From car dealers in San Luis Obispo to shippers at the Port of Hueneme, businesses are benefiting from improved consumer confidence, lower auto prices and easier credit.
The Port of Hueneme near Ventura County Naval Base pulled in roughly $14.3 million in total gross revenue for 2014—its highest annual revenue number since its inception in 1937, according to a draft audit report. The report was submitted to the port’s Board of Harbor Commissioners on Dec. 8 and indicates that the Port of Read More →
For the 12th consecutive year, Montecito Bank & Trust kicked off Thanksgiving week with $1 million in corporate gifts to regional nonprofits. Precisely 184 organizations received checks at a Nov. 24 luncheon at the Coral Casino at the Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore under a program that the region’s biggest privately owned bank calls “Community Read More →
Five companies received 260-megawatts’ worth of energy storage deals, with the other 2000-megawatts worth of contracts allocated toward energy efficiency, demand response, behind-the-meter renewables and gas-fired generation, with natural being the biggest winner.
Several area businesses and individuals took home awards for their philanthropic contributions at the Association of Fundraising Professionals Santa Barbara and Ventura counties chapter 2014 National Philanthropy Day luncheon held Nov. 13 at the Ventura Beach Marriott. Montectio Bank & Trust, one of the oldest and largest locally owned banks in the region, was named Read More →
Tri-county voters approved $910 million in school bonds on Nov. 4, with every bond proposal passing in Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties while just one passed in Santa Barbara County.
