Hoping a new and expanded facility will spell out winemaking success, Spelletich Cellars has moved from its downtown home to a south Napa corporate park.

Redwood Credit Union will host a free seminar titled, “Small Business Lending: Making the Dollars Make Sense” on Thursday, 5:30-7 p.m., at their Santa Rosa administrative offices at 3033 Cleveland Ave.

Napa Valley College is offering three short-term digital design graphics technology classes this spring.

A free Napa Economic Real Estate Summit will be at 6 p.m., April 2, at Napa Valley College.

“Exactly what problem are we trying to solve here?”

Napa Valley College Hospitality Institute Series will offer its TiPS — Training for Intervention Procedures, March 31, 2-5 p.m., at the Napa Chamber of Commerce office at 1556 First St., Napa. The cost is $45.

A refugee from Vietnam, Theresa Nguyen immigrated to the U.S. in 1991. She was 28 years old.

U.S. small businesses employ about half our nation’s workers and over the past decade have created about 70 percent of all new jobs. But their access to credit and lending markets has dried up, making it harder for small businesses to keep their doors open and their employees working. The new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is on the way to benefit small businesses.

In downtown Napa, you can buy sustainably harvested shrimp and help reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. Sound fishy? It’s not.

Recently, I was privileged to travel with a group to the Middle East where I noticed many interesting things. Besides the ancient historic, political and religious events, I observed some modern activities from which I learned.