TV Anchor and longtime Business Reporter Gaylen Young says it's important to continue to report on local businesses as our economy continues to be so volatile.
"With so many new businesses starting each year and so many others expanding in the greater Bakersfield, Kern County area of California, it's important to highlight many of those local businesses, so as they remain strong the community will remain strong" explains Young.
Gaylen Young is Executive Director of Bakersfield Business News; Business Anchor for KBAK-TV 29; and a Columnist for Kern Business Magazine.
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