Editorial Board | Friday, November 8th, 2013
Editorials,
Opinion Santa Barbara County is edging closer to an economic development strategy. At least that was our takeaway after sitting in on the “Morality of Prosperity,” the name for this year’s action summit put on by the Santa Barbara County Technology & Industry Association.
Editorial Board | Friday, November 1st, 2013
Editorials,
Opinion Faced with a community whose utter contempt for the words “economic development” is legendary, Karen Ramsdell did something surprisingly entrepreneurial.
She cobbled together roughly $170 million in debt capital and government grants and gave the South Coast one of the greatest economic development tools ever invented — a spanking new airport.
Editorial Board | Friday, October 18th, 2013
Editorials,
Opinion Business owners and managers are key stakeholders — we hold the keys to far more economic activity than politicians.
Editorial Board | Friday, October 11th, 2013
Editorials,
Opinion Working hand-in-hand with a statewide manufacturing initiative and the emerging unmanned aerial vehicle industry, it could give production, design, energy and technology firms along the Highway 101 corridor a lift.
Editorial Board | Friday, October 11th, 2013
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Opinion They may fare better than their predecessors in coping with the nagging problems of slow growth, high housing prices and the need to foster a culture of innovation that keeps the job engine of the region humming.
Editorial Board | Friday, October 4th, 2013
Editorials,
Opinion Moves afoot to “regulate” food trucks in downtown Ventura and Oxnard strike us as singularly short-sighted.
