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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Rebirth in Santa Maria: Manufacturers Association is back
After being kept alive for four years by the work of volunteers, the Santa Maria Manufacturers Association has official backing again and is drawing big crowds of business leaders. The association is a once-a-month, free-membership gathering that brings together some of the city’s biggest private-sector employers. Its April 27 meeting showcased officials from Pacific Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Entrepreneurs in limbo: Cities keep massage start-ups on hold
All Debra Ann Updike wants is to be her own boss. All the city of Camarillo wants is for her to wait a little longer. A massage therapist for the past 15 years, Updike rents space from another therapist in Somis, a rural neighborhood just northeast of Camarillo. Her dream is to open a studio Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Failed Moorpark project lands in court
The developers of North Park Village had their dreams to build a sprawling, luxury-home community outside Moorpark shot down years ago, but their liabilities for the ambitious project still linger. Although voters rejected plans for the 1,680-home community in 2006, its developers are still on the hook for $22.6 million, according to a lawsuit filed this Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on Summerland
If you’re in the market for a big, yellow fixer-upper, you can grab one for a steal these days. The iconic but dilapidated Summerland property known as The Big Yellow House is back on the market after sitting vacant for more than five years — and this time it’s listed at just over half its Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Columns / Comments Off on Three people to watch as recession ends
During the past 10 years, we’ve come to rely on a select group of leaders to guide major enterprises in the Tri-Counties. Although there have been changes from time to time, that leadership has been remarkably stable. But there are signs of a changing of the guard in leadership in business, and politics as Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Small particles, big ideas at UCSB venture fair
Six teams of entrepreneurial UC Santa Barbara students are gearing up to pitch their business plans for a chance at thousands of dollars in financing. They’re part of the UCSB Technology Management Program’s venture competition. Each year, students come up with business plans, hone them with the help of faculty and area business leaders and Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Thursday, April 29th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Special Comment: Where the region's biggest bank goes from here
Best and worst of times, indeed. Behind Pacific Capital Bancorp’s decision to sell a 90 percent stake to a Texas investment firm is a recognition that the California real estate market has not yet begun to turn around. That is the nightmare the bank faced — a slow bleeding of capital, including a loss of Read More →
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