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Bayer to make more than $1.5 Million in Investments in STEAM Education and West Berkeley Resiliency

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Monday, December 19, 2022

Bayer will invest more than $1.5 million in Berkeley working with 13 non-profits to drive resiliency in its West Berkeley neighborhood and to advance Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education over the next three to five years.

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  • Bayer will invest more than $1.5 million in Berkeley working with 13 non-profits to drive resiliency in its West Berkeley neighborhood and to advance Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education over the next three to five years.
  • “For STEAM education and West Berkeley resilience we structured the ARDA to include investment committees which would bring together Bayer and community leaders to make funding decisions.
  • I want to thank these community volunteers for their engagement in this process.”
    As outlined in the ARDA, support for advancing STEAM education represents about 50% of Bayer’s community investments.
  • Funded programs for the next five years are:
    As outlined in the ARDA, support for West Berkeley represents 20% of Bayer’s annual community investments.

Pushing the Boundaries of the Conventional, Decentraland Presents Metaverse Art Week 2022: The World is Made of Code

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Decentraland, the world’s largest user-owned and operated virtual social world, announced today the third edition of Metaverse Art Week - The World is Made of Code. Mirroring DNA in the natural world, in the virtual world, all life is made of code. Inspired by this year’s Venice Biennale, the third annual Metaverse Art Week will explore how the human spirit is hardwired to elicit an emotional response when presented with art inspired by mathematical designs present in nature, and how metaverse technology is pushing the boundaries of programmatic art and redefining what an immersive experience is.

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  • This years Art Week is a love letter to what the next generation of artists are doing in the metaverse.
  • Metaverse Art Week 2022 will host a series of activities throughout dedicated spaces inside Decentraland, centered around a 3D Sculpture garden known as Art Plaza, a gravity-defying open air museum.
  • Artnet, one of the biggest art communities online, is exploring the idea of the Metaverse through performance art, live-poetry and AI during Metaverse Art Week.
  • Metaverse Art Week 2022 aims to demonstrate the frontier of extended reality and the evolution of the visual internet.

CAMBRIA HOTELS CONTINUES WEST COAST EXPANSION WITH CALABASAS DEBUT

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), revealed today that modern travelers visiting the Golden State have yet another location to experience the brand's stylish essentials and design-forward accommodations following yesterday's official debut of the Cambria Hotel Calabasas. The newest Cambria hotel represents the brand's fifth location in California – joining hotels in the wine country of Napa and Sonoma, LAX and the Cambria Hotel Anaheim Resort Area – and underscores the brand's quest to bring its modern, upscale experience to travelers' favorite destinations.

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  • The Cambria Hotel Calabasas is truly a gem within the growing Cambria portfolio, and we look forward to surprising and delighting SoCal visitors at the brand's newest location."
  • The Cambria Hotel Calabasas was developed by franchisee and California-based Weintraub Real Estate Group and is managed by Twenty Four Seven Hotels.
  • Cambria Hotels is rapidly expanding in major U.S. cities, with hotels open inChicago,Los Angeles,New York,Pittsburgh, andWashington, D.C.There are over 130 Cambria properties open or in the pipeline acrossthe United States, with nearly 60 currently open.
  • A copy of the Franchise Disclosure Document can be obtained through contacting Choice Hotels International at 1 Choice Hotels Circle, Suite 400,Rockville, MD20850, [email protected] .

Cambria Hotels Expands Golden State Footprint with Calabasas Opening

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambria Hotels , an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), continues to expand in major markets across the country with the opening of the Cambria Hotel Calabasas .

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  • ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambria Hotels , an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), continues to expand in major markets across the country with the opening of the Cambria Hotel Calabasas .
  • This marks Cambria's fifth franchised property in California, joining Cambria Hotel Anaheim Resort Area , Cambria Hotel LAX , Cambria Hotel Sonoma Wine Country and Cambria Hotel Napa Valley , which recently celebrated its grand opening .
  • "The Cambria Hotel Calabasas provides approachable indulgences and contemporary California style in a picturesque setting, so guests can unwind and enjoy the beauty of the area.
  • We're bringing more hotels to our guests' favorite destinations across the U.S. next year including the Cambria Hotel Austin Airport in Austin, Texas."