We Want Your Feedback! As we prepare for the upcoming year we want to get your feedback on your experience with Metro EDGE so far, and learn more about your areas of interest for 2012 as it pertains to our region. Please take a moment to fill out this brief survey. It will only take a few minutes to complete and your thoughts would be…
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Annual Metro EDGE Survey
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Voice of Young Professionals Heard on Downtown Sacramento Redevelopment
Monday, July 11th, 2011Sacramento Business Journal Survey: Young professionals favor redeveloping downtown plaza Monday, July 11, 2011, 1:52pm PDT A survey of young Sacramento-area professionals found that many thought redeveloping the downtown plaza is important to the future of the city. Metro Edge, an organization of professionals under the age of 40, found that those surveyed were split on how the plaza — currently under the ownership of…
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Raffle Prize Basket Bonanza
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011Our event team has put together some amazing raffle prize baskets for you, each valued at over $200. Just another enticing bonus for everyone who comes out for Young Leaders Connect this Thursday. You will be able to earn free raffle tickets by networking (what a shame) and participating in a few activities. You will also be able to purchase raffle tickets to increase your…
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Just Released: New Raffle Prize Packages!
Friday, May 13th, 2011You’re gonna love these sweet raffle prize packages. Check out our growing list of raffle prizes for the highly anticipated Young Leaders Connect event on May 26th! Register before May 23rd and you’re automatically entered to win a special 7-Course Tasting Menu Dinner for 6 at the Chef’s Table at Mulvaney’s…yum! Finalized Packages (only a few of many!) 4 Kings Tickets – Section 119, Row…
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16 EDGErs make 40 Under 40 Top 100 list
Friday, March 18th, 2011Sacramento Business Journal’s Top 100, 40 Under 40 finalist list is out. We’re quite proud of the 16 EDGE members on the list. Congrats to: Mark Adams, AHI Construction Kurt Hoffmann, InterWest Insurance Services Becky Johnson, Siemens Alison MacLeod, KP Public Affairs Lisa Martinez, Downtown Sacramento Partnership Katie McConnell, Clair Pringle & Associates LLP Joaquin McPeek, Office of Mayor Kevin Johnson Sean O’Brien, Merrill Lynch…
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EDGE Speaks Up for Young Professionals on the Kings Impact
Friday, March 4th, 2011Who gets hurt if Kings leave town? Annual cost could top $100 million by Kelly Johnson, Staff writer | March 4, 2011 Here is an excerpt from the Sacramento Business Journal article. For the full story follow the link below. Metro Edge, a young-professionals program of the Sacramento Metro Chamber, conducted an online survey of the group’s 380 members that had received 146 responses as…
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Metro EDGE’s response to Forbes
Friday, February 11th, 2011It’s the middle of February and this week’s forecast for Sacramento calls for sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s. Runners and walkers will be circling the Capitol, families will be feeding ducks at McKinley Park, and there won’t be a single pair of mittens on freezing hands in the entire Sacramento region. On a beautiful weekend like the one on the horizon I…
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Message from Our New Chair, Alexis Fitzpatrick
Monday, January 31st, 2011I am extremely honored and proud to be Metro EDGE’s 2011 Chair. As a Metro Chamber program, EDGE represents the new generation of business leaders – dedicated to making Sacramento shine as a great community to work and play. I am incredibly excited to be a part of such a dynamic program with all of you.
Thank You for a Great Inaugural Year
Thursday, January 20th, 2011Wow! What an exciting inaugural year (or two) for Metro EDGE! We’ve come so far from our soft launch at Lounge on 20 where we wrote on napkins the change we want to see in the Sacramento Region, our home! Many of your words included wanting ways for young people to get engaged and involved. At our launch, and throughout the past 2 years, we’ve…
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Exclusive Rebecca Ryan Interviews
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Rebecca Ryan, founder of Next Generation and author of Live First, Work Second took time out of her busy schedule to speak to Metro EDGE about a variety of topics relating to young professionals. Ryan, who was the keynote at this year’s State of Downtown, speaks frequently on how to build a “next city,” key to her strategy is attracting talented young professionals. Check out…
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