Features Region: West

A faded family photograph captures Kris Grey at two years old, gripping a hammer while standing beside his parents as they built their home in Selma, California. It looks playful, but it foreshadowed a career defined by construction, coordination, and a deep respect for how physical spaces shape human experience. Today, as Director of Capital […]

In Cowlitz County, Washington, PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center has been a pillar of care since 1943. As the community’s only hospital and a Level III trauma center, it provides emergency services, trauma treatment, cardiac care, behavioral health support, birthing services, women’s health, orthopedics, and cancer care. Together with its clinics in Longview, PeaceHealth St. […]

Wedbush has long been recognized as a fixture in the financial services industry. Founded in 1955 by Edward Wedbush and Robert Werner, the Los Angeles-based firm has grown steadily over seven decades by holding fast to its guiding principles: client service, financial safety, innovation, and advanced technology. With memberships on all major U.S. stock exchanges—including […]

Here in California, wildfire season only seems to come earlier and last longer. What used to be June through October became April through November, but at no time does the threat really dissipate. The huge Golden State is always hot, dry and windy somewhere—Southern California beset by the Santa Ana Winds and Northern California, especially […]

A $100 million construction project is hard enough for any one builder, even with the best of plans. Now try it with four vested stakeholders in the project, three of them viewing it as crucial to the future of the educational opportunities they offer. Such is the case in Portland, Oregon, with 4th & Montgomery, […]

As another Colorado winter inched toward spring, Shon Sparks was counting the days until his favorite annual convention, Connect (X). He’d find himself in good company with other forward-thinking technology innovators and likely rope in more partners for his employer’s ambitious agenda. Director of national real estate at DISH Wireless, Sparks is among those spearheading […]

Today’s children grow up with 24/7 access to every Disney movie and TV show, high-speed Internet capabilities, video games and streaming devices that make Atari and Nintendo seem like early humans created them. So, it makes sense that modern schools need to provide a high-tech learning experience befitting the times. For the Moreno Valley Unified […]

Garrett Anaya, the director of facilities at St. Paul’s Towers, exemplifies a rare blend of visionary leadership, technical expertise, and genuine care for the people he serves. St. Paul’s Towers, a premier Life Plan Community owned by Front Porch, is a vibrant, inclusive community where individuals from diverse backgrounds come together to live enriched and […]