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By Dana Olsen / Friday, October 14th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on CSUCI set to expand
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, October 7th, 2011 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Windset Farms readies first tomato crop
Windset Farms’ 3 million-square-foot greenhouse — one of the largest hothouse tomato facilities in the United States — is up and running in Santa Maria. The first crop of tomatoes will be ready for picking in mid-October, Windset President Steven Newell said on Friday. The tomatoes were planted in August in what Newell calls “Greenhouse Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, October 7th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Chevron, SLO weigh development pact
Chevron has big plans for remediation and commercial development of a 332-acre plot along the Tank Farm Road corridor of San Luis Obispo. But the petroleum giant says those plans don’t pencil out unless the city agrees to a development agreement that would have taxpayers reimbursing $11.1 million of the costs. San Luis Obispo city officials Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 / Green Coast, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Transphorm gets $3.6M grant
Transphorm, the Goleta-based energy efficiency firm backed by $63 million from Google and other investors, has received a $3.6 million federal grant to improve solar panels. Transphorm’s technology uses a semiconducting material called gallium nitride to drastically reduce heat waste in electronic systems. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy went to Transphorm in Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 30th, 2011 / Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Forecast: Crummy, with a slight chance of worse
The professional services and hospitality industries are leading the South Coast’s private-sector job creation, with each adding about 1,000 jobs since the recession ended.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 / Latest news, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
California faces at least two quarters of very slow growth next year, with continued job losses and a decline in home prices that likely will extend to 2013. That was the grim news from California Lutheran University economist Bill Watkins, who spoke to about 300 people at a Sept. 27 forum hosted by Montecito Bank Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 23rd, 2011 / Features, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Hospital construction a bright spot
More than $1 billion is flowing into the tri-county economy as new hospital and health care facilities around the region take shape.