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Zipping along: Santa Margarita Ranch launches adventure tours

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Features, Small Business, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Zipping along: Santa Margarita Ranch launches adventure tours

Santa Margarita Ranch now offers the first commercial zipline tours on the Central Coast.

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Wine, tech key to Central Coast outlooks

By   /  Wednesday, November 9th, 2011  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Wine, tech key to Central Coast outlooks

The Central Coast’s economic future is tied to its ability to capitalize on its burgeoning wine and agriculture, smart manufacturing, high technology and tourism industries. That was the view from two separate economic events in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria on Nov. 8. In San Luis Obispo, forecasters from Beacon Economics weighed the growth Read More →

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Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans

The new owners of the Santa Rita Hills Wine Center in Lompoc are tossing approved plans to build a hotel and retail center at the property.

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At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Features, Nonprofits, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25

Coastal Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization that helps South Coast employers provide housing assistance to their employees, turned 25 this year.

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Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Restaurants, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction

Over the last year, the developer has been doing indoor work on the old grocery story building and has “curated” tenants for what will be called the Santa Barbara Public Market.

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Cloud over leasing begins to lift as technology firms add staff

By   /  Friday, October 28th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Cloud over leasing begins to lift as technology firms add staff

A handful of technology-related deals in recent weeks hint that a more definitive rebound may be just around the corner.

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How screwed are we? NPR reporters explain

By   /  Thursday, October 27th, 2011  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  2 Comments

“So, like, how screwed are we?” That was the question that the presenters of “Planet Money,” the popular and humorous economics segment on National Public Radio, posed to a lively audience at UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 26. Correspondents David Kestenbaum and Alex Blumberg did a live stage version of their popular NPR series,  which Read More →

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