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Why Are My Utah HOA Assessments Increasing?

HOA Strategies

Everything is getting more and more expensive by the minute–the price of groceries and gas just never seems to stop going up. As supply chain shortages and inflation have raised prices of goods, those prices directly impact the cost of labor and services. Which is why, every year, HOAs have to increase their dues.

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“Paper or Plastic?” California Answers That Question for Residents

Associations Now

A Win for Franchisors Also this week, California Gov. The single-use plastic bag—that scourge of environmentalists—may become a thing of the past in California. Among the bill’s supporters was the California Grocers Association, the main sponsor of the “Yes on SB 270″ campaign. On Tuesday, Gov.

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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

Associations Now

An organic farming association in Northern California trains immigrant field workers how to manage their own farms. In Salinas, California, the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) teaches minority, low-income farm workers about the business aspects of farming and helps them start their own farms.

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Are San Francisco Nonprofits Getting Priced Out?

Associations Now

Between 2011 and 2013, about 2,000 of the city’s roughly 8,000 nonprofits left town or shut down in the face of the rent increases; others, such as Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, were forced to move to offices in cheaper neighborhoods that required significant renovation before the organizations could even move in.

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Five Ways Savvy Scheduling Can Rescue Your Meeting’s Budget

Associations Now

The California Society of Association Executives used to feature a keynote or general session every day of its annual conference, reported Lindsay Poss, CalSAE’s director of meetings and events. “So Planners can host group activities that carry a lower price than programming.

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60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth

Aaron Wolowiec

The session “60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth” featured David Lutz , who is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw , and Sandra Giarde, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association. Sandra Giarde, executive director, California Landscape Contractors Association. David Lutz, managing director of Velvet Chainsaw.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

Fri 7/21 at 1 p.m.* – Cracking the Value Code: Uncovering Strategies for Pricing Your Learning Programs When you start taking a hard look at your learning product landscape, common conundrums around “value” and “pricing” often surface. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. CAE credit. Fri 7/21 at 4 p.m.

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