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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, December 17th, 2020 / Central Coast, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Two Central Coast economic development nonprofits to merge
The economic development groups Reach and the San Luis Obispo Economic Vitality Corporation announced a merger on Dec. 17, one that will bring the EVC under the Reach banner in a combined effort to improve the economies of San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. The boards of both Reach and the EVC Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, December 11th, 2020 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on State of Santa Barbara County: waiting for vaccines, making do in the meantime
The pandemic has hit Santa Barbara County in a myriad of ways, making life harder for everyone, but the county is still trying to wring a few good measures out of hard situations. At the annual State of the County address on Dec. 11, put on by a coalition of the county’s chambers of commerce, Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, December 11th, 2020 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Region’s PPP loans totaled $2.87B
Businesses in the tri-county region received more than $2.87 billion in potentially forgivable loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program, according to an early December release of data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, December 11th, 2020 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Central Coast counties ask to go their own way on pandemic rules
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, December 7th, 2020 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Tri-Counties will ask state to form separate region for shutdown rules
In a show of rising frustration over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Southern California-wide “stay-at-home” order, the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo are jointly petitioning the state to loosen the rules for some 1.5 million residents. In a draft statement reviewed by the Business Times, the three counties said they will shortly be Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Monday, December 7th, 2020 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Retailers brace for a pandemic holiday
Small businesses are using the holidays to find new ways to support themselves and their communities.
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By pacbiztimes / Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Restaurants, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on New state order could close restaurants, other businesses if ICUs fill up
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a revised stay-at-home order on Dec. 3 that is tied to each region of the state’s intensive care capacity. In areas where the ICU capacity falls below 15%, a stay-at-home order will be implemented for three weeks. Under this new order, the state is broken into five regions, with Ventura, Read More →