Riding the green wave: Arbor brings its sustainable boards to Santa Barbara
UncategorizedThe skateboard and snowboard company Arbor Collective recently chose Santa Barbara for its second location and is now selling its environmentally friendly boards from a State Street storefront. Arbor’s other showroom is its headquarters in Venice. In Santa Barbara, Arbor carries its own brand of skateboards and snowboards, along with surfboards made by similarly environment-minded Read More →
Kids' clothes, grown-up businesses
Small BusinessAny parent can tell you that children can be an endless source of joy, tears, laughter and stress. For two Santa Barbara County moms, they’re also a source of business inspiration. In Solvang, children’s clothing company Lollybean has seen steady growth since owner Amy McConnell started the business in 2007. With the clothes she designs Read More →
Making cement green: Oxnard firm leads the way
UncategorizedJim Price, president of Oxnard’s Diversified Minerals, has entered a range of businesses with his 26-person company, but it all adds up to single-minded focus: greener cement. Diversified Minerals builds giant cement silos, runs a railroad spur and blends specialty cements for projects like dams and levies. But its main thrust is to remanufacture Read More →
Limoneira
ColumnsSanta Paula-based Limoneira Co. has come a long way since its early days as a family-owned lemon grower. Today, it’s traded on Wall Street and enjoys tens of millions of dollars in sales each year. And it’s not just a citrus business — Limoneira is now one of the largest players in the tri-county real Read More →
With Towbes, L.A. takes notice of our region
ColumnsFor the past five years, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards — aka the Oscars of business in Los Angeles — have followed an annoyingly familiar script. Really cool South Coast companies get named finalists and they look good in awards videos. But they haven’t exactly lit a fire under the judging Read More →
