Lt. Gov. Newsom Talks Small Business, CA's Future at Small Business Week Breakfast
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered the keynote address, "Small Business — California's Economic Growth Engine", and helped present the Outstanding Small Business awards at Tuesday's Small Business Week Breakfast. (View more photos / photo by WB Photography)
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom spoke to a crowd of over 200 Sonoma County business leaders at the Chamber's Small Business Week Breakfast, touching on subjects ranging from entrepreneurism and local job creation to education and healthcare. "You cannot be pro-job and anti-business," Newsom said. Calling for a change from the top-down economic development policies of the past, he continued, "Real job creation must be done at the local level." ...read more in the Press Democrat's coverage
During the event, the lieutenant governor also helped present the Outstanding Small Business awards to a number of local small businesses:
| Outstanding Small Business | Honored by |
| Alternative Roofing Solutions | North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce |
| Redwood Cafe | Cotati Chamber of Commerce |
| Community First Credit Union | Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative |
| Sonoma County Airport Express | Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Art's Place | Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce |
| Aita and Associates | Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce |
| Russian River Brewing Company | Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce |
| Agave Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar | Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
