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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 8th, 2020 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Small Business, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Tri-Counties start to reopen closed parts of the region’s economy
California is reopening some previously-closed establishments, but what that actually looks like will depend on the county — and in some places, the city — where people live. San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties are all taking different approaches as they figure out how to best protect their populations while allowing some parts Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 1st, 2020 / Latest news, Restaurants, Small Business / Comments Off on Tri-county chambers provide masks and resources for small businesses
The Goleta Chamber of Commerce wanted to support the city’s businesses as best it could in the middle of a pandemic. So the chamber gathered as many email addresses and phone numbers as it could get — even if the business wasn’t a part of the chamber — and worked to figure out how to Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 1st, 2020 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Hair: CBRE expects long recovery time for commercial real estate
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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 1st, 2020 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news / Comments Off on Tri-county health care providers have enough PPE for now
Levels of personal protective equipment for tri-county medical providers are holding steady as all three counties are facing manageable levels of COVID-19 spread, public health officials said. None of the three counties have had to dip into their surge planning, and hospitals have started reaching out to their local communities to let them know that Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, May 1st, 2020 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Law, Small Business / Comments Off on PPP problems persist as tri-county banks try to make more loans
The Payroll Protection Program’s second round of funding started on April 27, but some of the issues from the first round are vexing Central Coast bankers and borrowers. Among technical problems, the Small Business Administration’s website has crashed, limiting the number of applications banks can process at one time. Additionally, financial regulations meant to guard Read More →
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By Amber Hair / Friday, April 24th, 2020 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on T.O. multifamily mixed-use project gets $59M in financing
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By Amber Hair / Friday, April 24th, 2020 / Latest news, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on COVID-19 taking toll on Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County is being hit hard by COVID-19 on multiple fronts, but as with previous disasters, recovery is possible. It’s just going to take a while, and the recovery won’t be enough to save all of the businesses that have been affected. In a webinar on April 16, experts in several fields joined Peter Read More →
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