On Tuesday, March 8th we will have a guest speaker from the Merced County Economic Development. Mark Hendrickson will talk to us about the efforts to develop the Castle Commerce Center in Atwater.

On Tuesday, May 10th our guest speaker will be Denny Jackman from the Salida Municipal Advisory Council. He will be speaking to us about the expansion of Modesto and the recent efforts to limit Modesto’s growth through Measure I.

On Wednesday, July 13th our quest speaker will be Monica Nino from San Joaquin County. She will be talking to us about the joint effort by San Joaquin County and the City of Stockton to develop Airpark 599 right next to the Stockton Municipal Airport.

All of these meetings will be hosted at the Hawkins and Associates Engineering office at 436 Mitchell Road in Modesto from 11AM to 1PM. Lunch will be provided. There is no charge to attend the meetings. If you’d like to attend a meeting listed above, or would like to suggest a speaker or topic for a future meeting, please contact Landon Blake by e-mail at lblake@hawkins-eng.com.

We are also planning a workshop in April entitled “Effective Acquisition of Land Surveying Services for Public Infrastructure Projects”. If you’d like to attend or are interested in helping teach the workshop, please reach out to Landon and let him know.