Originally Published By: The Tribune Cannon, a local engineering consulting firm, recently raised $1,800 during its Well Worth It campaign to provide clean, safe drinking water to developing countries. The annual pancake breakfast fundraiser, donated and prepared by Popolo Catering, was served to more than 160 attendees. Since its inception in 2010, the Well Worth It campaign has raised more than...

PG&E’s John Lindsey joins forces with Cannon Corp. for annual fundraiser Taking a break from his wet winter forecasts, Central Coast meteorologist and weather columnist John Lindsey will trade his radar for a spatula next Tuesday to help raise funds for water wells in developing nations. The Well Worth It Campaign, launched by Cannon in 2010, will host a pancake...

Originally Published By: WateReuse Following a strong lobbying effort from the WateReuse Association and our members, Congress has approved the final Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), now called the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, or WIIN (S. 612). The bill is on its way to the President for his signature. The legislation includes the revitalization of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Title XVI water reuse and reclamation program, which has been one of WateReuse’s top advocacy priorities. It...

Originally Published By: By KSBY Staff; December 13, 2016 Drivers through the Five Cities may notice a smoother ride along North Oak Park Boulevard. After eight months of closures, reconstruction of a 0.6 mile stretch of the highly-traveled road is now complete and the road is open again. The cities of Grover Beach, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande collaborated on the...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...