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Fuel bolster D-corps, Indy Fuel Hockey signs #Petaluma’s Adam McKenzie

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy Fuel, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, signed defenseman Adam McKenzie to an ECHL contract, the team announced Friday. A 5’11, 178 lb., left-handed shooter, McKenzie has two goals to his credit in five appearances for the Fuel so far this season.

Prior to his professional career, McKenzie, 24, logged 22 goals and 75 points with 42 penalty minutes in 146 games played spanning four seasons in the NCAA ranks for the United States Air Force Academy from 2010 to 2014. In the junior ranks, the Petaluma, California native tallied 13 goals and 59 points in 113 appearances for the NAHL’s Wenatchee Wild in two seasons, from 2008 to 2010. McKenzie will wear number 17 for the Fuel.

via Fuel bolster D-corps, sign McKenzie – Indy Fuel Hockey – Indy Fuel Hockey.

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

At 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

As 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

The 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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Introducing Work: Ready Apparel!

Laurie Cameron of Wake Up Enterprises donating blood

Below is a communication we received from Mike Johnson, CEO of COTS. On February 11, we gave a cash donation to COTS for $300 that came from our shirt sales. Thanks goes to Zephyr Pacific Sportswear and all who purchased the shirts and wearing them with pride. Thanks to Laurie Cameron for submitting her photo doing something positive in Petaluma wearing our shirt. She is a with Wake Up! Enterprises.

Dear Friends,

This January, Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) opened the doors of Work: Ready Apparel, a boutique clothing store where COTS Work: Ready clients can find suitable interview and work clothing — for free! A polished and good-quality work outfit is essential to the dignity of those who want to work, and need to work, in order to achieve their dream of moving into a home of their own.

How can you help? We have a growing wish list for volunteer positions and in-kind items — especially gift cards that can be used to purchase items that cannot be worn second-hand.

And, of course, a financial gift to COTS always makes a big difference.

Like many of COTS’ programs, Work: Ready Apparel has been a labor of love. The prime retail location, clothing donations, furniture, wall decor, paint and spackle, have all been donations from companies, service groups, and individuals. Dedicated volunteers have given merchandising expertise, hand pressed clothing, painted walls, mended small holes in clothing, and replaced countless buttons. We are so grateful for your support.

Thank you for embracing Work: Ready Apparel as part of our community!

With gratitude,

Mike Johnson, CEO

Jenna Garcia, Work: Ready Program Manager

Two #Petaluma companies buy 155,000 sq. ft. for expansion

Keith Giusto Bakery Supply (Jeff Quackenbush, The North Bay Business Journal)

Below is an exerpt from the North Bay Business Journal’s article by Jeff Quakenbush that we wish to highlight from this good news. We really need to fill our commercial space in Petaluma. Tom Griffith, President the the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce had this to say in the January’s Petaluma Business newsletter “Here in Petaluma, we still have about a fifth of our office space still empty, but there is a high level of optimism that the resurgence of the high-tech industries will help fill in those empty spaces.”

The below is an exerpt from yesterday’s Two Petaluma companies buy 155,000sf for expansion – North Bay Business Journal – North San Francisco Bay Area, Sonoma, Marin, Napa counties – Archive.

“The expansion of Moresco Distributing and Keith Giusto Bakery Supply is a continuation of a trend for expansion of industrial-space users in Petaluma, according to Ingrid Alverde, city economic development manager. Recent examples include the addition of 90 jobs with the forthcoming moves of Revive Drinks from Windsor and wholesale-bakery expansion of Rustic Bakery from Marin County.

“I think it indicates the strength in the local economy and a lot of movement,” she said.

So much such movement that a handful of local companies have been vying for spots in several hundred thousand square feet of approved industrial buildings set to be built in south Petaluma.”

UPDATE: Check it out! Now Open Cocoagraph Confections & Local Pantry

UPDATE February 26, 2015: This morning Petaluma360.com posted this article on Cocoagraphs, Lovely candy, too pretty to eat, by BY KATIE WATTS FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

Cocoagraphs are artisan chocolate bars printed with edible photo and graphic images

Cocoagraph Store Petaluma California, Photo Ashley Collingwood

Bringing art into a new medium, Cocoagraph founder Rae Vittorelli began making artisanal chocolate photographs and graphics, known as cocoagraphs, in 2011. Cocoagraphs are made with locally produced fair trade chocolate and can be custom ordered with any photograph, graphic, or logo. On February 2, 2015 Vittorelli opened her first retail location for Cocoagraph in Petaluma.

Cocoagraphs Designing Graphics To Be Transferred Onto Chocolate, Photo By Ashley Collingwood

After Vittorelli graduated college with a degree in art, the economy was not doing well, so she worked outside her field and made sculptural cakes on the side. One of her cakes was for an art foundation and Vittorelli hung small chocolate paintings all over the cake using edible printing technology. She had fun with the project and since then she has taken what people do in the cake world and transferred it to chocolate. With time, Vittorelli modified her process and now, rather than transferring the images after printing them, she uses an edible printing system to print images directly on the chocolate.

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Attention Chili, Salsa and Beer Challengers It’s Time To Enter The Great Petaluma Chili Cook-Off!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – THIS EVENT IS ON SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 FROM 1-5PM (rain or shine) AND YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT.

Do you………

Cook a mean chili?

Make a killer salsa?

Brew a gnarly grog?

This could be you! Poco Borracho 2014 Individual Award Great Petaluma Chili Cookoff — This could be you on the winners podium! Poco Borracho 2014 Grand Champions Great Petaluma Chili Cookoff

This may be your last chance to enter this great annual event. Sign up now because spots are ‘first come – first served’ and filling fast.

Click here for Chili and Salsa Great Entry Form. These forms are due by March 15th or until spaces fill.

Click here for the Beer Entry Form. These forms are due by March 31 or until spaces fill.

Are you a vendor or business that wants a lot of exposure. They have beer, soda’s and waters all squared away, but if you have art, service, food, or non-profit that is a good fit for this venue this is a great event to get exposure while supporting the Cinnabar Theater Children’s Program. Click here for the Vendor Entry Form.

Any questions send your emails to Laura Sunday at [email protected]. A lot of great information can be found on their website GreatChiliCookoff.com.

Here is a video of last years event. It was such a great time.

We look forward to seeing you there.

#Petaluma Musician/Composer Chooses Chicken Farm Over Big City

William Ryan Fritch Standing Outside His Rustic Farmhouse, Photo By Nathaniel Wood

In a recent article by Chris Martins on January 19, 2015 in the Modern Farmer Country Roads: City Musicians Are Going Rural, he writes about musician and artist William Ryan Fritch who composes and creates his music in a century old Petaluma chicken farm. He and his wife have a master bedroom in a rustic converted water tower.

His talent for creating music is incredible and his collection of music making instruments and toys are impressive. He records his music in a converted tractor garage insulated for heat and soundproofing.

According to his website, he said that in his more recent recordings (Revisionist) you might even hear farm sounds like roosters from the next farm which is quit alright with him. He states that he finds those sounds more enjoyable than the ones he creates. While he is not making sound he and his wife garden and grow veggies.

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