As the weather improves from winter doldrums, Barewolf Brewing decided that it’s time to play outside.  They invited friends along from CI Works to participate and organized a terrific event.  Barewolf offered to do all the heavy lifting – organizing, planning, communicating, permitting with city, parking, music, fun, and inviting food trucks as though it was exclusively their ‘biergarten’ -  then opened the doors to other tenants to participate, meet people, make connections

Who are you? Jane Ciccone What is your business? Onesto Foods Is there a story behind your business? When I had kids over 12 years ago, I was discouraged at the level of overly-processed, preservative-filled snacks on the grocery store shelves. I began to really notice all the junk that was in our food. In order to set good examples for my children, I stopped buying snacks with ingredients I couldn’t pronounce or didn’t recognize. I quickly realized that I missed crackers wit

A building energy strategy must be multi-pronged. Suggestions are to look holistically at the building. I look almost entirely at major expenses that can be reduced and then executed in an environmentally sensitive manner. To recap, CI Works has already in just 4 months reduced our electricity usage to the tune of 9,000 kWh per month on average through our lighting upgrade, recently completed and greatly appreciated by tenant businesses and employees. We are continuing to wor

When CI Works purchased real estate – we looked at building expenses and decided that we had to reduce our operating expenses and felt that it would be a plus to lower the building’s carbon footprint at the same time. We also realized that we now owned a 100+ year old building that looked like it came with lights invented at that time. There also existed the opportunity to improve the working and safety conditions for tenants and their employees. Only problem was – who on

Who are you? My Name is Amir Jafariaria, I moved to the US in 1978 from Iran. What is your business? Zanjeeri Is there a story behind your business? I finished my education in 1984. Worked as a Highway Engineer for 5 years but did not find it challenging enough for a lifetime career. I turned to help a friend in Handmade Persian Magic Carpets which is part of my heritage and challenging. Soon enough started my own business in early 90's. Served to designers and individuals at