Innovation and Guest Experiences Lead the Way for Welk Resort Group San Diego-based Welk Resorts recently received two coveted awards at ARDA World 2017, the American Resort Development Association’s annual convention and expo in New Orleans, Louisiana, including an ACE award. The ARDA Awards Program is widely recognized as a gold standard in the vacation ownership industry.… Continue Reading
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Scripps’ Hubert Greenway, M.D., Receives Frederic E. Mohs Award for Skin Cancer Service
Hubert Greenway, M.D., chairman of Mohs and dermatologic surgery at Scripps Clinic, received the Frederic E. Mohs Award from the American College of Mohs Surgery at the college’s annual meeting in San Francisco on April 28. The award honors Dr. Greenway’s lifetime achievements in promoting Mohs surgery for skin cancer, through teaching, clinical practice, scientific… Continue Reading
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Cox and The Trust For Public Land Seek Public Nominations for California’s 2017 Cox Conserves Heroes Awards
$20,000 to be donated to local environmental nonprofits Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is asking the public to nominate their local environmental heroes for California’s 2017 Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. Nominations for volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces are being accepted at CoxConservesHeroes.com through 8 p.m.… Continue Reading
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AccuWeather Applauds Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
AccuWeather, the global leader in weather information and digital media, applauds the passing of H.R. 353 – Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, and the signing of the bill into law by President Trump. AccuWeather has been a strong proponent of the bill and its predecessors over the past four years. AccuWeather… Continue Reading
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Virtua High Growth Fund Completes Sale of Kentucky Apartment Interest
Virtua High Growth Fund (VHGF) has completed the sale of its interest in Patchen Oaks Apartments, a 192 unit apartment complex located in Lexington, Kentucky. In March 2016, VHGF purchased a minority interest in the Patchen Oaks property based on an equity valuation of $1,066,428. The apartment project was sold on April 20th with net… Continue Reading
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Powerpedia Forms Nonprofit to Provide Free Solar Systems to Orphanages Throughout Baja Mexico and Beyond
Powerpedia, a San Diego-based renewable energy consultancy (http://powerpedia.com) has announced the formation of the nonprofit organization “#GetChargedUp” (http://GetChargedUp.net) to facilitate a multi-year commitment of providing free solar systems to orphanages throughout Baja Mexico and beyond, under its flagship program #EmpowerOrphans. “I recently had a chance to spend the day with children and volunteers at the… Continue Reading
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W. Michael Garner to Be Honored with the AAFD’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) has announced W. Michael Garner of Garner & Ginsburg, P.A. as this year’s recipient of the AAFD’s Total Quality Franchising Award for Lifetime Achievement. Garner will receive the AAFD’s highest individual recognition in acknowledgement for a lifetime of embracing collaborative relationships in franchising. Garner will be honored… Continue Reading
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EvoNexus Tech Incubator Collaborates with Qualcomm Ventures, ViaSat and InterDigital On Seed Capital for SoCal Startups
EvoNexus, a non-profit technology incubator in Southern California, whose portfolio companies have raised over $1.1BN in funding and outcomes, is collaborating with three leading technology companies that may provide seed capital of up to $250,000 each to high-tech startup companies: Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, ViaSat a global broadband services and technology… Continue Reading
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Borqs Wins Two IAIR Awards: Company of the Year for Innovation & Leadership in Mobile Technology for Asia Pacific and CEO of the Year
Borqs International Holding Corp, a software company with development services and products providing customizable, differentiated and scalable Android-based of smart connected devices and cloud service solutions, recently announced that it has been named “Company of the Year for Innovation & Leadership in Mobile Technology for Asia Pacific” by International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) for the… Continue Reading
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Forge Therapeutics Wins Powered by CARB-X Research Award of $8.8M
San Diego-based Forge Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company discovering first-in-class antibiotics using a breakthrough drug discovery platform, recently announced a significant collaboration with CARB-X, (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Accelerator), the world’s largest public-private partnership focused on funding the advancement of Gram-negative antibiotics. CARB-X selected Forge from a group of 168 international companies and research groups to… Continue Reading
