21st Century Infrastructure Archives : Page 8 of 11 : Bay Area Council

CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD: NEXT STOP, THE BAY AREA

Dec 11 2015

As world leaders reached an historic global climate change accord this week (Dec. 12) in Paris, the Bay Area Council continues its work on regional...

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: BAYER Marks STEM Leadership Milestone

Dec 10 2015

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its award-winning “Making Science Make Sense” program, Bayer and the National PTA announced plans to engage...

COUNCIL’S 2016 POLICY AGENDA TAKES DEAD AIM AT REGION’S TOP CHALLENGES

Dec 4 2015

The Bay Area Council is taking dead aim at solving the region’s crisis-level housing and traffic problems with a 2016 policy agenda adopted this ...

COUNCIL MOURNS LOSS OF DOUGLAS SHORENSTEIN

Dec 4 2015

Council Chair Michael Covarrubias called for a moment of silence at yesterday’s (Dec. 3) Board of Directors meeting to honor beloved Bay Area bus...

COUNCIL’S SACRAMENTO ADVOCACY PAID OFF IN 2015

Oct 16 2015

As the deadline (Oct. 11) passed for the Governor to sign or veto bills, the Bay Area Council’s advocacy paid off in a big way as the Governor si...

BIG QUESTIONS LOOM ABOUT EXPANDING CLEAN ENERGY

Sep 11 2015

Even as legislation to raise California's renewable energy targets faltered this week, big questions loom about how California is going to incorpor...

WUNDERMAN NAMED ONE OF CA’S TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL (#51)

Aug 28 2015

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman (who asked that we not run this story - sorry Jim!) on Tuesday (Aug. 25) was named to what has become THE List i...

COUNCIL-BACKED 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

Aug 28 2015

State legislation the Bay Area Council backed to speed construction of mobile communications equipment is headed to the Governor's desk.

A way to build roads, bridges on time, on budget

Aug 6 2015

The Presidio Parkway linking San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge opened recently and provides an excellent example of how public-private partn...

DAVID CUSH PASSES GAVEL AS BAY AREA COUNCIL CHAIR TO MICHAEL COVARRUBIAS

Jul 17 2015

The Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors on Thursday (July 17) applauded Virgin America CEO David Cush for his two years of ...

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