REC Solar soaks up wine, stimulus dollars
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on REC Solar soaks up wine, stimulus dollars
Wine profits and stimulus money are helping fuel expansion at one of the fastest-growing renewable energy companies on the Central Coast. San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar has expanded from 20 employees in 2005 to about 500 today and will install 1,700 solar systems this year. The company predicts that business in the agriculture sector — Read More →
Big changes in store for area chambers
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 23rd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Big changes in store for area chambers
Ventura Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Zoe Taylor is stepping down, marking the latest — but not the last — shift in the way chambers do business in the Tri-Counties. Taylor’s resignation comes on the heels of an exceptionally bad year for the chamber of commerce industry. With membership slipping, the regional Read More →
City still waits for wind firm
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 23rd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on City still waits for wind firm
Continental Wind Power has made big promises to the people of Santa Paula, but there are signs that the young company is struggling to meet its self-imposed deadline for a new assembly plant. On June 30, Continental President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Winsayer stood before a crowd at Santa Paula’s City Hall. He said Read More →
Black Friday dreams
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 23rd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Black Friday dreams
Just months after the Camarillo Premium Outlets unveiled its massive expansion, the retail center will be put to the ultimate test, facing one of the most challenging holiday shopping seasons in recent history. In response to the downturn, price-conscious consumers have adopted new shopping strategies to help them wring every last cent from their hard-earned Read More →
Moguls lose out on inns
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 16th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Moguls lose out on inns
It’s been a rough year for tri-county luxury hotels and the moguls who may or may not still love to own them. In Ventura County, real estate tycoon David Murdock racked up an estimated $78 million in losses operating the Four Seasons Westlake Village, a posh resort for executives. The losses were so steep Murdock Read More →
A hard Habit to break
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 16th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A hard Habit to break
Need a cure for the economic hangover? Try hamburgers. That remedy has been working for The Habit, a tri-county burger chain that’s been putting more and more locations on its plate in recent years and proving that the hamburger is healthy — at least in terms of sales. As the economy has slumped, fast food Read More →
Tri-county job losses top 30,000 mark
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 16th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county job losses top 30,000 mark
The tri-county region has lost more than 30,000 jobs in the past two years, with Ventura County suffering the worst declines and Paso Robles potentially leading the way in a slow recovery. With 22,100 fewer jobs on nonfarm payrolls between September 2007 and September 2009, Ventura County has been hit the hardest and may take Read More →
