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Resources for Fairfield, Suisun, Vacaville, Dixon, Benicia, Rio Vista, Vallejo, plus Napa, Yolo and Contra Costa Counties. Includes: Job placement, Government help, Investments, Libraries, News, Real Estate, Research, Statistics, Venture Capital, and Much More...! BUSINESS CONSULTANTS - FREE: Free consultants for small businesses in Solano County. Solano College Small Business Development Center is funded by our local, state and federal governments. 707 864-3382 www.solanosbdc.com CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE - Solano County << link to Solano chambers of commerce site listing all main chambers of commerce in and around Solano >> CHANGES IN COUNTY CAPITAL: In Jan 2002, new leaders took over Solano County’s economic development organizations, that attract startups and company relocations. Since Karin MacMillan became Fairfield’s mayor, the focus became attracting professional businesses to Fairfield’s center. Less viable companies moved on. Fairfield’s center boasts Solano’s greatest concentration of professional businesses, and innovative thinking. The mile long West Texas Street, the gateway from I-80 to the historic center of Fairfield, is becoming Solano’s “Golden Mile”. Watch for West Texas Street’s improvements, and its Allan Witt Park. In 2004, Solano County will wisely consolidate their offices into central Fairfield’s new seven story structure project. Watch for further developments. www.FairfieldGateway.org, www.FairfieldDowntown.org, and www.okproject.com/SolanoCounty.gov COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: << link to commercial real estate site >> CONFERENCE ROOMS: << link to conference rooms site >> COPIES - Best Deals in Solano: 1.9 Cents per single copy. Via use of password, your co is billed monthly. Only for business accounts. Open 24 Hours for certain businesses only. www.nearhwy80.com 7.0 cents copies. For businesses and consumers. Must also visit cashier for each transaction. www.kinkos.com/Welcome.jsp FAIRFIELD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Attracting and retaining businesses. Fairfield Downtown Association: Actively promotes businesses in downtown Fairfield. Emily Low 707 422-0103. www.FairfieldDowntown.org Fairfield Economic Development. Fairfield is generally Solano County’s business and government capital. Attracting and retaining businesses in Fairfield is high on Mayor Karin MacMillan’s current agenda. Highways 80, 12 and 680 intersect in Fairfield. For these and many other advantages of choosing Fairfield contact: Curt Johnston 707 428-7445. Solano College Small Business Development Ctr: 707 864-3382. www.solanosbdc.com 424 Executive Court North, #C, Suisun 94585. Solano Economic Development Corporation. Actively attracts businesses to locate in Solano. www.sedcorp.org FAIRFIELD CITY GOVERNMENT: FAIRFIELD CITY LOAN PROGRAMS: As Solano County’s capital, Fairfield offers professional companies low interest loans for new equipment, inventory, property acquisition and working capital. Fairfield Economic Development: Curt Johnston 707 428-7461 FAIRFIELD DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION: Actively promotes businesses in downtown Fairfield. Emily Low 707 422-0103. www.FairfieldDowntown.org FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File with the County Clerk, of Solano County. 707 421-7485. www.SolanoCounty.com FINANCE FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS: High Tech Companies: Financing for startups with strong business plans for in a business to business field: www.SolanoIncubator.com Solano’s highest concentration of professionals in finance, law and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Choose your loan broker. 707 428-5000 GOVERNMENT HELP FOR BUSINESSES: Fairfield Economic Development. Fairfield is generally Solano County’s business and government capital. Attracting and retaining businesses in Fairfield is high on Mayor Karin MacMillan’s current agenda. Highways 80, 12 and 680 intersect in Fairfield. For these and the many other advantages of locating in Fairfield contact: Curt Johnston 707 428-7445. Solano College Small Business Development Ctr 707 864-3382. www.solanosbdc.com 424 Exec Court North, #C, Suisun 94585. Solano Economic Development Corporation. Actively attracts businesses to locate in Solano. www.sedcorp.org HIGH TECH INCUBATOR: Strictly for Computer Service companies in Fairfield. www.SolanoIncubator.com HOME BASED BUSINESSES: If companies lack a standard proper office: There are many different government requirements if one chooses to operate a business right out of their home or garage. Issues include but are not limited to: Building department codes, Home occupation permits, Planning department issues, Special fire codes, Traffic such as from delivery trucks and visitors, Safety and many other possible issues. Consult with an attorney for details. INVENTOR’S ASSISTANCE: Financing for inventions: www.VFinance.com World Patent Rights. Located in Fairfield, the heart of Solano County, California: www.ElectronicPatentRights.com Solano College Small Business Development Ctr 707 864-3382. www.solanosbdc.com 424 Exec Ct N, #C, Suisun 94585. INVESTMENT ADVICE: Solano’s highest concentration of professionals in finance, law and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. 707 428-5000 LABOR - General: Napa Solano Building Trades: 707 426-6454 Napa Solano Counties Central: 707 428-1055 LAWYERS: Solano’s highest concentration of professionals in law, finance and real estate are at California Business Center, 1652 West Texas Street, Fairfield. Choose your lawyer. 707 428-5000 LIBRARIES & MAIN BOOKSTORE Barnes & Noble Bookstore - Coffee Shop: The new mega store encourages you to review up-to-date business books, while drinking coffee, before you decide what to maybe buy. Open from 9 AM to about 11 PM Mon-Sat; to 9 PM Sun. Across Solano Mall at 1600 Gateway Boulevard, Fairfield. 707 435-0484. Explore the web, and other local bookstores too. California Business Center Library: It’s two small libraries are for small professional business members. Free business book, and DVD movie rentals. Has Solano’s most flexible and longest check out policy. 1652 West Texas Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA Public Library: Offers on-Line Databases. Bring or get your local library card for free access: www.co.solano.ca.us/library/ MAIL - DO IT YOURSELF BULK MAIL: Studies show better results from bulk mail when using postage machine meter imprints, versus pre-printed “bulk mail” printed on the top corner of the envelope. Businesses in central Fairfield get free use of postage machine with bulk mail permit. Contact Fairfield Downtown Association which actively promotes businesses in downtown Fairfield. Emily Low 707 422-0103. www.FairfieldDowntown.org Companies outside downtown Fairfield can receive the same service for 8% mark-up via private services. Magazines: -The Monthly Grapevine: (Targets Benicia, Fairfield, Suisun, Vacaville, Vallejo & American Canyon). 868 B Southampton Rd, #315, Benicia, CA 94510. 707 747-5009 randladv@aol.com The Weekender Magazine: (Targets Solano and adjoining areas). 960 Grant St, #A, Benicia, CA 94510. 707 746-7992 www.WeekenderMagazine.com Radio: -KUIC: 600 East Main St, Vacaville, CA 95688. 707 446-0200 www.kuicfm.com Television: -AT&T Media Services: (Benicia, Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Napa, Sacramento, Travis AFB, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Vallejo, Winters, Woodland) 640 E. Main Street, Vacaville, CA 95688 707 448-8480 www.mediaservicessf.com Web Advertising - Solano Market: This site doesn’t seek paid ads. To post affordable paid ads consider www.Fairfield-Suisun.net, www.vacanet.com and www.SolanoBusiness.com. MEETING ROOM RENTALS: << link to conference rooms site >> PRINTING: Cheapest top quality business cards ordered on-line. Get a high quality business card with your office mailing address, for your professional image: www.vistaprint.com (let us know if you find a better source). Free with paid shipping and handling. 1.9 Cents per single copy. Via use of password, your co is billed monthly. Only for business accounts. Open 24 Hours for certain businesses only. www.nearhwy80.com 7.0 cents copies. For businesses and consumers. Must also visit cashier for each transaction. www.kinkos.com/Welcome.jsp Solano Employment Connection: Provides a broad range of recruitment assistance for our local businesses. Resources for employers. www.SolanoEmployment.com Solano workforce statistics: www.sedcorp.org/workforce Studies show the most cost effective advertising tools to fill local jobs can be the local newspapers. If you’re too busy to take the calls; just post your fax number for the applicant’s resume. Workforce Investment Board of Solano County (WIB): On the job training reimburses businesses up to 50% of an employee’s wages during the training period. WIB will also help locate and place job applicants. Robert L. Bloom, Director. 320 Campus Lane, Fairfield, CA 94585. 707 864-3370 www.Solanowib.org SOLANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER BUILDING PROJECT: Solano County will be relocating their county government offices in the center of Fairfield. Central Fairfield with the help of the Board of Supervisors and Fairfield Mayor Karin MacMillan will see even more improvement with the new office buildings. In the long run this will help Solano county in many ways. www.okproject.com/SolanoCountygc/ SMALL BUSINESS HELP: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Business classes. www.solanosbdc.com SOLANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT: www.co.solano.ca.us Solano County Small Business Development Center: Offers free or affordable assistance in marketing, financial analysis, loan acquisition and much more. Dr. M. Jose Ortiz, Interim Director 707 864-3382 Visit future site: www.SolanoSmallBusiness.com STABILITY OF LOCAL ECONOMY: Many factors explain why Fairfield was less impacted by the past economic fall out than the Inner San Francisco Bay Area. Solano county boasts much lower prices for quality homes. Stable employers despite recessions include the Solano County government located in Fairfield. The modern age of combating terrorism makes the presence of Fairfield’s Travis Air Force Base all the more stable and important. Lower housing and living costs, bring lower wages. In times of recession, companies seek to cut their expenses and locate in Solano county at the mid-point between the downtowns of San Francisco and Sacramento; during normal traffic they are each under 40 minutes drive. TECHNICAL & COMPUTER HELP: Computer Networking & Hardware:
ManageWare: Dennis Ariza 707 452-1199 dariza@pacbell.net TELEPHONE ANSWERING: Telephone Answering Services of CBC: Calls are answered in your company name. Callers can be given basic information such as your business address, fax, and e-mail. Appointments can be made for your convenience as well. Services can be tailored to the client’s needs. www.nearhwy80.com Visit Fairfield’s future site: www.TelephoneAnswering.Biz TELEPHONE SYSTEMS: Solano Communications: Installs and maintains top of the line professional phone systems in Solano county. 707 428-0644. (not a paid ad). TRENDS & PREDICTIONS: Current and future statistical predictions: www.sedcorp.org Research on-line archived issues of The Daily Republic free at www.DailyRepublic.com. The meaty paper can tell you where we may be going. E-Mail them your views www.DailyRepublic.com VACAVILLE: Visit: www.Vacanet.com VALLEJO: Vallejo has great potential. Vallejo now has cheap commercial property to buy because many businesses fled in the early 1990's. Entrepreneurs needing to improve their credit, and willing to work in the area, may find Vallejo receptive. The long term outlook for Vallejo appears remarkably good with the help of Vallejo city’s Community Development Department: www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/citygov/cdev.htm VIDEOCONFERENCING: Visit Fairfield’s future site: www.WorldVideoConferencing.Biz VIRTUAL OFFICES - For Home Based Co’s: With all the distractions effecting your productivity, working from home may no longer be what it was. Affordable quality office space programs from $90 a month. Your professional image is important. www.VirtualOffice.Biz VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Business helping community. American Cancer Society: 707 425-5006 Head Start Financial Services: Youth assistance. 707 427-8213 www.professordollar.com Homeless Assistance: Hope Christian Church: Steve Clark 707 421-1422 Work Apprenticeships: Fairfield Chamber of Commerce: Sheila Tucker 707 425-4625 WORKSHOPS FOR SOLANO BUSINESSES: Solano County Small Business Development Center: A wide array of conferences are held each month for small businesses at minimal cost. You need not be a student of the college to attend. 707 864-3382. www.solanosbdc.com 424 Exec Ct N, #C, Suisun 94585. WEB DESIGN & HOSTING: ManageWare 707 452-1199 www.ManageWare1.com, dariza@pacbell.net. ManageWare and others voluntarily compiled, designed, and host this free site, without paid display ads. The site is hosted for the benefit of our Solano community. Copyright (c) 1999-2002, www.Solano.Biz |
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