Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
Gavin Newsom to speak, Chevron to donate at Richmond green job training program
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and state Assembly Member Nancy Skinner will be featured speakers at Friday’s RichmondBUILD Graduation ceremony.
Read MoreReady to work: Hahsaan Jordan
Meet Hahsaan Jordan, the next in our series profiling Richmond residents looking for jobs.
Read MorePoverty levels in Richmond worsen in 2009
Poverty in Richmond last year was nearly double state and national averages.
Read MoreReady to work: Sonia Aguilera
Ready To Work is a new series of profiles featuring people in Richmond who are looking for jobs. With unemployment at 18.5 percent, Richmond has a rich array of untapped skills among the city’s residents. In this and coming stories, Richmond Confidential focuses on the people and possibilities in the city’s economy. Meet Sonia Aguilera.
Read MoreA day of Spirit and Soul for downtown Richmond
Music, food and wine raised funds Sunday to help revitalize the Macdonald Avenue business district.
Read MoreResidents present alternatives to casino for Point Molate
At a public forum Wednesday, Richmond residents brought an array of ideas to the table as alternatives to a casino on Point Molate.
Read MoreTax liens coming soon for city’s nuisance properties
The City of Richmond will begin levying over $750,000 in property-tax liens next month against out-of-compliance owners of vacant, abandoned or blighted homes.
Read MoreGood news for North Richmond’s jobless
It may not be a cure-all for the problems facing people in North Richmond, but a plan to include the community in Richmond’s business Enterprise Zone could provide some economic relief for the county’s poorest area.
Read MoreForeclosures lead to mental stress
Besides the financial stress experienced in foreclosure, people may also suffer from severe mental stress, which can affect their physical health.
Read MoreYouth employment program on the rise
Richmond’s YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work sites. The civic youth jobs program is one the nation’s largest in proportion to the population of the city it serves.
Read MoreBad economy brings new vendors to swap meet
Thanks to the slow economy, shoppers can score great deals from new vendors.
Read MoreIn tough economy, pain trickles to the bottom
A few hundred yards off the Santa Fe Channel’s waters, beneath the moving silhouettes of the massive tankers that float to dock, lies the little stretch of railroad track that serves as a gathering point for Richmond’s men and women who scavenge for scrap.
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