A defeat in 2016 did not deter Lionel Largaespada from running again for the Benicia City Council. If anything, he says it has made him more energized. “Friends, residents, voters asked me to keep at it,” he said. “Momentum was on our side, and that really inspired and motivated me to stay in the race.” […]
EDB will review June’s Southampton Business Walk at tonight’s meeting
A review of the Economic Development Board’s (EDB) most recent Business Walk is on the agenda for a busy meeting tonight. The EDB hosted its first Business Walk in September to gauge the concerns of local business owners, with walks taking place in certain retail districts throughout town roughly every two months. The first walk […]
Economic Development Board to discuss Business Walks
The Economic Development Board (EDB) will review the city’s most recent Business Walk and go over plans for the next one at Wednesday’s meeting. The EDB hosted its first Business Walk in September to gauge the concerns of local business owners. EDB members and city officials split off into teams to visit local establishments in […]
City to host first Business Walk today
This morning, businesses in or near the downtown are going to get a visit from Benicia’s Economic Development Board (EDB) for the city’s first-ever Business Walk. As part of the Business Walk, EDB members will be visiting local establishments and talking to the owners or managers about their businesses and how to build relationships with […]
Economic Development Board to review new business licenses at tonight’s meeting
The Economic Development Board (EDB) will review the business license applications for 11 new businesses and one restaurant with a new owner at tonight’s meeting. As part of the EDB’s informational updates portion of the meeting, the business license applications go over new businesses that have applied for a license, have a new owner or […]
Largaespada, Cullen elected as new Economic Development Board chair, vice chair
At last week’s Economic Development Board meeting, two of its members were elevated to higher positions by a majority vote of the board. Lionel Largaespada and Dennis Cullen will be serving as chair and vice chair, respectively, through December 2017. Largaespada, who had been serving as vice chair since 2015, is the director of […]
Economic Development Board to nominate, elect chair and vice chair Wednesday
The Economic Development Board may be nominating and electing a chair and vice chair at its Wednesday meeting. As part of the Brown Act, the Economic Development Board must hold open elections for its chair and vice chair to serve one-year terms, which will last from January to December 2017. The positions of chair and […]
Candidate spotlight: Lionel Largaespada reflects on busy campaign
The City Council election is a five-way race among two incumbents— Tom Campbell and Christina Strawbridge— and three newcomers. Two of those newcomers— George Oakes and Steve Young— have served on the Planning Commission for five and four years respectively, making Lionel Largaespada— who has served as vice chair of the Economic Development Board since […]
Economic Development Board vice chair, Lionel Largaespada, to run for Benicia City Council
Lionel Largaespada, the vice chair of Benicia’s Economic Development Board, recently announced his intention to run in the Benicia City Council’s November election. Largaespada graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1989, majored in government and minored in philosophy at St. Mary’s College in Moraga and received his master’s in mass communication at Boston […]