Direct Relief seeks to purchase airport land for new campus
By Staff Report / Thursday, July 31st, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Direct Relief seeks to purchase airport land for new campus
The Santa Barbara City Council is slated to hear a proposal from Direct Relief, the largest nonprofit headquartered in the region, to buy a parcel of land near the municipal airport and build a 125,000-square-foot facility there. Goleta-based Direct Relief has outgrown its existing facility and wants to build a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and 25,000 square Read More →
Read More →Caruso pushes forward with scaled-back Miramar plans
By Elijah Brumback / Thursday, July 31st, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Los Angeles real estate magnate Rick Caruso is amending his plans for the multimillion-dollar revival of Miramar Beach Resort & Bungalows in Montecito to include a little more shrinkage. Caruso Affiliated received approval for the hotel in March 2011 after a years-long hearing process in which Seinfeld actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a neighbor of the Read More →
Read More →Mixed-use project planned for midtown Santa Barbara corridor
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Mixed-use project planned for midtown Santa Barbara corridor
A new mixed-use development on upper De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara is the latest in a series of locally driven projects in the midtown neighborhood in the last few years.
Read More →Tracking trucks: ClearPathGPS offers fleet monitoring from the cloud
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Tracking trucks: ClearPathGPS offers fleet monitoring from the cloud
Two Santa Barbara software veterans have started ClearPathGPS to make that technology affordable and easy to use for fleets as small as five vehicles.
Read More →News organizations object to Mission & State funding plan
By Staff Report / Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 / Nonprofits, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on News organizations object to Mission & State funding plan
A two-hour debate over the future of the Mission & State investigative reporting project in Santa Barbara ended with no resolution but one funder calling for a time-out to reassess the awarding of a management contract to a for-profit news organization. The meeting was held at the offices of the Santa Barbara Foundation, which awarded Read More →
Read More →Found in the wilderness: Queen bed, hot shower, soft sheets
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 11th, 2014 / Central Coast, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Found in the wilderness: Queen bed, hot shower, soft sheets
Glamping, short for glamor camping, is a niche segment of the outdoor recreation industry. A number of long-standing Central and South Coast retreats are cashing in as the trend’s popularity peaks.
Read More →A labor of leather: Craftsman adds artisan touch to family trade
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, July 11th, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on A labor of leather: Craftsman adds artisan touch to family trade
With the warm, heavy smell of leather in the air, Steven Soria sits in his single-room shop in downtown Santa Barbara amid work tables crowded with metal machinery and tools.
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