Haggen, a grocery store chain out of the Pacific Northwest, is set to takeover 146 Albertsons and Safeway stores in California, Nevada and Arizona, 20 of which are located in the Tri-Counties.
Despite the optimism from nostalgic gas prices and an encouraging unemployment rate, issues including lack of water, troubled global economy, and looming interest hikes still threaten the Tri-Counties’ 2015 economic outlook.
With the end of 2014, many nonprofits along the South Coast saw shifts in leadership, new heights in fundraising and other milestones to cap off the year.
The Tri-Counties’ recognizable startup culture may disappear by the end of 2015, replaced by a more mature landscape of established technology businesses.
