Public Safety Campaign for Alaska Airlines Bay to Breakers

www.baytobreakersSF.com

Race Organizers & City Officials Stress Safety and Sobriety for
106th Running of Historic Race on Sunday, May 21

16 May 2017 – San Francisco, CA: This year’s Alaska Airlines Bay to Breakers Race on Sunday, May 21, marks the 106th running of one of the world’s best-loved sporting and celebratory events. More than ever, City officials and Race organizers are serious about keeping the Race free from alcohol abuse and nuisance behavior.

“Bay to Breakers has always been a great time for everyone,” said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott. “In years past because of binge alcohol consumption, there was a negative impact of our neighborhoods and we don’t want to see that repeated. That said, we hope that everyone will come and have a great time again, absent any alcohol.”

To emphasize the point, a special campaign website is active at www.baytobreakersSFcom with public transit information, rules and regulations and links stressing this year’s campaign. The public safety message is also being magnified via a campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

“Last year’s running of Bay to Breakers was a success,” said Chief Scott. “We urge registrants and spectators to come out this year, and to remember the first rule: to have a great time, and remember to preserve our race, the neighborhoods, and our beautiful City. We look forward to seeing everyone on race day having a fun and safe time.”

Golden Gate Global CEO Ginny Fang Named to IIUSA Board of Directors

10 May 2017 — San Francisco: Golden Gate Global today announced that its founding CEO, Ginny Fang, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Invest in the USA (IIUSA). Since 2005, IIUSA has been the national membership-based not-for-profit EB-5 industry trade association. The election took place at IIUSA’s annual Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.
 
“I am honored by the trust put in me by my colleagues at IIUSA,” said Fang. “The EB-5 program is an important tool for both increasing foreign direct investment and creating American jobs in communities across the United States. I look forward to working with IIUSA and all of our regional center partners to expand, improve, and more successfully promote the benefits of the EB-5 program.”
 
Fang completed her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, and earned a master’s in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where she continues to serve as a Board Member for the Alumni Association. She previously was the founding Executive Director of the ChinaSF economic development agency and has been named to the San Francisco Business Times’ “40 Under 40” list of rising business stars.
 
“Through founding, operating, and leading Golden Gate Global to industry-leading success, Ginny has demonstrated practical and effective leadership and is deeply vested in the successful future of EB-5,” said Willie L. Brown, Jr., former Mayor San Francisco and Golden Gate Global principal. “IIUSA membership made a great choice in selecting Ginny, who will be a tireless advocate for their interests.”
 
“I have always been impressed with the impact that IIUSA has had with lawmakers, members, and other industry stakeholders,” said Fang. “I am excited to work with everyone at the organization to move the EB-5 industry forward into its next chapter.”
 

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About Golden Gate Global

Golden Gate Global is a leading EB-5 Immigrant Investment Regional Center based in San Francisco, and is licensed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to help facilitate EB-5 immigrant investment into high-economic-impact projects in multiple regions in the United States. The company is founded upon its distinguished executive leadership, successful project partners with demonstrated records, and noteworthy projects with exceptional economic opportunity and return.

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“Rosie the Riveter” Contingent To Help Open the San Mateo County Fair:

Share History Making Stories In Senior Day Salute to Elders

Saturday June 10 Opening Day Parade: 10 am
Tuesday June 13 Senior Day: 11am – 10 pm
Seniors 62 and older receive free admission

www.sanmateocountyfair.com
hashtag: # SMCF2017

10 May 2017 – San Mateo, CA: Seniors who remember the Summer of Love will also have an opportunity to hear first hand stories from a contingent of the WWII era “Rosie the Riveters” at this year’s Senior Day Salute to Elders Tuesday, June 13 — “Senior Day” at the San Mateo County Fair (www.sanmateocountyfair.com). Senior Day is sponsored by the Health Plan of San Mateo and the Daily Journal. “The Rosie’s,” as they are commonly called, will also help to open the fair as participants in this year’s Opening Day Parade Saturday, June 10.

“We are so honored that the Rosie’s will be a part of this year’s fair on two occasions,” said Dana Stoehr, CEO of the San Mateo County Event Center & Fair. “Anytime the Rosie’s are present is a special time. They enliven and inspire us with their spirited smiles and stories, not to mention their historic contribution.”

A contingent of original WWII “Rosie the Riveter” ladies will ride in convertibles during this year’s Opening Day Parade and will return for a special forum on Seniors Day. These homefront veterans, aged 90 to 97, are ongoing volunteers at the World War II Homefront Memorial National Park in Richmond, California situated next to where they, among thousands of other “Rosie’s,” worked to build ships, jeeps and other military vehicles in the early 1940s.

The Rosie’s will be present for Seniors Day from 11am – 3pm and will speak at a Salute to Seniors Forum at 11:15am and 1:00pm.

The San Mateo County Fair — “Where Tradition Meets Innovation” — is The Peninsula’s premier, community event for family fun and entertainment: June 10 – 18, 2017. Visit www.sanmateocountyfair.com often for regular updates, contest rules, schedules, promotions, and information.

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“Ticket to Fair School”, “Read2Ride” and “San Mateo Heroes”

Expands Access to Youth at San Mateo County Fair

“20 Hours = 1 Fair Admission”
“2 Books = 2 Rides”

www.sanmateocountyfair.com
hashtag: # SMCF2017

4 May 2017 – San Mateo, CA: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…. Mateo’s Community Superheroes! This year, you won’t need a cape to get special powers. All you have to do is volunteer 20 hours – activities designed to better your community and get area high school students FREE access to The San Mateo County Fair (www.sanmateocountyfair.com), June 10 – 18. Plus, cracking a book (or ‘clicking’ an iPad) can also get you K-8th graders an E-Ticket: Reading two books and submitting s short report on the reading garners students two free rides. Coupled with the “Ticket to Fair School” program the San Mateo County Fair is doing more than its “fair share” to make entertainment, educational.

“Coming to the Fair has been a long-standing tradition in our community and we work to maintain that tradition while pushing ourselves and our community to imagine the innovation of tomorrow,” said Dana Stoehr, CEO of the San Mateo County Events Center and Fair. “We want all our kids to have the opportunity to experience this great American tradition and be inspired.”

Who can be “Mateo’s Community Superheroes”? Designed for high school student, the program aims to get students involved for the betterment of their community. Every 20 hours of community service outside of school is awarded one Fair admission ticket (up to three Fair admission tickets each year). Services must be completed by May 30 this year.

The Fair’s carnival provider, Butler Amusements, is the sponsor of the Read2Ride program, where students can submit a report and get two free carnival rides.

A new program this year is the “Ticket to Fair School” program, an outreach program that works to provide every elementary school student in San Mateo County with a FREE ticket to the Fair. The program is open to all elementary school students, grades Kindergarten to 5th grade including public, private, and homeschooled. The deadline to request tickets has passed, but in its first year, the Fair has seen an amazing response from the schools.

Over the years, the San Mateo County Fair has developed several programs that entice every age level. There are opportunities for students and classrooms to enter their creations and projects in the Fair’s outstanding Exhibits Departments. Also, there are many opportunities during Fair for classroom tours, where kids can get a behind the scenes. The Fair’s Passport to Fair Fun program is a STEM based scavenger hunt in which kids can participate and be entered to win a prize.

“As one of the Peninsula’s largest non-profit organizations, the San Mateo County Fair has always been committed to providing meaningful, educational fun for our kids,” said Stoehr. “Through a constantly evolving and spectrum of STEM and arts-based programming, we work to live up to our theme ‘Where Tradition Meets Innovation’ every single year.”

Information on the various youth/student partnership programs may be found online at the following links:

Ticket to Fair School
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/participate/school-ticket-program

Exhibits Departments
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/compete/enter-your-stuff

School Tours, Read2Ride, & Community Service
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/participate/educational-programs

The San Mateo County Fair — “Where Tradition Meets Innovation” — is The Peninsula’s premier, community event for family fun and entertainment: June 10 – 18, 2017. Visit www.sanmateocountyfair.com often for regular updates, contest rules, schedules, promotions, and information.