California Contract Cities Association (CCCA) is a collection of member cities united for a common cause. Born in 1958 as the direct result of the Lakewood Plan, CCCA grew from eight contracting or member cities to 67 member cities today with more than ten million residents. Membership growth remains one of the main priorities of the association.

The general purpose of CCCA is to serve as a rallying point for cities contracting for municipal services so that they insure their constituents the best service at the minimum cost. Through municipal seminars, education, exchange of ideas and information, their association combines resources to influence policy decisions affecting their member cities.

For more information, please visit http://www.contractcities.org

Trumpet Marketing Group, LLC, based in Germantown, MD is a professional web design and Internet Marketing firm. They specialize in creative web design, Flash multimedia and Internet Marketing Services.

Their results-driven approach to web design and online marketing separates them from other web design and development companies. They understand your investment in your online marketing programs MUST be returned. For that reason, they build sites and programs that are designed to produce results!

For more information, please visit http://www.trumpetmarketing.net

Bay Cities Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida Business BancGroup, Inc. (bank holding company) was established in November of 1999. Bay Cities Bank takes a different approach to banking. As a community bank, they believe in supporting the people and businesses that help their community thrive.

To them, inspiration and ambition signal success as much as a bulging bank account. That’s why they go out of their way to help the organizations, professionals and local business people in our community get the financial products and services they need.

For more information, please visit http://www.bay-cities-bank.com

On January 12, 1960, Garden Grove city employees requested approval to establish Garden Grove City Employees Federal Credit Union. On January 16, 1960 it was approved as such and would become Golden West Cities Federal Credit Union in March of 1976.

From the beginning, the Credit Union had a simple goal – to provide high quality financial service to members. Since our founding, Golden West Cities Federal Credit Union has been successfully serving members and we look forward to helping you and your family with all your financial needs.

For more information, please visit http://www.goldenwestcities.org

KCET Desert Cities offers programs designed to enhance your life (or at least make it more fun) and tell the stories of the Coachella Valley and its residents. We are in your community with special events, activities, and workshops fostering and encouraging increased civic and social engagement. Here you can see programming for and about the Coachella Valley and learn about upcoming events in your area.

Popular KCET Desert Cities on-air chef, Kris Capra, hosted a special dinner and fundraiser at her Palm Springs home with popular PBS chef Joanne Weir to celebrate the release of Weir’s lastest cookbook, Wine Country Cooking. The book offers a wonderful collection of 150 recipes and wine pairings, and is a companion to Weir’s newest PBS series. Philip di Belardino, vice president of fine wines for Banfi Wines, provided excellent wine to compliment the exquisite Italian feast prepared by the Capra family.

For more information, please visit http://www.kcetdesertcities.org

Future Cities is an art exhibition project that explores issues around the topic of “future cities”, using Hamilton as a point of departure. The exhibit will run through October with locations throughout the city.

Virtual Cities is the on line location of the project. Virtual Cities documents the other locations through the city, the associated conferences, and offers a site for virtual art responding to the project. Virtual cities will be updated regularly to keep you informed of events around the city.

For more information, please visit http://virtualcities.mcmaster.ca

The Beaux Arts Fund Committee, Inc., was incorporated November 2, 1953 as a fund-raising support group for the Davenport Museum of Art. There were 22 people listed as incorporators, most well-known of which was the Davenport sculptor Isabel Bloom.

The Committee organized Beaux Arts Balls as their fund-raiser for many years. Each event had an original theme that guided the creative costumes that patrons wore. In 1967, Ed Voss, who had chaired most of the balls, suggested we stage a weekend art fair similar to the ones he and J.P. Whitaker had attended in Chicago.

For more information, please visit http://www.beauxartsfair.com

President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched a program in 1956 known as the Town Affiliation Association of the United States, more commonly known as Sister Cities International. This movement created a way for local government and everyday citizens to help bring together the many cultures of the world.

Sister City programs are consummated through an agreement, signed by the mayors of each city, as a declaration of the commitment each city has with building long-lasting relationships. Through business, cultural, educational and technical exchanges, lifelong relationships are formed worldwide.

For more information, please visit http://scottsdalesistercities.com

Global Cities looks at the changing faces of ten dynamic international cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, So Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Exploring each city through five thematic lenses speed, size, density, diversity and form the exhibition draws on data originally assembled for the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale.

This unique show presents existing films, videos and photographs by more than 20 artists and architects to offer subjective and intimate interpretations of urban conditions in all ten cities.

For more information, please visit http://www.tate.org.uk