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These towns are not afraid of big chances

By   /  Monday, November 23rd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on These towns are not afraid of big chances

Throw deep. That’s not always the best economic development strategy. But in the case of North Santa Barbara County, there are two large-scale projects in the very earliest of stages that could become the job-generating engines for the next economic cycle in the Tri-Counties. Before you put down your newspaper and wonder out loud what Read More →

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River Oaks Center hopes to lead the way on sustainable certification

By   /  Monday, November 16th, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on River Oaks Center hopes to lead the way on sustainable certification

Paso Robles-based Estrella Associates, the developer that brought you the River Oaks Golf Course and the River Oaks Hot Springs Spa, received a gold LEED rating on its new office and retail center in Paso Robles.   Or it will, anyway. Before breaking ground in March 2008, Estrella jumped through the hoops of precertifying its Read More →

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Why SLO may lead the recovery

By   /  Monday, November 16th, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Why SLO may lead the recovery

The Tri-Counties version of The Great Recession began in San Luis Obispo County late in 2006 when house prices started to falter. After three grueling years, what likely will amount to the worst of times for those of us too young to remember the 1930s, likely will end just about now as SLO County sheds Read More →

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Regulators force banks to play defense

By   /  Monday, November 9th, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Regulators force banks to play defense

Largely innocent bystanders in the financial meltdown that gripped Wall Street a year ago, community banks have been walking around with targets on their backs. A severe crackdown by regulators, including threats to get capital ratios up, shrink loan portfolios or face seizure, has put bank executives on the defensive. “We’re getting speeding tickets for Read More →

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Cabrillo Business Park breaks ground, 12 years in the making

By   /  Monday, November 9th, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Cabrillo Business Park breaks ground, 12 years in the making

In 1997, Bill Clinton was president, Harry Potter was introduced to the world, and the development process began on an office project in the as-yet-unincorporated city of Goleta. Now, almost 12 years later, the Cabrillo Business Park has finally broken ground. It will eventually have 956,000 square feet of space on Hollister Avenue and 42 Read More →

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Sieg Borck finds niche in aerospace

By   /  Monday, November 2nd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Sieg Borck finds niche in aerospace

Sieg Borck is not a rocket scientist, but he certainly knows a lot of them. Products built by his Camarillo-based company, Hi-Temp Insulation, have helped carry astronauts into space and every day they keep thousands of airliners flying by dissipating the heat from their high-tech engines. As Stephen Nellis reports on this page, his 500-person Read More →

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They

By   /  Monday, November 2nd, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on They

As we approach the end of October, Halloween forces us to think about things that are typically considered scary: monsters, witches, ghosts … the real estate market.   This year has seen some truly horrific home sales statistics, and now spooked real estate agents and developers can only dream of the good ol’ days when Read More →