Blogs

January 2009 - In this issue:

* Community Outreach & Events
* McCloud Steering Committee Meeting 1/28
* Community Rights & Cloud Seeding Meeting Feb. 11
* Nestle Public Meeting: February 18
* Local News & Water Media
* Nestle Project Update
* What's Next for McCloud
* About Us
* Public Board Meetings Update
* Office Hours

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Memorandum regarding effect of the California Supreme Court’s Decision in Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood on potential nestle contract.

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McCloud, Calif. -

The McCloud Local First Steering Committee has launched its first McCloud Basin Business Idea Contest with the goal of encouraging area residents, elected officials, business leaders and others in the community to share and develop business ideas that could create jobs in McCloud.

The three best business idea authors will each win $100 cash and $100 in gift certificates to local businesses. Winners will also receive a free consulting session with the Jefferson Economic Development Institute.

December 2008 - In this issue:

* Community Outreach & Events
* McCloud Survey Results Release: Jan. 8
* McCloud Steering Committee Meeting
* Local News & Water Media
* Nestle Project Update
* What's Next for McCloud
* About Us
* Public Board Meetings Update
* Change of Office Hours
* Year-end Thoughts

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November 2008 - In this issue:

* Community Outreach & Events
* Economic Event in McCloud: Re-cap
* Siskiyou Network Meeting: Dec. 3
* McCloud Olde Fashioned Christmas
* Local News & Water Media
* Nestle Project Update
* What's Next for McCloud
* About Us - Weekly Meetings
* Board of Directors changes
* Public Board Meetings Update

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McCloud, Calif. -

Community members packed Scout Hall last night for a potluck dinner hosted by the McCloud Chamber of Commerce. In an event titled “Fresh Business Goals and Ideas,” the Chamber of Commerce invited civic leaders from the mill town of Willits to speak on how their community is reviving their economy through “local first business networks.”

October 2008 - In this issue:

* Community Outreach & Events
* Nestle Public Meeting Oct. 22
* Free "Pre-Nestle Meeting" Dinner
* Economic Speaker in McCloud Nov. 3
* Fall Pumpkin Trains in October
* Citizens for McCloud Fire Hall Project
* In the Media
* Nestle Project Update
* What's Next for McCloud
* About Us - Weekly Meetings

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September 2008 - In this issue:

* Community Outreach & Events
* Free Spaghetti Dinner Sept. 28
* Water Talks for Watershed Awareness
* Economic Speaker in Weed Oct. 6
* Fall Pumpkin Trains in October
* Citizens for McCloud Fire Hall Project
* In the Media
* Nestle Project Update
* What's Next for McCloud
* About Us - Weekly Meetings

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McCloud, CA –Nestlé Waters North America announced today that it is stepping out of its initial contract to purchase spring water from the McCloud Community Services District and looks forward to negotiating a new contract with the District. The new contract will better reflect the company’s smaller project now envisioned in McCloud and community feedback on this proposal.

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NEW YORK, NY – August 7, 2008 – Today, several leading United States and Canada-based advocacy groups have joined forces to support the highly anticipated U.S. theatrical release of FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com) by Oscilloscope Pictures, a distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The announcement was timed to coincide with Nestlé Company’s (VTX: NESN) plan to release its half-year results today and follows headlines detailing recent setbacks for Nestlé Waters’ original contract with McCloud, California to build a one million square foot bot tling facility.