- The Pacific Coast Business Times is pleased to announce our 2014 class of Family Business & Closely Held Companies winners. This annual special section celebrates businesses in the region that are owned or managed by multiple family members, are in the second or later generation of family ownership or that are owned and operated by a small group of individuals. The report published with the Feb. 27, 2014 print edition. The winners will be honored at an awards luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach on March 20. There were 10 winners this year, all profiled in the print edition. They are:
• Family Business Titan: Fess Parker Enterprises
• Green Family Business: Vision Lighting
• Ventura County Large Family Business: Lassen’s Foods & Vitamins, Oxnard
• Ventura County Medium Family Business: D’Angelos Automotive
• Ventura County Small Family Business: Fabricmate Systems
• Santa Barbara County Medium Family Business: Goodwin & Thyne Properties
• Santa Barbara County Small Family Business: Capitol Hardware
• Central Coast Large Family Business: IQMS
• Central Coast Medium Family Business: Covey family restaurants Novo, Luna Red and Robin’s Restaurant
• Central Coast Small Family Business: Elemental Herbs
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• For a copy of the section with profiles and photos of all the winners, pick up the Feb. 28 – March 6, 2014 print edition of the Business Times. [Newsstand locations are here, or call (805) 560-6950 to subscribe or order copies]
• To purchase tickets to the Family Business & Closely Held Companies awards luncheon held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20 at the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach, click here.