NASA chief tours Goleta space firm
By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on NASA chief tours Goleta space firm
A Goleta company with a new design for spacecraft solar arrays got a chance to show off its technology to the head of NASA on July 1. Deployable Space Systems, or DSS, is working on a flexible solar blanket that can be rolled up like a sleeping bag. The design saves precious space and Read More →
Read More →Paso Robles chamber hires tourism veteran as CEO
By Staff Report / Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 / Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Paso Robles chamber hires tourism veteran as CEO
The Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce has hired Central Coast wine and hospitality veteran Sunni Mullinax as its new president and CEO, effective immediately.
Read More →$8M Carpinteria office building changes hands
By Staff Report / Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on $8M Carpinteria office building changes hands
One of Carpinteria’s more notable office buildings is back in the hands of its previous owner. The 52,000-square-foot Class A property at 5464 Carpinteria Ave. was recently bought back from the entity that the previous investor sold it to. Transaction terms weren’t disclosed, but the brokerage firm behind the deal said the property was Read More →
Read More →Santa Barbara city manager to step down after 13 years
By Staff Report / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Santa Barbara city manager to step down after 13 years
Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong will step down at the end of September after 13 years in the position, the city said on Friday. Armstrong was appointed as Santa Barbara’s chief executive in September 2001, a role in which he and oversaw 10 departments and managed the city’s $275 million operating budget. The city Read More →
Read More →San Luis Obispo groups tackle workforce housing shortage
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on San Luis Obispo groups tackle workforce housing shortage
San Luis Obispo County has a problem with workforce housing. It doesn’t exist, and nobody wants to build it.
Read More →Opposition could gum up energy projects
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Opposition could gum up energy projects
A trio of Central Coast oil projects are winding through the regulatory process in the face of increasingly stiff regional and statewide opposition.
Read More →Region’s entrepreneurs raise millions with crowdfunding
By Austen Hufford / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Personal Finance, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Region’s entrepreneurs raise millions with crowdfunding
According to data compiled by the Business Times, at least $6.3 million has been raised for crowdfunding projects in the Tri-Counties since 2010.
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