Twenty-one charity organizations, including 10 from Benicia and Vallejo, received a combined $320,000 in grants awarded through the Valero Benicia Refinery’s participation in the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children Golf Classic held in the company’s headquarters in San Antonio, Texas last April. The golf tournament raised a record $11 million with funds to […]
First hurdle cleared for extension of biz program
Economic Development Board OKs effort to secure $500K for more Industrial Park surveys The Economic Development Board on Wednesday unanimously endorsed the city’s pursuit of a $500,000 Community Sustainability Grant that would provide money to conduct additional surveys of Benicia Industrial Park businesses. The grant also would allow the city to offer the businesses grants […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: Big ideas
IN HIS ENLIGHTENING TELEVISION SERIES, “The Power of Myth,” Joseph Campbell once described the reality that so often in our lives we spend time and effort on small things or goals when something powerful and transformative is right in front of us: “Standing on a whale, fishing for minnows.” I love the power and insight […]