Templar banks on grapes: Asset-based lender launches winery arm
By Christine De La Cruz / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Templar banks on grapes: Asset-based lender launches winery arm
Templar Capital does asset-based lending and recently launched Vintners Capital, a lending arm that caters specifically to wine-related businesses by lending against wine-club subscriptions and equipment, along with other collateral.
Read More →Moving on up: Green storage business expands along South Coast
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Green Coast, Real Estate, Small Business, South Coast, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Moving on up: Green storage business expands along South Coast
Movegreen is growing at a rapid clip and plans to start driving its biodiesel-powered moving vans down the coast in an expansion spree. The company has built a business by providing environmentally friendly moving and storage service along the South Coast.
Read More →Precedent-setting attorneys launch surrogacy agency in Santa Barbara
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Precedent-setting attorneys launch surrogacy agency in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara attorneys Robert Walmsley and Marlea Jarrette have opened an agency called Surrogacy International to build on their decades of experience practicing — and sometimes helping establish — the law that applies when a woman agrees to carry a child for another couple.
Read More →Shooting for the moon, pioneer Bill Yerkes became a solar star
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Shooting for the moon, pioneer Bill Yerkes became a solar star
Building solar panels for the Apollo moon missions in the 1960s, John W. “Bill” Yerkes was struck by an idea that would change the way the world thinks about electricity.
Read More →Labor of love: Nonprofit celebrates 30 years of teaching compassion
By Christine De La Cruz / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Central Coast Health Watch, Features, Nonprofits, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Labor of love: Nonprofit celebrates 30 years of teaching compassion
Santa Barbara-based Adventures in Caring has taught thousands of future and practicing health-care professionals to provide compassion to their patients.
Read More →Meet, greet and click: Firm connects event planners, conference centers
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 14th, 2014 / Special Sections, Technology, Tourism / Comments Off on Meet, greet and click: Firm connects event planners, conference centers
Elite Meetings International is a company that started out aiming to make it easier for corporate planners to find a good luxury hotel but ended up helping those same hotels do more business by creating better booking software.
Read More →Santa Barbara City Council declares Stage One drought
By Staff Report / Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara City Council declares Stage One drought
Santa Barbara City Council members declared a Stage One drought on Feb. 11, calling on residents and businesses to reduce water use by 20 percent.
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