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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, October 31st, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Maria Valley awaits business park
After more than a decade of processing, permitting and managing a salamander on the federal list of threatened species, the Santa Maria Airport District is expecting to receive final approval on its much-delayed specific plan at the center, which would allow for an expanded business park.
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By Elijah Brumback / Monday, September 29th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Lineage Logistics unveils new cold-storage facility in Santa Maria
Lineage Logistics, owned and managed by Bay Grove Capital, has officially opened the doors of its new 216,000-square-foot cold storage and food-processing facility in Santa Maria. The company declined to share a dollar figure for the project, which is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified. The company has not provided a dollar figure associated with Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 5th, 2014 / Central Coast, Green Coast, Law, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Measure P puts future of oil drilling at stake
Measure P would ban the use of techniques such as hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, and acid stimulation, which aren’t currently in use in the county. But it would also ban practices such as cyclic steaming, which is in use at about one-third of Santa Barbara County’s nearly 1,200 wells.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, September 5th, 2014 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / Comments Off on Letter: A construction firm owner’s perspective on Measure P
Dear Editor: Construction is a cyclical industry. As the owner of a construction company in Santa Barbara County, I have focused on trying to dampen these high and low swings. By not having to lay off any employees since the 2008 economic downturn, it seems fair to say that we have been reasonably successful. For Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, September 5th, 2014 / Letters to the Editor, Opinion / Comments Off on Letter: The chamber doesn’t represent us
Dear Editor: I was one of 50 South Coast business owners and founders who sent a letter to the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce asking it to endorse Measure P, the Healthy Air & Water Initiative to ban fracking and other extreme oil extraction in Santa Barbara County. This was an impressive and diverse Read More →
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