The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 25 - June 20, 2013 Inside and Business Awards CelebrationTorrance Chamber Hosts Inaugural This Issue Business & Professional.....................10 Calendar...............................2 Classifieds ...........................9 Crossword/Sudoku ............9 Food ......................................7 Politically Speaking...........4 Real Estate........................12 The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) hosted its annual Inaugural & Business Awards Celebration last Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel to honor those Chamber members who deserve special recognition. See article on page three. Photo provided by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce. Sports...................................5 Council Touts Business Resources By Dylan Little Office of Economic Development. Economic Fulton said appealing to businesses doesn’t The Torrance City Council heard updates Development Manager Fran Fulton said just help company owners, but everyone in TerriAnn in Torrance.........6 groups during its June 19 meeting. Pacific opportunities, increase revenues and the local program is a method for keeping our existingthe city. “A healthy economic developmenther office seeks to enhance employmentfrom three business and worker assistance Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PG tax base, improve quality of life, and ultimately businesses profitable, improving the fiscal WIN) hopes to match workers with businesses, look out for the long-term sustainability of conditions of public infrastructure, and and this year worked with 240 adult and 33 the City. The office has already positioned ultimately improve the quality of life for youth jobseekers. The last time PG WIN was Torrance as a film-friendly city and made Torrance residents,” said Fulton. “A successful before the Council, some members expressed opening a new business in the community program benefits the community by securing that the organization could be doing more to easier by creating a one-stop permit center. See City Council, page 3 help Torrance’s workers and students. Since Weekend relationships with the Torrance Area Chamber Senior Naturalist Gather, Learnthat meeting, Communications Officer ErickSerrato said PG WIN has pushed for closer Forecast employment drivers in Torrance. Serrato About Nature at Madrona Marshof Commerce, El Camino College and other said he would like to see the organization By Cristian Vasquez area, as in many other areas, have a hard reach out to more Torrance residents seeking Every second and fourth Wednesday of time finding an excuse to be able to get employment assistance and to more Torrance the month, Daniel Marion prepares his class outside and meet new people. However, Friday businesses looking for ways to add to their for the Senior Naturalist. The group of 10 they will find a significant increase in their AM Clouds/ on the number of people served in 2013- session in the classroom before heading connection, especially with a commonworkforces. “We are looking at ways to buildquality of life if they have a more socialto 12 people gathers for an information PM Sun 2014 maximizing training and placement outside to learn more about nature while out in nature where they can meet eachground programs. So if we can get thembeing surrounded by the elements.connections,” said Serrano. “We want to 73˚/63˚ do an even better job and making all these “We have it every two weeks and we other, that is great.” resources available.” are gearing it toward senior citizens,” Rather than having the attendees sitting The City also heard an update from the Marion said. “We invite people ages 50 in a room for the duration of the class, Saturday South Bay Entrepreneurial Center, which has and up and what we are trying to do is Marion likes to split their time in half AM Clouds/ already created 20 jobs--12 of which are in environment--get them into a natural outside. In addition, while sitting in thebeen in existence for less than a year butbetween in-class discussion and beingto get people involved with the outdoor PM Sun Torrance--and assisted companies in diverse setting so that they are able to study the classroom, he also seeks to engage the fields from cosmetics to online gaming. subject in a natural setting.” attendees as much as possible by making 72˚/64˚ Executive Director Randy Coleman said The Senior Naturalist class has so far activities interactive in hopes that the the center works with all types and sizes of garnered a positive response since its seniors will connect with each other. businesses to create more opportunities for inception in February of this year. While “Maybe that way, they are able to start Sunday entrepreneurs and workers in the South Bay. the focus is to have attendees go outside friendships on the basis of being in an AM Clouds/ turning ideas into viable companies, small environment, there are other benefits from There will be classes twice a monthand learn about different elements of theoutdoor environment,” Marion said.“We are creating jobs in the community by PM Sun companies into bigger companies, and the biweekly classes. for the remainder of the year and every 71˚/64˚ their seedlings of ideas into viable new classroom are that we are able to have the during the meetings. The curriculum isallowing the largest companies to incubatemonth there is a different theme discussed“Some of the other benefits of the companies,” said Coleman. seniors socially connect with each other,” set up by Marion, who also oversees the The next business assistance organization Marion said. “A lot of the seniors in this See Naturalist, page 8 to report to the Council was the City’s own
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