Sustainability key focus for business leaders
Ventura County business leaders overwhelmingly think sustainable practices will be necessary to compete. A survey conducted at the annual Ventura County Economic Development Association outlook conference showed that two-thirds of businesses expect to see increased spending on sustainable practices, and about 70 percent of respondents said sustainable practices are competitively important. “Brand reputation is the Read More →
Read More →Ring of wire: Digital West lays first fiber lines in SLO

Digital West Networks has laid a stretch of fiber optic cable in San Luis Obispo, the third phase in its effort to build a “fiber ring” around the Central Coast city.
Read More →Economists: Trade with Asia, steer clear of Europe
Steer clear of struggling Western economies and look to thriving Eastern markets. That was the advice from economist Sung Won Sohn to local business leaders at an Oct. 20 event in Santa Barbara. Sohn, a former Wells Fargo economist who now heads the Institute for Global Economic Research at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, and Read More →
Read More →Windset Farms readies first tomato crop
Windset Farms’ 3 million-square-foot greenhouse — one of the largest hothouse tomato facilities in the United States — is up and running in Santa Maria. The first crop of tomatoes will be ready for picking in mid-October, Windset President Steven Newell said on Friday. The tomatoes were planted in August in what Newell calls “Greenhouse Read More →
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