Agriculture adds sustainability to forecast
UncategorizedIn 2010, the tri-county agriculture industry will deal with perennial challenges of water, weather and pests. But at farms large and small, sustainability is working its way up the agenda. “The public sentiment seems to be building in favor of locally grown food, sustainably grown food and buying your food from the farmer you know,” Read More →
Tech outlook looks bright and green
UncategorizedIn just a few short years, green businesses in the Tri-Counties have gone from small operations to inking some of the region’s largest investment deals and creating hundreds of jobs. And the industry’s leaders say 2010 is likely to increase the pace. San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar has grown from a handful of employees in Read More →
Time to bid good riddance to the recession
ColumnsAnd then there were four. We’re ringing out what I call the Dismal Decade with no fewer than four economic forecasts for the region and very little agreement among the principals involved. Sung Won Sohn of California State University, Channel Islands, is probably the most optimistic, having said in early December that he expects a Read More →
Forecast: Don
ColumnsIf you’re in real estate, you probably don’t want to reflect too much on 2009. That’s understandable. Rising vacancies and declining sales volumes, paired with foreclosures and disappearing financing, dealt a devastating blow to the real estate sector over the past year — one that might knock the industry off its feet until late 2010. Read More →
