Valerie Powers Smith is a partner at the Coachella Valley’s largest and fastest growing full-service civil law firm, Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney.
Dr. Jake Zhu: Vision 2019
Dean, California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus.
Dr. Jake Zhu, the new dean at CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, has a passion for higher education that drives him to help the young people of the Coachella Valley.
The Comforts of Home
If you’re considering a retirement residence with care options, this short list can help you make a smart choice.
Palm Springs Life enlisted the research firm DataJoe to assess the retirement residences with care options in the Coachella Valley and identify the best.
Particular Matter
Geographic information system data from CVEP provides businesses far greater detail than that available from counties and statistical areas.
Geographic information system data from CVEP provides businesses far greater detail than that available from counties and statistical areas.
Remarkable Results
Unexpected technology hubs arise from concerted efforts and investment.
After seven years, the Palm Springs iHub has helped more than 70 startups in the technology industry meet or exceed every goal set at the hub’s founding.
The Ways and Means to Go Far
What the future can hold for communities with institutions of higher education.
The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership has no doubt that Greater Palm Springs can duplicate in California what Fargo citizens have done in North Dakota.
Eek, a Mouse!
Computer hacking spurs opportunities in protecting online information from perpetrators.
Opening this fall, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership’s Palm Desert Digital iHub will host a cybersecurity program to meet the needs of a growing field.
A Good Word for Disruption
Setting a “new normal” opens markets and the door for further innovation.
One of the exciting challenges of operating the Palm Springs iHub is identifying the locally created technologies that someday may alter entire industries.
Logistical Dream
Coachella Valley’s regional airport offers potential as an integrated center for trade.
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal falls within a four-hour drive of major metropolitan markets such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas.
The Finish Line: Fred Bell
Meet the partner and chief operating officer of Nobel Energy Solutions, who doubles as vice chair on the Palm Springs Air Museum Board of Directors.
My name is … Fred Bell. My current job is … partner and chief operating officer of Nobell Energy Solutions. I also have a nonprofit focus, which is the Palm Springs Air Museum as vice chair of the board. My first paying job was … carpenter’s apprentice on a construction site when I was about 14 years old. I picked