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By Editorial Board / Friday, January 3rd, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Remembering a racing and business legend
Andy Granatelli was long retired from auto racing and from building and then selling his signature STP brand line of motor oils and lubricants. But the Santa Barbara resident, who died Dec. 29 at age 90, will not soon be forgotten.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 20th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Big banks commit to local communities
Rabobank announced an investment of $1 million into a small-business loan fund run by the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County and Union Bank unveiled a multimillion-dollar investment that allowed the Channel Islands YMCA to return the nonprofit’s regional headquarters to downtown Santa Barbara.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 20th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Year of awards and new hires positions PCBT for growth in 2014
Pacific Coast Business Times has undergone a substantial expansion during 2013, so I thought I would exercise my editor’s prerogative and talk a little about what we’ve accomplished this year and where we are headed in the New Year.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Scholarships for the best, regardless of status
The Santa Barbara Foundation and the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara have taken a bold step in no longer requiring proof of citizenship for student financial aid applicants.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A speed bump on the way to creating a chamber-led vitality group
The most concentrated effort to date to create a Santa Barbara County economic vitality organization has hit a roadblock. And that roadblock appears to be the Board of Supervisors’ bitterly divided vote on the Santa Maria Energy project, where South County supervisors banded together to impose severe carbon emissions limits on an innovative onshore oil and gas development that had broad support in North County.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Gorell-Brownley fight could top $10M if race tightens
The implications of the Gorell vs. Brownley race for California’s 26th Congressional District will be felt up and down the ticket on the November 2014 ballot in Ventura County, according to California Lutheran University’s veteran political watcher Herb Gooch.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Your holiday gift to your community should be supporting local businesses
Studies show that in cities where small businesses account for a relatively large share of the economy, communities thrive because citizens are more connected to each other, more engaged and more likely to work together to solve problems.