With National Small Business Week approaching and the U.S. census projecting Hispanics to be over 25% of the population by 2050, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best Cities for Hispanic Entrepreneurs.
To help Hispanic entrepreneurs find the most fertile ground for their enterprises, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 23 key metrics. The data set ranges from Hispanic entrepreneurship rate to Hispanic income growth to share of Hispanic-owned businesses.
Top 20 Cities for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
1
Laredo, TX
11
Miami, FL
2
South Burlington, VT
12
Tulsa, OK
3
Charleston, WV
13
Grand Prairie, TX
4
Corpus Christi, TX
14
Sioux Falls, SD
5
Oklahoma City, OK
15
Cheyenne, WY
6
Pembroke Pines, FL
16
Tampa, FL
7
Amarillo, TX
17
Irving, TX
8
San Antonio, TX
18
Fort Worth, TX
9
Bismarck, ND
19
El Paso, TX
10
Casper, WY
20
Austin, TX
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-cities-for-hispanic-entrepreneurs/6491/
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Denver, Colo. (April 26, 2018) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and regional partners launched a program to develop and implement a long-term water quality monitoring program for the San Juan River watershed. EPA provided $3.6 million to support the sampling, monitoring and assessment of the watershed, which includes the San Juan River, the Animas River and Lake Powell. The partnership brings together seven states and tribes: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe.
“The San Juan Watershed Monitoring Partnership will bring together states and tribes to collect and share information vital to the protection of the watershed and important economic activities in the region,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “This partnership showcases the agency’s cooperative federalism approach and will improve environmental outcomes for the people and livestock that depend on these water resources.”
“This monitoring program is a great example of the states, tribes and EPA cooperating among broad jurisdictions to answer questions across the watershed,” said EPA Region 8 Administrator Doug Benevento. “And we’re committed to making the data that’s collected easily accessible to the public.”
Together, stakeholders will develop a comprehensive watershed-wide monitoring program to safeguard people and livestock using these water resources. Work funded through the San Juan River Watershed Program includes:
* Coordinating and sharing data to help inform watershed decision making;
* Conducting water quality, sediment and biological monitoring to understand watershed conditions and target additional monitoring;
* Implementing research activities to inform local stakeholders on watershed decision making; and
* Developing and launching a website to communicate results to the public about the condition of the watershed.
EPA awarded $920,000 to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to implement two critical activities that include conducting a sediment coring study in the San Juan River and Colorado River deltas of Lake Powell, and collaborating on communication and outreach activities with surrounding communities. The sediment coring study will be implemented over a three-year period to better understand the metals deposition and potential risks associated with low lake levels. Throughout the study, UDEQ will inform the public on the current status and on-going work.
"The Utah Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Quality is pleased to receive this EPA funding to conduct a sediment-coring study in Lake Powell,” said UDEQ Division of Water Quality Director Erica Gaddis. “This study will improve our understanding of the impacts from the Gold King Mine spill on Lake Powell as well as the cumulative effects on the reservoir from decades of mining in the San Juan Mountains.”
The Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) will use grants totaling $227,754 to work with San Juan Basin Public Health to collect water quality samples for metals, as well as coliform bacteria, from private wells adjacent to the Animas River and other tributaries within the Upper Animas River sub-basin. This project is intended to inform homeowners of the quality of their drinking water and if additional measures are needed.
"The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) welcomes a Clean Water Act grant award over $225,000 to protect water quality in the Animas River watershed. The funds will be used to continue long-term water quality monitoring in the area and also to create a communication and outreach liaison position based in the Town of Silverton," said CDPHE Director of Environmental Programs Martha Rudolph. "The liaison will work with all stakeholders and agencies to keep the public informed while ensuring that community members have meaningful opportunities to provide input on decisions that affect them."
In addition, CDPHE will collaborate with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to continue to operate and maintain water quality instruments near Silverton and Durango. This data will be used to activate an alert notification system, and to improve understanding of factors that impact water quality in the Upper Animas River Basin.
EPA also awarded $380,000 to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in grant funds – in collaboration with the Ute Mountain Ute and the Northern Ute Tribes – to identify the extent of cultural uses of waters in the Animas River to understand how contaminants may affect tribal uses. The Ute people have a longstanding history with the Bonita Peak Mining District region and still visit the region for cultural practices today. This study will highlight and translate the oral tradition of the Ute people to provide a better understanding of any potential toxicological risks as a result of coming into contact with plants of interest.
For more information, visit: https://www.epa.gov/sanjuanwatershed
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ROYAL CODA
PREMIERES SELF-TITLED ALBUM
VIA NEW NOISE MAGAZINE
ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH
Sacramento, CA - April 26th, 2018 - Sacramento alt-rock band ROYAL CODA premieres their debut self-titled album today via New Noise Magazine. Fans can listen to the full album stream on the site HERE. The album will be released this Friday, April 27th via Blue Swan Records.
"This record has been in my back pocket for too long," states guitarist Sergio Medina about the band's debut self-titled album. "Letting it out into the world is an existential load lifted because I can now be happy about sharing it with the world."
The trio's self-titled album features the previously released tracks "Breathe Correct", "Cut Me Under", and "Anything To Save". Pre-order the album New Noise is calling, "a well crafted soundscape in the vein of some of the music that has remained immensely popular in the alternative music community," on MerchNow and Bandcamp.
Formed in their hometown of Sacramento, Royal Coda features Kurt Travis (Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds), Sergio Medina (Stolas, Sianvar, Eidola), and Joseph Arrington (A Lot Like Birds, Sianvar). This is Travis and Arrington's first project together since Travis' departure from A Lot Like Birds. Now, along with Medina, they have teamed up to create the dream alt-rock supergroup.
Royal Coda is slated to perform their first shows as a band this May in California. Fans can follow the band on socials for more information or to stay up-to-date on all upcoming tour dates.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
5/19 - Sacramento, CA @ Family Vacation Music Festival
5/20 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Self-titled Album Tracklisting:
1. Blood Thinner
2. Anything To Save
3. Cut Me Under
4. Breathe Correct
5. De Rien
6. See Them Faceless
7. Love Again
8. Calm and Composed
9. Cycled Through The Past
10. Suffolk
Follow Royal Coda:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalCodaOfficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoyalCoda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/royal.coda/
