Santa Barbara economic summit discusses State Street’s needs
The need for housing throughout Santa Barbara County is well documented, as is the need to reinvent Santa Barbara’s State Street. But with the cost of construction costs and permitting taking even longer in 2024, those projects with great ambition to help the county are becoming less desirable, Gene Deering, a principal at Radius Real Read More →
Small business owners, in the nation and in the region, keep rosy outlook
A new Bank of America study finds that a majority of small and mid-sized business owners have an optimistic outlook about their businesses over the next year. Among other things, many expect their revenues to increase and plan to expand their businesses, the survey, released May 1, found. Jenn Kennedy, who has a Santa Barbara Read More →
Dubroff: A first look at the 2024 Spirit of Small Business awards
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Diablo Canyon may see life beyond 2030 as offshore wind develops
Offshore wind might be the energy that powers a lot of the state’s electricity needs decades down the line, but as of today California’s reliance on its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, is still as necessary as ever and that might still be the case in five years — even when it’s supposed to be heading offline Representatives from across the state’s energy sectors gathered in Solvang on Read More →
CRE: Public company sells Ventura County office, HTFVC hosts affordable housing program
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Cal Poly accepts $60M gift for applied computing
A $60 million donation from the trust Robert N. Noyce will be enough to bring online the first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Announced May 8, the $60 million gift will go toward getting The Noyce School of Applied Computing online as soon as possible. The idea of The Noyce School of Applied Computing Read More →
Tri-county unemployment rate drops below 4%
The unemployment rate for the Central Coast fell below 4% in the month of April, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Released on May 17, the unemployment rate of the tri-counties was at 3.96% for the month of April, down from a 4.56% unemployment rate in the month of Read More →
