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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 3rd, 2013 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on Santa Maria rolls out its first-ever Startup Weekend
Springtime is startup time in the Tri-Counties. This April, a new Startup Weekend event in Santa Maria and UC Santa Barbara’s annual New Venture Fair both sprouted a new corps of ideas. Here’s a closer look at each. SM startups Startup Weekend events, where teams of designers, business minds and coders come together to go Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 19th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Limoneira sells off Santa Maria parcel to free up cash
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Closing the gap between the Tri-Counties’ haves and have nots
How choppy and tough is the recovery in our region? Recent unemployment data from Santa Barbara County underscored the “haves and have nots” phenomenon that underpins a society that is segregated into tourism centers with uber-rich residents and agricultural cities where the poor people who service the tourists and the rich folks reside. Consider that Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 29th, 2013 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on RRM Design Group follows the growth to Santa Maria
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 15th, 2013 / Central Coast, Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Shea makes a play for retirees with Rice Ranch project purchase
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, March 1st, 2013 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Defense leaders: Sequestration would be felt throughout region
Potential furloughs, hiring freezes and other spending cutbacks to the region’s defense institutions could send an economic ripple effect through the Tri-Counties, according to economists and industry leaders. The 2011 Budget Control Act aims to reduce the government’s deficit and will trigger $85 billion budget-wide spending cuts on March 1. The federal spending cuts, also Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, February 22nd, 2013 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Hardy Diagnostics buys new Midwest manufacturing site
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