit | Rancho Obi-Wan.  Go to their site for more information.

#Petaluma Mother’s Club Presents Preschool Night

Are you a parent or caregiver ready or preparing your young one to graduate to the next level? You will learn about your choices at the Preschool Night hosted by the Petaluma Mother’s Club on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from 6:00-8:00PM at the St. John’s Episcopal Church (Hall next to the Church) located at the corner of 6th & C Streets in downtown Petaluma.

#Petaluma’s Gary & Jennifer Buffo Launch BlinkCar SmartPhone On-Demand Service

BlinkCarAt a time when ride-booking companies like Uber are shaking up the taxi industry, Petaluma’s Pure Luxury Transportation is launching its own on-demand car service.

Pure Luxury, which has a fleet of more than 130 chauffeured vehicles, this winter began BlinkCar, one of the nation’s first on-demand services to be offered by a traditional limousine company.

The new business has a smartphone app that allows passengers to request and obtain rides within minutes in either a regular or luxury sedan or an SUV. The driver can take the client across town or across the Bay Area, with payment handled via a credit card registered with the app.

What sets BlinkCar apart from other ride-booking services is that its drivers aren’t independent contractors using their private cars but rather trained, company employees driving Pure Luxury’s own vehicles. The sedans and SUVs are fully insured, regularly inspected and cleaned inside and out each day, said Pure Luxury owners Gary and Jennifer Buffo.

via Petaluma company launches on-demand car service | The Press Democrat.

PCA Releases #Petaluma’s 2014 Veteran’s Day Parade Video

Did you miss this year’s Veteran’s Day Parade?  Our previous article #Petaluma’s Veteran’s Day Parade: Schedule, Highlights, History and Video was seen and read by many. It was also shared hundreds of times on social media.  We had several requests to share any video we get of this year’s event including a request from Barbara Fanucchi who commented on that article.  A lot of people, for any number of reasons, cannot make one of the best Veteran’s Day parades in Northern California but would like to see it.  It’s for this reason we share this video.

Yesterday Petaluma Community Access posted a whole length video of the entire parade.  So now you don’t have to miss it and you can enjoy watching the parade from the comfort of your home.

Do you know someone who missed this years’ parade or someone who was in the parade that didn’t get video of this event?  

Use the share icons below to share this video with your friends and family.  We are sure they will appreciate that you did.

Buy Roses Local for Valentines Day! #Petaluma’s Neve Roses On KPIX Channel 5

Click here for more information about Neve Roses on their website. Petaluma’s own local farm fresh flower grower since 1966.

Post by Neve Roses II.

Petaluma Eats! at Secret Kitchen

Secret Kitchen5As the first one to post a Yelp reviewer for Secret Kitchen (back in May 2014), I knew Chef Brenda Anderson’s new restaurant would be popular, even though a bit hard to find.  Close to a year later and it comes as no surprise that her incredibly diverse and delicious menu chalked full of healthy, locally sourced ingredients didn’t stayed a secret for long.  At a recent fundraiser a “Chef’s Dinner for 6” at the Secret Kitchen blew all the other auction items out of the water even though the high bidder hadn’t tasted the food before.  This proves that around Petaluma people fall into one of two camps.  Either they have been to Secret Kitchen and loved it OR they have heard about Chef Brenda’s food and are dying to try it for themselves.

… the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. – Roald Dahl

Secret Kitchen2The quick five minute drive west of downtown Petaluma will take you past the very farms and fields where Chef Brenda sources the fresh ingredients for Secret Kitchen’s menu.  Primarily Asian-Latin fusion, her cuisine gives all those fancy San Francisco food trucks a run for their money, especially considering Secret Kitchen is a much shorter drive …and doesn’t require a Twitter account to find out where they will be parked that day.  Splashed with colors nearly as loud and bold as her flavorful menu, Secret Kitchen is hard to miss, even though it’s tucked in behind Aguis Market (at the corner of Bodega Avenue and Eucalyptus Road/Skillman Lane.)  And like so much about Petaluma, your smartphone will only get you so far, so don’t be afraid to ask a local for directions.  …that’s kind of the way we like it.

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