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12/08/2016
Grover Beach, California– December 5, 2016 – Motorists traveling along Oak Park Boulevard are experiencing a smoother ride thanks to a collaborative effort among the Cities of Grover Beach, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande. The Cities joined forces on the North Oak Park Boulevard Rehabilitation Project, which provided a complete reconstruction of a 0.6 mile stretch of this well-traveled road....
Weighing in on SLO’s Housing Crunch
10/24/2016
Homeownership remains distant goal for many in SLO County Originally Published By: Cynthia Lambert, San Luis Obispo Tribune [email protected] Sometimes when Natalie Marinelli and her husband would take walks around their San Luis Obispo neighborhood, she would point out homes she thought would be nice to own someday. Marinelli’s husband, Peter, would quickly try to bring her back to reality....
City Seeks to Eliminate Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries by 2030
10/21/2016
Originally released 10/21/2016 by the City of San Luis Obispo The Vision Zero philosophy holds that the loss of life is not an acceptable price to pay for mobility. Deaths and Serious Injuries reduced by 58 percent Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for people aged 13 through 25 in the United States, according to the National Highway...
Cannon’s Nick Wetzel to Present at This Year’s SEAOC Convention
10/13/2016
Friday, October 14, 2016, Maui, Hawaii—The annual convention for the Structural Engineers Association of California convenes this week from October 12-15 to focus on “recovering, learning, and rebuilding after recent Pacific Rim earthquakes.” With that, Cannon’s very own Nick Wetzel, SE, CPEng, co-authored a presentation and white paper that will be featured in the Friday sessions of the “Building Resilience...
Green and Complete at the League of California Cities Conference
10/12/2016
October 5-7, 2016 — Long Beach, California. Cannon hosted a Green and Complete Street booth at the annual League of California Cities Conference. This conference is the largest annual gathering of city officials in the State with a focus on improving policy and function at a local level. One of the keynote speakers for this event, Jason Roberts, spoke on...
21st Street Green and Complete Street project highlighted in international design standards guide book
09/29/2016
The City of Paso Robles is reaching international acclaim with the inclusion of their 21st Street Green and Complete Street Improvements Project within NACTO’s latest publication: Global Street Design Guide. This book is the first of its kind, providing design standards for safer streets, multi-modal capability, and sustainability. Featured in the “Streets to Streams” section of the Guide, the 21st...
6th Annual Well Worth It Drive-Thru BBQ a HUGE Success!
07/29/2016
This year’s Well Worth It Drive-Thru BBQ fundraiser was a watershed event for a number of reasons. More dinners were sold than ever before: 406. For the first time ever, Well Worth It sold out of dinners. And, the best part? More than $11,000 was raised, the largest amount during one fundraising effort than ever before. “I am just so...
Let Cannon Do the Cooking
07/13/2016
San Luis Obispo, CA In order to help Cannon raise $100,000 for its Well Worth It Campaign, a charitable effort to build clean water projects for five villages around the world in 2016, Cannon is excited to announce its Drive-Thru BBQ is happening on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Cannon’s headquarters located at 1050 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, California. A...
Loose Cannons Faced Death and Won!
07/11/2016
Saturday, July 9, 2016 tested the limits of seven members of Team Loose Cannons as they participated in the 37th Annual Death Ride, Tour of the California Alps. This grueling course challenged riders as they traversed 129 miles and 15,000 feet of climbing over 8,314-foot Monitor, 8,730-foot Ebbetts, and 8,580-foot Carson passes in a test of endurance and of personal goals....
Well Worth It’s Newest Corporate Sponsor
06/08/2016
June 8, 2016 Cannon’s Well Worth It Campaign welcomes a new corporate sponsor: Enterprise! The Enterprise Holdings Foundation has generously donated $1,500 to fund clean water projects in developing countries. Representatives from Enterprise delivered the check to Cannon’s offices June 6th and we couldn’t be more excited to announce this amazing addition to our group of sponsors. There to present...