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Mendi makes his move: Turkish jewelry store owner opens second location

By   /  Friday, November 18th, 2011  /  Features, Small Business  /  Comments Off on Mendi makes his move: Turkish jewelry store owner opens second location

A year after opening a small jewelry store in the Santa Ynez Valley selling handmade jewelery imported from his native Istanbul, Eyyup Mendi has opened a second store in Santa Barbara.

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Nursing the job market: City colleges promote health care programs

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Features, Health Care & Life Science, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Nursing the job market: City colleges promote health care programs

Community colleges throughout the Tri-Counties are promoting their high-tech programs to produce nurses and other health care professionals to fill the upcoming job gap.

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Lessons in learning: Lindamood-Bell still expanding after 25 years

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Features  /  Comments Off on Lessons in learning: Lindamood-Bell still expanding after 25 years

Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and now has 48 outposts throughout the world.

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Zipping along: Santa Margarita Ranch launches adventure tours

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Features, Small Business, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Zipping along: Santa Margarita Ranch launches adventure tours

Santa Margarita Ranch now offers the first commercial zipline tours on the Central Coast.

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Palm reading: Outlook for area growers uncertain

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Features  /  Comments Off on Palm reading: Outlook for area growers uncertain

Farmers who grow palm trees and other potted plants across the Tri-Counties are the latest victims of the downtrodden economy.

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At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Features, Nonprofits, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on At home on the coast: Housing Partnership turns 25

Coastal Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization that helps South Coast employers provide housing assistance to their employees, turned 25 this year.

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Big name in backup: Global Power Supply keeps Facebook’s lights on

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Features, Technology  /  Comments Off on Big name in backup: Global Power Supply keeps Facebook’s lights on

GPS customers are “critical facilities” such as law enforcement operations centers, hospitals, payment servers at big financial firms or data centers for top-shelf tech companies.