Featured Talent of the Week – Alexander Lopez – Mechatronics Engineer

The Nevada County Economic Resource Council had a great time meeting talented Chico State students at the Technical Career Fair last month. Many students who will be graduating shortly expressed interest in working here in Nevada County and signed up for our talent directory. One such highly skilled individual is Alexander Lopez, about to graduate…

Need Help Hiring for Critical Occupations?

Nevada County Tech Connection, an initiative of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council, is conducting a short questionnaire to assess the talent needs for our local Tech and Manufacturing companies. We will use these responses to educate and engage the students to career opportunities in Nevada County. Your feedback is highly valuable and will help…

Need new Tech Employees? A TechTonic TV look at the Chico State Tech Career Fair

The Chico State Tech Career Fair is coming up again! We had a great time working with students who signed up for our Talent directory and look forward to meeting more this month. We’ll be talking with Ben Duarte from Chico State about the program and much more, watch the live stream February 9th at…

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Quietech Associates present 5G Virtual Symposium

The Tech Connection sat down with Melissa and Niko to discuss the upcoming symposium on 5G hosted by Quietech Associates, Inc. Quietech’s 5G Virtual Symposium, which takes place at 1PM on February 5th, is designed to provide science based information about this new technology. The goal of this symposium is not to invalidate the opinions…

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TechTonic TV – Sierra Harvest and Eco Farm Go Virtual

TechTonic TV this month is all about farming and highlights a local organization doing fantastic work.  One of our favorite events the Tech Connection has been involved with in the past has been AgTech, a conference on farming and technology.  While AgTech is not happening this year our good friends and colleagues at Sierra Harvest…

Small Business Winter Survival Drive

The Nevada County Relief Fund is launching a “Small Business Winter Survival Campaign” to raise desperately needed funds to support small, locally-owned businesses hardest hit by the pandemic. For-profit businesses, who are complying with public health guidelines to protect their customers and staff, will be eligible to apply for micro-grants up to $5,000 that may be used for rent relief or…

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Looking for Broadband?

We had an exciting TechTonic Tuesday TV in November on fiber optic broadband and where it is being installed right now in Nevada County, if you missed it check it out here. We received a number of questions about current other broadband options that didn’t quite fit in the scope of that panel discussion, so…

Win a $50 Gift Card

The Nevada County Tech Connection is an initiative of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council which focuses on technology and manufacturing. We do everything from producing events to helping recent graduates enter the local tech job marketplace, but can’t do it without the community. We’d love to hear from you as to what we’re doing…