The Latest News from TPA

TPA Grant Writing Showcase

TPA was honored to make a presentation about best practices for successful grant writing at a free community seminar hosted by Congressman Ed Royce and the Gianneschi Nonprofit Summer School at California State University, Fullerton. TPA Senior Associate Cori Williams and Associate Eric O’Donnell represented the Firm at the seminar and conducted the presentation.

The seminar taught the principles of grant readiness, proposal writing, relevant grant programs, and grant assistance. Congressman Royce and CSU Fullerton sponsor these seminars to help public and non-profit organizations in Orange County become more self-sufficient financially by learning how to pursue grant funding from federal, state, local, and private foundation sources.

Congratulations to Congressman Royce and his Federal Grants Representative Alison Martin for organizing a successful event.

To learn more about the complete menu of services TPA can offer your organization, including grant writing, please contact TPA Associate Chelsea Vongehr at 949-399-9050 or cvongehr@townsendpa.com.

City of Turlock

TPA is honored that the City of Turlock has asked us to continue to provide state and federal legislative and funding advocacy services to protect and promote their agenda in Sacramento and Washington, DC.

We look forward to our ongoing collaboration with the City to help transform their vision into legacy.

Thank you, Turlock!

City of Emeryville Grand Opening of the Center of Community Life

TPA was proud to support the City of Emeryville (a TPA client) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Emeryville Center of Community Life. TPA Associate Alex Gibbs represented the Firm at the event.

The Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) is a joint project of the City and the School District (both agencies are clients of TPA) and represents a groundbreaking partnership model for an experiment in “community schools” that serves as a new way of bringing public resources to bear on the quality of life and quality of education in the community. The Center provides a one-stop location where families not only send their children to school, but also have access to afterschool programs, health and family support services, library research facilities, child care and prekindergarten programs, college classes, job training courses, and a wide range of recreation and cultural activities.

In order for the Center to fulfil its vision (to be the heart of the community; a meeting place and hub of civic and educational activity) the project needed to combine elementary, intermediate, and high school facilities with a public library, health clinic and civic meeting areas. And in order to facilitate that project design, TPA sponsored AB 1080 (Skinner) AB 1080 (Skinner) that created the law that allows school districts to enter into leases with government agencies for joint use of real property.

TPA has been honored to help the City transform their vision into legacy.

To learn more, please visit their website: http://www.emeryvillecenter.org/

Mesa Water

TPA is honored that Mesa Water has asked us to continue to provide advocacy services to protect and promote their mission to satisfy their community’s water needs.

We look forward to our ongoing collaboration with Mesa Water to help transform their vision into legacy.

Thank you, Mesa Water!

TPA Celebrates Grand Opening of TPA Central California Office

Townsend Public Affairs is proud to announce the grand opening of the TPA Central California Office!

Located in downtown Fresno, the TPA Central California Office will be staffed by Central California Director Richard Harmon, Senior Associate Sharon Gonsalves, Associate Chelsea Vongehr, and Associate Gary Rogers. The team will complement the efforts of TPA advocates in Sacramento and Washington DC to protect and promote the state and federal legislative and funding objectives of our clients.

To commemorate this exciting achievement, TPA hosted a reception in honor of our many friends and clients in Central California, as well as the entire team of TPA employees from our offices in Sacramento, Washington DC, Southern California, Central California, and Northern California.

TPA is proud and honored to represent the following clients in Central California:

City of Chowchilla
City of Dinuba
City of Fowler
City of Huron
City of Mendota
City of Orange Cove
City of Parlier
City of Pismo Beach
City of Reedley
City of Riverbank
City of Selma
City of Tulare
City of Turlock
County of Mariposa
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District
Guadalupe Union School District
Kings Canyon Unified School District
Malaga County Water District
Merced County Association of Governments
Pinedale County Water District
Sarbat Bhala
Stanislaus Council of Governments
Yosemite/Mariposa County Tourism Bureau

TPA extends congratulations to all for a successful event, and we look forward to continuing to help our clients transform their projects from dreams into legacies.

For more information about the complete menu of services TPA can provide for your agency, please contact Chelsea Vongehr at 949-399-9050 or cvongehr@townsendpa.com.

Central Basin Municipal Water District

TPA is proud and honored to announce that we have been retained by the Central Basin Municipal Water to provide state and federal funding advocacy services.

We look forward to helping the District pursue its mission to deliver reliable and high-quality water, as well as recycled water services, to its customers and communities through effective and collegiate partnerships with its retailers and other wholesalers.

To learn more about the Central Basin Municipal Water District, please visit their website: https://www.centralbasin.org/