Valley Residents Conserve More Than 60 Billion Gallons of Water Since Last Drought
CV Water Counts Congratulates Community for Incredible Feat CV Water Counts (CVWaterCounts.com), a collaborative of the valley’s six public water agencies, recently tallied water savings from June of 2015 – the implementation date of the State’s drought mandate – to the present. Results indicate that residents and businesses in the Coachella Valley have been water wise, saving more than 60 billion gallons [...]
LifeStream’s 2 for 2 Community Campaign Raises $360,000 for New Bloodmobiles
As a result of government mandates, by the end of 2021, LifeStream Blood Bank needs to “retire” two bloodmobiles that do not meet vehicle emissions standards. New bloodmobiles cost approximately $250,000 each. From February through April, LifeStream Blood Bank held a grassroots campaign throughout the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire which asked blood donors, the general public, several hundred small businesses, a [...]
CV Water Counts’ New Website Makes a Splash
CV Water Counts, the nonprofit group of the Valley’s six water agencies, working together with the Hunter|Johnsen team, recently launched their new website. The old website was in need of an update and a new navigational structure. The agency worked closely with each of the valley water agencies to determine priorities and key messaging. Analyses of the existing website traffic was reviewed [...]
LifeStream Blood Bank and Hunter|Johnsen: Healthcare Advertising Award Winners
Hunter|Johnsen is excited to announce that LifeStream Blood Bank has won four awards in the 2021 Healthcare Advertising Awards for the “If not us, who? If not now, when?”campaign in the categories of (a) Integrated Campaign (which includes digital, television, radio, and print), (b) Television PSAs (two), and (c) Print-Magazine campaign, which won Gold. With more than 4,400 entries received in this [...]
CVEP’s Fast Pitch Ends in Home Run
Greater Palm Springs Entrepreneur Wins 1st Place at Riverside County Fast Pitch Finale Technology entrepreneur Bear Simerson is the first entreprenuer from the Greater Palm Springs area to come in first at the Fourth Annual Riverside County Fast Pitch Finale held on April 28, 2021. Simerson was one of five Riverside County entrepreneurs who qualified for the Finale by taking top honors [...]
CVEP’s Million Mask Giveaway Benefits Small Businesses
In December 2020, the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) announced it was providing Coachella Valley small businesses with more than $1 million in personal protective equipment (PPE). The cost-free PPE was distributed to small businesses in need all throughout the Coachella Valley. The program, called CVEP’s “Million Mask Giveaway,” was made possible by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES). CVEP [...]