The Business of Art: workshops for local creatives to bridge the gap between art and business

Sign up today! The Tannery Arts Center, in partnership with Arts Council Santa Cruz County and Intersection for the Arts, presents ‘The Business of Art’, a six-class series for Santa Cruz County’s artists to learn social media marketing, how to create a vision statement, grant writing basics, pricing, and legal aspects of art.

How one woman turned her passion for sewing and home decorating into a thriving business

Burgundi Thure, Owner of Sew Rose, provides a one-stop home decorating service for her clients, including creating beautiful upholstery and custom pieces. When it came time to buy the building her business occupies, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union came through for her. Now her business and passion continue to thrive and provide a beautiful service to those in the Ben Lomond and Santa Cruz community.

The journey to make farmworker housing happen: MBEP works to affect lasting change in the region

To address the critical shortage of farmworker housing in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys, it is estimated that the region will need more than 33,000 units of farmworker housing to alleviate critical overcrowding. Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) puts data and technical policy knowledge into action to make housing progress.

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