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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on San Luis Obispo jet center breaks ground
A San Luis Obispo-based aviation company that provides private jet charters has broken ground on a $10 million corporate jet center near the regional airport. Aviation Consultants, a private company that runs the San Luis Jet Center, is building a massive new facility near the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. The nearly 80,000-square-foot project includes Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Atascadero on the rise
For years now, the city of Atascadero has retained a strong resemblance to the mudhole for which it was named. Dominated by construction zones, detours and piles of dirt, the core of the city is usually one storm away from being a muddy mess. But one development — the Colony Square Project — could provide Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on REC Solar soaks up wine, stimulus dollars
Wine profits and stimulus money are helping fuel expansion at one of the fastest-growing renewable energy companies on the Central Coast. San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar has expanded from 20 employees in 2005 to about 500 today and will install 1,700 solar systems this year. The company predicts that business in the agriculture sector — Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Santa Ynez Marriott paves way for future hotel green certifications
The Santa Ynez Valley Marriott just became the first hotel certified by Santa Barbara County’s Green Business Program. And it all started when General Manager Mike Hendrick heard Bill Hayward of Hayward Lumber speak at a green business luncheon. “We were already listed as a participating business, but we hadn’t done the big thing — Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Ten things to be thankful for this year
Face facts. This has been a horrible year to have to navigate a business through the tri-county economy. Between the meltdown in commercial real estate, California budget woes, softness in tourism, the foreclosure mess and the ongoing travails of community banking, this has been one for the books. But hey, kvetching only makes things worse. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Small Business / Comments Off on Tech firms get a boost from small business
The economic slump has many small businesses scrambling to cut costs, but as a direct result one group of businesses is getting a boost: information technology firms. As small businesses look for ways to streamline their budgets, tri-county IT firms are seeing a wave of new clients — if they offer the right products and Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on ValueClick moves could point to acquisition
Despite turning in a $25 million profit last quarter, Westlake Village-based online marketing firm ValueClick disappointed Wall Street analysts with a gloomy revenue forecast for the fourth quarter. But the company has quietly signed more than 70,000 square feet of new lease agreements and stockpiled hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and untapped credit Read More →
