Chamber releases new plan for reopening, recovery
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For love and money: Valentine’s Day offers a welcome boost for pandemic-battered businesses
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WEV founder, current CEO look back on 30 years of helping entrepreneurs
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Ventura County sues more gyms, restaurants for defying health order
Mrs. Olson’s Coffee Hut in Oxnard lost its permit to serve food on Dec. 22, but it was open and serving customers both inside and outside as recently as Jan. 20. None of the restaurant’s neighbors at Channel Islands Harbor were serving diners on-site, following the state’s ban against indoor and outdoor dining service in Read More →
CLU shifts biggest-ever gift to entrepreneurship center, scholarships
In the latest demonstration of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected philanthropy in the region, California Lutheran University announced Jan. 20 that a major gift to its School of Management will be repurposed to support entrepreneurship programs and scholarships. CLU President Lori Varlotta said Steve Dorfman, a retired technology and aerospace executive who had given Read More →
Ventura’s Sespe Consulting acquired by Texas firm
Sespe Consulting, a Ventura-based environmental, engineering and planning firm, has been acquired by Trinity Consultants out of Dallas, Texas. Sepse specializes in land use planning, environmental permitting and compliance and worker safety. It works in fields including mining and construction materials, oil and gas, general manufacturing, agriculture, real estate development and local government. The company Read More →
Next round of PPP loans rolling out to region’s banks
More than 1 million Paycheck Protection Program borrowers have already had their loans forgiven, to the sum of more than $100 billion, and the window to borrow more opens again soon. On Jan. 15, the U.S. Small Business Administration is reopening the PPP portal to financial institutions with less than $1 billion in assets. For Read More →
