California Marine Sports is a family-owned dealership that carries Nautiques by Correct Craft, Centurion, Pro Line, Blue Water, Reinell and Klamath boats.  Carrying on a rich family tradition of the love of boating are Grant and Tammy Fulford, owners of California Marine Sports.  In addition to boat sales, California Marine Sports also has a Pro Shop with marine accessories, parts and a service center providing maintenance and repair for all makes and models of boats.  Grant and Tammy started California Marine Sports after Grant was laid off as a manager for Napa Pipe.  They had prior experience operating a marine repair business in Petaluma.

Queen Bee Bake Shop is a new bakery located in Fairfield’s Winnery Square shopping center.  The bakery is owned by Anita Esberto who also works as a registered nurse.  Helping Anita run the bakery is baker Efren Manabat and his wife Omega.  Efren has 25 years of or experience in the bakery business and originally trained to be a baker in Saipan.  Anita Esberto also has five years of experience in the food business as owner of the Nayong Filipinas Oriental Store in Fairfield, CA which she had sold in 2003.

Vintage Caffe is a full service restaurant owned by Gigi and Ray Canepa. The caffe is located in the Suisun Valley in picturesque Mankas Corner, a delightful retail corner surrounded by vineyards and country roads yet only a couple of miles from Fairfield, California. The restaurant has an Italian menu and casual décor. Gigi was a former food buyer and chef for the upscale retail grocer Andronico’s and has brought her passion for quality food and wine to the restaurant which she and Ray purchased. In the fall of 2007, they received the opportunity to expand the business and open a deli and retail outlet that will allow them to expand their catering business while creating local replacement meal and deli clientele. Ray and Gigi approached the City of Fairfield for a bridge loan to complete the funding needed for the project and at the suggestion of the City, began to work with business advisors from the Solano Small business Development Center.

Deanna Hurn’s life is a story of trial and triumph which underlines a compelling message of hope despite obstacles.  Her goal was to become an Actuary but an unplanned pregnancy forced her to drop out of school while pursuing a degree in mathematics at Sacramento City College.  Determined not to become another statistic, Deanna returned to school, developed a plan of self-discipline to balance school and family, and graduated from SCC in 2004.  Having previously been rejected from UC Santa Barbara, Deanna reapplied and went on to become the only African American student at the university to receive a degree in Actuarial Science in 2006.  During this time, she realized that she had a deep understanding of math, the ability to tutor others, and empower others in making life changes.