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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 21st, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Ventura real estate investor is thinking big in Texas market
Dick Fausset is partying in Texas like it’s 1999. The California real estate investor and his Ventura-based firm, Fausset Neely, recently sold a 104,500-square-foot shopping center in Amarillo, Texas, for $4.4 million — twice as much as they paid for the property in 1998. The sale follows a year of scooping up more than 300,000 Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 20th, 2010 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Orfaleas to give $1M to Ventura College program
The charitable foundations of Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea announced a $1 million donation on Dec. 20 to the Child Development Center at Ventura College, the biggest gift in the community college’s 85-year history. Early childhood education is one of the focal points of The Orfalea Foundations, which consists of two funds started by Orfalea and Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Personal Finance / Comments Off on Ventura branch to give Crowell Weedon hat trick in region
Financial services firm Crowell Weedon & Co. will open a Ventura branch less than a year after arriving in Santa Barbara.
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By Staff Report / Monday, December 6th, 2010 / Latest news, Nonprofits / Comments Off on Cabrillo EDC chief to retire
Rodney Fernandez will retire at the end of the year after nearly 30 years as executive director of Cabrillo Economic Development Corp.
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, December 6th, 2010 / Features, Green Coast / Comments Off on When vision isn’t enough: Former Patagonia CEO leads MBA program
Former Patagonia CEO Michael Crooke is overseeing a new certificate at Pepperdine University’s MBA program in Malibu focusing on socially responsible business practices
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, November 22nd, 2010 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Main Street, online: Coupeez brings e-coupons to small businesses
Matthew Graczyk wants to bring online coupons to mom-and-pop shops across the nation, and he’s starting with downtown Ventura. Graczyk is the founder of Coupeez, an online service that lets companies post coupons and discounts. The site launched in October. So far, it has signed up about 100 businesses, many within walking distance of Coupeez’s Read More →
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