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CoMission Turned a Small Town’s Rolodex Into Civic Infrastructure
The Sebastopol consultancy sells something most cities cannot download: trusted introductions, patient listening, and enough structure to turn a roomful of good intentions into work.
The benefit concert begins with a low-backed chair
Event Planning & Marketing Communications built its public identity around EarleFest, an Americana fundraiser. The interesting work happened where the music, the message and the folding chairs met.
TIV Branding found its niche in the storm drain
The family agency behind Streets to Creeks learned to make public problems personal. Its own turning point came when it stopped trying to market to everyone.
Foley bought the wineries. Now comes the whiskey.
Foley Family Wines & Spirits built a portfolio of California estates, then added distilling and global drinks partnerships. A bourbon finished in Ferrari-Carano barrels shows how those businesses can work together.
KLH Consulting
KLH Consulting is a Santa Rosa, California IT firm that has served North Bay and Sonoma County businesses since 1980. It provides managed IT services, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP implementation, and develops Vintegrate, a winery-specific ERP built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The company pairs a local help desk and engineering team with vendor certifications to deliver its 'one call, one team, one solution' model to small and mid-sized organizations, including wineries and healthcare providers.
Garden Society
Garden Society is a Cloverdale, California craft cannabis company founded in 2016 by Erin Gore and Karli Warner, built to redefine cannabis for women. A certified Benefit Corporation, it makes wine-country-inspired edibles - artisanal chocolates, gelees and gummies - alongside sun-grown pre-roll Rosettes, and sells across California and select multi-state markets. The company raised a $7 million Series A in January 2022 to scale manufacturing and expand nationally.